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Society
Society USARooftop Farms in Big Apple Grow Vegetables with Rainwater, Reduce City Heat
Finding local, organic vegetables in a city full of high-rise buildings is becoming easier and easier: farms set up on the rooftops in the Big Apple - the nickname for New York City - are providing sustainable produce in the United States’ most populous area.
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Heroes
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Society
Society USA“Stay with Us – If You Spent More Than Ten Years in Prison”, Local Hosts Offer Ex-Prisoners
An initiative in the United States is matching prison inmates due for release with community hosts and mentors in Alameda County, California, to help them re-integrate to life in the outside world while providing them with a spare space for six months.
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Society
SocietyGet Your Free Food in My Neighborhood, More and More People Tell the Needy
A global movement that started in the United States has people setting up “pantries” in their neighborhood, to help residents provide the underprivileged with 24-hour access to free food and other necessities that they may not normally be able to afford.
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Twibber Stories
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Society
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Twibber Stories
Twibber StoriesDig This: Germans Celebrate Their Unity by Planting Trees
On 3 October, Germany has introduced a new tradition for its national holiday - tree planting. Thousands of Germans put on rubber boots and rolled up their sleeves to join the activity proposed by Schleswig-Holstein, one of the 16 German states.
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Society
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Environment
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Heroes
HeroesFarmer Picks Up Tools to Build a Road for Neighbors
Nicholas Muchemi, a 44-year-old farmer in Kenya, had enough of watching his neighbors struggle to get to town: children needed a better way to go to school and mothers wanted a faster route to the market. So he grabbed his tools and built a road.