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  • In Ohio, craft breweries emerge as leaders for clean energy

    May 28, 2019 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Ohio

    In the crowded craft beer industry, breweries in Ohio are standing out through environmentally-friendly practices. Several breweries are depending upon solar energy and energy-efficient lighting, which are funded through beer sales or through various government grants. They hope to spread this practice throughout the larger national brewing industry.

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  • Hate Comes to Dayton, and Dayton Unites Against It

    May 25, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Dayton, Ohio

    In Dayton, Ohio, a Ku Klux Klan rally was met with over 500 counterprotesters. While the city is one of the United States’ most segregated, community members including church groups, New Black Panthers, Antifa members, and students came together in a show of solidarity against the racist group.

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  • How New Yorkers Stood Up to Amazon and Won

    May 22, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Long Island City, New York

    When Amazon came close to establishing its second headquarters in Long Island City, the Queens borough of New York, community organizing successfully halted the development. Community leaders credit their success to a diverse group of organizations teaming up (like Queens Neighborhoods United and New York Communities for Change), politicians teaming up with the communities they represent, and quick mobilization.

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  • An (Even More) Inconvenient Truth: Why Carbon Credits For Forest Preservation May Be Worse Than Nothing

    May 22, 2019 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rio Branco, Acre

    This story examines the well-publicized climate-change strategy of carbon credits: the idea that a CO₂-emitting company could offset its emissions by funding anti-logging efforts, effectively "saving" the equivalent amount of carbon. However, as it turns out, despite its popularity, most carbon credit programs do not actually work or, worse, may do more harm than good. This article details the shortcomings of this attempted solution to the effects of global warming.

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  • What Mansfield can learn from the brand Marion made, Fargo's frost-themed festival and Ohio's wee bit of Irish attitude

    May 17, 2019 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    Mansfield, Ohio leaders look to cities across the country for inspiration from successes - and lessons from failures - to help them rebuild their downtown brand. From Austin, Texas, to Fargo, South Dakota, these successful cities offer examples of initiatives that have funded revitalization and economic growth in their own city centers by way of community engagement and trust among leaders.

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  • On the island of Java, a social forestry scheme creates jobs at home

    May 15, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Kalibiru

    In Indonesia, transferring land management rights to local residents is slow-going, but one community is setting an example for what can happen when the residents are in charge. Mandiri farmers formed a cooperative and began replacing hillsides; now, tourism to the area has increased and attitudes towards the land and community have changed.

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  • King County Program Aims to Help Students' Mental Health

    May 13, 2019 |

    Seattle Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    A new mental health screening test in King County, Washington is connecting middle-school students with resources and health advice. Through The Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) program, students are being screened through questionnaires, which are aimed to determine whether a student is at risk, and then referred to the appropriate resources or professionals to receive help. So far, 12 different school districts in King County are implementing this pilot program, with more scheduled to start soon.

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  • Native bees, please

    May 11, 2019 |

    Berkeley Science Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    The Urban Bee Lab at UC Berkeley has spent over a decade collecting data about native Californian bees who regularly interact with humans so that they can share their findings to help farmers improve production. The lab collects specimens to help researchers down the line; they observe bees in nature; and they actively work with local farmers to exchange useful information. Short-term, the collaborations help farmers improve yield and provide a welcoming space to bees; short-term, the data collected will help protect and conserve native bee populations.

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  • How Rwanda could be the first country to wipe out cervical cancer

    May 07, 2019 |

    Mosaic Science |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Rwanda has launched a community and health driven campaign in order to put a stop to the spread of cervical cancer by educating women about the HPV vaccine. Driven largely by dispelling myths and providing accurate information focused on the vaccine's role in mitigating against cancer, the country has now achieved over 90 percent vaccination rates for girls.

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  • Laundromats are playing an unlikely role in the effort to shrink America's literacy gap

    May 05, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United States

    The average American family spends more than two hours at the local laundromat. The Clinton Foundation and other partners have set up "Reading & Play Spaces" in 250 laundromats across the country to encourage literacy and parent-child interactions: "This project is part of a much larger vision to reinvent everyday spaces to encourage the kinds of experiences that help children thrive."

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