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Front entrance of Mashkiki Waakaa’igan pharmacy

This Tribal Pharmacy Dispenses Free Meds and Fills Gaps for Native Americans

The Mashkiki Waakaa’igan Pharmacy in Minneapolis offers its Native American clientele the services of any ordinary drugstore
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A group of workers pose for the photo with elephant tusks around them in the floor

Meet the Biologist Who Became an Ivory Detective

Dr. Wasser and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental Forensic Science at the University of Washington in Seattle are coordinating efforts to battle well-organized transnational criminals and the trafficking of contraband from timber to pangolins.
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A worker placing a fitting in an old gas well pipe

U.S. To Boost Green Jobs, Curb Emissions by Plugging Old Oil & Gas Wells

As many as 120,000 jobs could be created by stopping abandoned oil and gas wells leaking climate-warming methane into the atmosphere.
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A woodland caribou in the forests of Canada

Caribou Herds Tripled Thanks To Indigenous Knowledge and Science

An Indigenous-led conservation program in British Columbia, Canada, has successfully increased a caribou herd from 38 individuals to 113 in less than a decade, according to a new study.
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Trying To Help Survivors, a Domestic Violence Agency Turns the Focus

Positive Solutions is a program of up to a year that aims to help people responsible for domestic violence change their behavior patterns and build healthy relationships.
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Tiger Solar added arrays to rooftops of two separate Carter Myers Automotive dealerships in Staunton, Virginia, which is in Albemarle County. Credit: Tiger Solar / Courtesy

Need a Dose of Climate Optimism? Look to Charlottesville Business Collaborative

A Charlottesville business alliance is quickly progressing toward a goal of cutting carbon pollution by 45% by the end of 2025. Successes include energy audits and a family-owned fossil fuel distributor’s unlikely embrace of solar power.
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A firefighter tries to stop the fire around him. (Credit: BLMIdaho, Flickr)

Helping Forest Firefighters Battle a Different Kind of Burnout

A new preventative form of peer support is helping Canadian crews address the cumulative stress of their jobs before they get to the point of mental burnout or breakdown.
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Medical professionals in Ukraine with solar-powered kit. Credit: Footprint Project.

Solar Microgrids Are Keeping Ukraine’s Hospitals Running

U.S. renewables experts support the war-besieged country with tech hailed a ‘game-changer’ for disaster relief settings.
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15 LGBTQ+ Influencers and Creators Making a Difference

One of the best ways we can support our LGBTQ+ community members is by uplifting their voices. Here are a handful of incredible LGBTQ+ creators and leaders to follow today.
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A sign advertising the TV show: Flip my Florida Yard sits on a patch of grass.

Water-guzzling Yards Are Getting a Celebrity Makeover

A new reality series is using the HGTV method to tackle Florida’s water supply issues. Get ready to meet "Flip My Florida Yard." Read more...
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Kalen McAllister, founder of Laughing Bear Bakery, packages Bear Candy made by employees with criminal records. “I don’t care [about a job applicant’s criminal record]. Because for me, it’s this day forward,” she says. (Tara Adhikari/The Christian Science Monitor)

Laughing Bear Bakery Has a Recipe for a Fresh Start Out of Prison

In 2015, Ms. McAllister opened Laughing Bear Bakery in St. Louis, a nonprofit business where a criminal record is required to land the job.
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Kerri Reeves, left, holds her son Oliver, 3 months old, while watching daughters Eleanor, 8, and Charlotte, 18 months, read at their home in Tucson. Reeves started receiving services from Health Start two years ago, before Charlotte was born. (Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star)

Arizona Program Hopes To Be Nationwide Model for Healthy Babies

Health Start is an Arizona statewide program that connects expecting mothers and their babies with a trained public health coach who finds them resources, provides information about their child's development, and serves as a sounding board for their questions.
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