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Curbside Composting in Lawrence Township

Susan Haig

April 23, 2014 |

CivicStory |

Video |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Princeton, New Jersey

To play their part in environmentally friendly solutions to a trash problem, the city of Princeton, NJ has implemented a program curbside composting program that has already grown from 160 participants to over 900. This program not only saves space in local landfills, but also reduces emissions from methane gas. It also has encouraged the community to support local growers, thus cutting down on costs to transport produce from out of state.

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Fighting back a rising tide

Dan Morrison

April 21, 2014 |

Politico |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh, Chittagong

Bangladesh is fighting rising sea levels due to climate change. It's doing so with the help of foreign money and Dutch-inspired engineering.

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Coral cultivation offers hope to devastated western Indian Ocean reefs

Wanjohi Kabukuru

March 29, 2014 |

Thomson Reuters Foundation |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Seychelles, Roche Caiman, Victoria

Warming water has led to the collapse of coral reef systems in the western Indian Ocean, essential to fisheries, protecting shorelines, and reducing beach erosion and sea-level rise. Marine scientists from Nature Seychelles, as part of an international project to protect and restore the reefs, are promoting varieties of coral that they have found to be resistant to the rise in temperature.

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In healthcare, what makes Maine different?

Noam N. Levey

March 19, 2014 |

Los Angeles Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Bangor, Maine

Northern Maine is home to some of America's poorest - but it ranks high on national measures of health. Hospital programs visit more patients in their homes where they can be more comfortable and receive everything they need, which in turn reduces medical costs.

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Teaching Children to Calm Themselves

David Bornstein

March 19, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kansas

Children who experience neglect, severe stress or sudden separation at a young age can be traumatized - without appropriate adult support, trauma can interfere with healthy brain development, inhibiting children’s ability to make good decisions, use memory or use sequential thought processes to work through problems. Head Start Trauma Smart helps support traumatized and neglected children from acting out.

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Twenty Buses a Day: The High Stakes Race to Create a Global Cholera Early Warning System

Osha Gray Davidson

March 18, 2014 |

Earthzine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Switzerland, Geneva

Though individual treatments are cheap, cholera is costing the third world countless lives. Using modern technology, researchers work to exterminate it and other curable diseases.

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Reducing Early Elective Deliveries

Tina Rosenberg

March 12, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, South Carolina

Reducing cases of early birth deliveries shouldn’t have been hard — at least, they should have been easier to change than many other harmful practices. But it was - until hospitals started introducing models for change, creating accountability and changing payment systems. This article looks at a range of solutions happening across the country that serve as a model for other healthcare providers.

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Good News for Animals in Nepal: A Full Year Without Poaching

Laurel Neme

March 12, 2014 |

National Geographic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nepal, Bharatpur

Bucking the worldwide trend, Nepal continues its successful fight against poaching, thanks to a multilayered system of information gathering, enforcement, and swift justice.

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Why Sweden has so few road deaths

The Economist

February 26, 2014 |

The Economist |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Sweden

Sweden's "Vision Zero" program has used a comprehensive approach to infrastructure and regulation to drastically reduce traffic-related deaths, making Swedish roads the safest in the world.

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Riverside Med Center drastically cuts infection rates

Stephanie O'Neill

January 31, 2014 |

Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Pasadena, California

Infection rates - once kept private by hospitals - are now public record in 32 states, California included. This new transparency - coupled with Medicare now docking payments to hospitals that don’t meet quality measures - is prompting innovation at many hospitals with high infection rates.

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