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Recycled Bottles, Reclaimed Lives: A Shelter Innovation from South Sudan

by By IOM South Sudan 3/06/2025 Medium

“People used to throw these bottles along the roads,” he says. “Now, they’re part of our homes — they’re cooler, stronger, and resistant to termites.”
In South Sudan, where communities face the twin crises of displacement and environmental strain, a powerful question is emerging:
What if plastic waste, once seen only as trash, could help build a safer, more sustainable future?
This year’s World Environment Day calls on us to #BeatPlasticPollution. In Bentiu, a town in South Sudan scarred by years of conflict and flooding, displaced communities are answering that call by turning trash into shelter.

Principles to Inform Drug Pricing, Access and Innovation Policy

by PUBLICCITIZEN 12/11/24

Policymakers have made generational progress in advancing policies to lower prescription drug prices, especially through the passage into law of price negotiations, inflation rebates, and a $2,000 out-of-pocket cap for patients on Medicare. Yet critical work remains to provide relief for both people with Medicare and without, through lower prices for more patients and more medicines, and on a quicker timeline.

Advancing racial justice in our policies, institutions and culture.

by race forward

We work with communities to build the collective power necessary to counter structural racism. Connected and aligned individuals, organizations, and movements standing together to inspire positive change can build a just, multiracial, democratic society.

A Brighter Idea: The Story of Five Regulations that Spurred Innovation

by PUBLICCITIZEN

When federal agencies implement rules for efficiency, worker safety, or public health and welfare, companies need to reformulate their products and services to comply.