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⚾️ Today, Jen Pawol will make history as the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball game — 28 years after the NBA first broke the gender barrier for in-game officials and 10 years after the NFL hired its first full-time woman official.
🐊 A federal judge said the construction of "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida must stop for 14 days while she considers arguments that building and operating the immigration detention facility would harm the environment. (Gifted link)
People doing good
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YouTubers MrBeast and Mark Rober launched the "biggest water campaign in history" to bring clean water to 2 million people
On the heels of two successful crowdfunding campaigns — #TeamTrees, which raised $20 million to plant 20 million trees in 2019; and #TeamSeas, which raised $30 million to remove 30 million pounds of plastic waste from oceans in 2021 — Donaldson and Rober have taken on a new cause: access to clean water.
Bringing together "more than 3,000 of your favorite creators," the duo is aiming to raise $40 million to bring safe, clean drinking water to 2 million people around the world. The fundraiser kicked off with a $500,000 donation from Shopify, and YouTube is matching the first $2 million raised.
The fundraiser will support the nonprofit WaterAid, which provides clean water, hygiene systems, and dignified toilets to people in need across the globe, with programs in 22 countries.
Why is this good news? While access to clean water and sanitation is already a major and urgent global health issue, climate change is making things worse, with more extreme droughts drying up, and floods contaminating water sources.
Illinois is the first U.S. state to provide free mental health screenings for students in 3rd through 12th grade
A new law in Illinois will require all public schools to offer third- through 12th-grade students a free, optional mental health screening once a year. Similar to vision or hearing screenings, the assessment will help "provide early identification and intervention" so students "can get help they need as soon as possible."
One high school student, 17-year-old Abhinav Anne, had long been advocating for the law to prioritize and support students' mental health after experiencing a crisis of his own.
The screenings will begin next school year, and the state's Board of Education has one year to provide schools with guidance and policy on how to use the screening tools.
Why is this good news? Students deserve to have mental health support before they reach the point of a crisis — early detection and intervention tools like mental health screenings help do that. And now, the state of Illinois is making them even more accessible.
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Governments doing good
Missouri is building a nearly 300-mile-long butterfly trail to attract monarchs and tourism
Passing through 12 counties in western Missouri, the state is building a 26-mile-wide, 292-mile-long corridor in what will become the Highway 13 Butterfly Trail.
The initiative is focused both on pollinator conservation, particularly for monarch butterflies, and on helping boost local economies by creating plantings and tourist attractions.
Led by a community alliance, the trail will feature gardens, art installations, educational centers, and research facilities.
Why is this good news? The monarch butterfly is proposed to be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, and initiatives like this will help conserve and revive local populations.
It's also good for business: a report found that nearly 25% of tourists to the state visit for outdoor activities, including ecotourism.
Students in Denver are transforming a school lawn into a sustainable landscape that will dramatically reduce water use
The Neighborhood Resilience Corps' Summer Climate Adaptation Academy is a summer program that provides both climate science education and hands-on experience in learning sustainable landscaping techniques.
This landscaping approach reduces water consumption by about 60% compared to traditional grass lawns, and trees help cool the surrounding area by up to 10 degrees.
A student-run birth control delivery network was banned on campus, but members found a way to keep helping
DePaul University in Chicago has long banned the distribution of birth control on campus. But a group of students, the "Womb Service," has kept up a contraceptive delivery network for classmates at off-campus locations for the past three years.
Their service confidentially provides students with supplies like condoms, emergency contraception, pregnancy tests, and more. They receive about 25 orders a week. They also host mini education sessions about sexual health and wellness — something group members quickly realized a lot of people did not have.
Recently, the university revoked its status as a student organization, meaning they couldn't meet or advertise on campus, making it more difficult to reach people who need the resources they provide — both education and contraception — and recruit more people to help, but they're committed to continuing to support students.
Why is this good news?Everyone deserves access to reproductive health care, and that includes contraception. College-age students are the most vulnerable to unintended pregnancy, which can prevent them from completing their degree — derailing their entire life, especially for those from lower-income families.
The Gates Foundation pledged $2.5 billion to "ignored, underfunded" women's health. One of the largest recent commitments as part of Bill Gates' plan to give away his fortune by 2045, this funding will address long-neglected conditions like endometriosis and menopause, fund research, product development, and equitable access globally.
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Eco-tourism is huge and I was so glad to see Missouri investing in it in ways that will also benefit the environment and entire ecosystems!
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