Pop-Up Wetlands and Silicon Valley Jail’s Store

Today’s Solutions: November 10, 2025

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Pop-Up Wetlands and Silicon Valley Jail's Store

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This week’s positive news:

Arielle talks about an innovative program called BirdReturns that pays local rice farmers to flood their fields to offer pop-up wetlands that give migratory birds a safe place to land, rest, and feed. Then, Karissa shares how Goodwill launched its first store inside Milpitas’ Elmwood Correctional Facility, which offers hands-on retail training to incarcerated women, preparing them for future work opportunities upon release.

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This article was originally published on November 8, 2024

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