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  • Chester Artists Revitalizing Corridor on Their Own Terms

    June 05, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chester, Pennsylvania

    Investment from large foundations can often compromise an organization's vision or tie an organization up in debt. In working with major funders, organizers in Chester, Pennsylvania were careful to select funders that shared their vision and established relationships that would eliminate the need for funders rather than create long-term dependency.

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  • How an RCSD school raised its graduation rate by 20 points in three years with innovation

    June 05, 2018 |

    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    East High High School in the Rochester City School District is three years into an Educational Partnership Organization (EPO) with the University of Rochester and has seen measures of success, most notably the fact that suspensions fell from 2,5000 in 2015 to 300 in 2018. Although there is still work to be done, success strategies include giving more autonomy to the principals and changing how unions and schools bargain with each other.

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  • Sharing with strangers: 'I'm a student, this way I get free food'

    June 04, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: England, London

    An app called Olio addresses the issue of food waste in London by recruiting 1,000 "food waste heroes" to gather excess food from restaurants and redistribute them amongst the neighborhood using the Olio platform. Anyone from students to the elderly use the app, and participants say it makes them feel better connected to their community. The app is now used in 32 countries.

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  • Raptors to the Rescue

    June 04, 2018 |

    The Revelator |

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    Response Location: United States, Ventura, California

    When told he needed to find a new solution that didn't rely on poisons to protect Ventura County's dirt levees from rodents, dam safety inspector Karl Novak did just that. By installing raptor perches and owl boxes, Novak found that not only was using birds of prey a successful approach to the problem, it was also much more effective than their former system.

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  • Pond saves Mara River from gold mining pollution

    June 02, 2018 |

    InfoNILE |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Tanzania, Murito

    The Mara River that runs through Tanzania and Kenya is used as a significant resource by 1.1 million people throughout the surrounding communities. For years, artisanal miners have also used the river to clean their gold, but this has polluted the river and increase chances of mercury poisoning. One community has created a gold refining pond to simultaneously continue promoting the importance of washing the gold as well as keep the pollutants out of the Mara River.

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  • Leave No Worker Behind

    June 01, 2018 |

    Earth Island |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    A decades-old principle called “just transition” has made international headway in the fight against climate change and toward equity and sustainability. Fundamental to the principle is transitioning from a capitalist system to a localized one that prioritizes cultural inclusion, local economies, decarbonization and environmental justice, and food sovereignty. But as this idea reaches prominence on the global stage, those that have been involved for years worry that its core meanings, morals, and actions will be co-opted.

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  • The Lionfish Have Invaded, But a Ragtag Army of Divers and Chefs Are Fighting Back

    June 01, 2018 |

    Smithsonian |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Pensacola, Florida

    Regions across the Caribbean and Atlantic coasts are taking multi-pronged approaches to what some have called a lionfish epidemic. In Pensacola, Florida, the entire community has rallied behind a comprehensive strategy: lionfish catching tournaments. The tournaments challenge teams to catch as many lionfish as possible, while providing supplementary education for residents on how to cook and prepare them for eating and environmental responsibility.

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  • Kenyan farmers embrace new and sustainable way to build resilience

    June 01, 2018 |

    Down To Earth |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Nakuru

    Motivated by crop devastation from a severe drought, farmers in parts of Kenya took action to prevent a similar event from impacting them in the future. Working together, these small-scale farmers implemented conservation agriculture practices to ensure crop viability during even the harshest climate conditions.

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  • The teen parents who teach other young people about healthy relationships

    May 31, 2018 |

    Positive.News |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: England, London

    Straight Talking is a "peer-to-peer education initiative" in London using interactive workshops led by teen parents to show the reality of teenage pregnancy. The charity has operated for about 20 years, and studies show that it's working to discourage teen pregnancy while also helping peer educators prepare for new opportunities.

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  • How chopping off their horns helps save rhinos from poachers

    May 31, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: South Africa

    As rhino populations continue to decrease at an alarming rate due to poaching, wildlife managers in South African reserves have begun to take matters into their own hands with emergency solutions such as dehorning. Although not financially sustainable for all reserves, the practice of dehorning aims to make rhinos a less attractive commodity to poachers by eliminating what they're after most.

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