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  • Soil Builds Prosperity From the Ground Up

    Breanna Draxler

    December 07, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico

    After they were socially, economically, and politically forced from their agricultural land, the people who have used regenerative farming principles for millennia are reimplementing the practice in their communities. This allows them to improve soil health and reconnect with the land.

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  • Growing a Just Future in Tulsa

    Breanna Draxler

    May 31, 2021 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    To mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, in which a white mob killed hundreds of Black residents and destroyed the thriving neighborhood of Greenwood, the Centennial Commission supported a number of initiatives to learn from the past and build a better future. At the base of an ancient elm tree that witnessed the massacre, Up With Trees distributed 100 elm seedlings to children to plant around Tulsa. The commission convinced state education officials to develop a new curriculum on the massacre for K-12 students.

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  • What to Do With Piles of Plastic Waste?

    Breanna Draxler Tonderayi Mukeredzi Madalitso Wills Kateta Natasha Chassagne

    May 10, 2021 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Malawi, Lilongwe

    From collecting plastic to transforming it into infrastructure, communities all over the world are implementing solutions to tackle the growing amount of plastic waste. In Malawi, women are separating garbage from plastic and creating new products like fire briquettes, doormats, and organic compost that they can sell to others. A town in Tasmania turned their plastic waste into a road made of recycled asphalt that is expected to last 15 percent longer than regular asphalt. And Zimbabwe is employing youth to recycle plastic into eco-friendly construction materials.

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  • Harnessing People Power to Protect Alaska's Last Remaining Wilderness

    Breanna Draxler

    January 27, 2021 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    A viral campaign from Indigenous activists, TikTok creators, and documentary filmmakers led to about 6.3 million letters being sent to federal agencies encouraging them to halt fossil fuel development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. They created social media content and a toolkit for creators to use on their platforms that made it easy for the message to spread.

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