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  • Want to save your job and make more money? Buy out your boss

    March 14, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Glasgow

    The owners of Novograf, a UK-based marketing company, faced a challenge when they were ready to retire. They did not want to sell their company and risk a relocation of the factory, which would take away jobs from the local economy. Instead, they sold their company to their employees. Data shows that employee-ownership leads to higher wages and higher job satisfaction. One year after the transition to employee-ownership, Novograf sales grew by 20%.

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  • Malawian Farmers Fight Climate Change Head On

    March 14, 2018 |

    Greentumble |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Malawi

    While climate change continues to complicate the realities of creating seasonal viable crops, farmers in Malawi are adopting conservation agriculture in at attempt to salvage what they can from their crops. Through a variety of "climate change resilience farming methods," local farmers have seen an increase in their crops' resiliency.

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  • Worker-owned businesses

    March 14, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Scotland, Glasgow

    Rather than selling his business in the traditional way, a business owner in Glasgow decided to transfer ownership to his employees through an employee ownership trust after researching the best ways to plan for succession in a way that will benefit current employees. The trust granted shares to employees based on their length of time at the company, and this unusual succession plan saves companies from being shut down in the hands of new owners.

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  • Districts save billions in malaria campaign

    March 14, 2018 |

    Daily Monitor |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Uganda uses indoor insecticide in houses and other structures to reduce cases of malaria. Allowing local governments to manage the program rather than hiring partners has more than halved implementation costs.

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  • Hope for the Future: Alaskan Community Works to Revive Native Languages

    March 13, 2018 |

    Pulitzer Center |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    In the early 2000s, the only remaining speakers of three Native languages in Ketchikan, Alaska were in their early 80s or 90s. In order to preserve the languages and encourage the myriad positive physical and mental benefits that come with reconnecting with a Native language, the Ketchikan Indian Community developed a mentorship program in which a fluent elder teaches a younger member of the community one of the languages.

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  • Tech startup formula finds spark in a changing Montgomery

    March 13, 2018 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

    Tech classes in Montgomery, Alabama are targeting unlikely entrepreneurs, including local lawyers and artists who want to learn entrepreneurial skills to help their own sales and services. Taking place as CoWerx46, a co-working space, the series of tech classes is free for the time being due to business sponsorships who support the goals of the program.

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  • 99 Problems and SATs Ain't One: How Hip-Hop Literacy Programs Improve Student Reading Skills

    March 12, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    A growing group of teachers is using hip-hop to improve students' understanding of U.S. history concepts and knowledge of SAT-level vocabulary. Austin Martin, who developed Rhymes for Reason, hopes that his program and others "will help show that hip-hop—and by extension AAVE [African American Vernacular English]—is a valid and useful educational tool."

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  • Changing Course: Coal Country Students Working For A Power Switch

    March 09, 2018 |

    Ohio Valley ReSource |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    As coal jobs become increasingly rare, schools in Kentucky are facing rising electricity prices and declining tax rates. Through innovative class work and partnerships with solar installation companies, local students are leading the movement to develop a new energy economy, and they are getting results. One teenager, the daughter of a former coal miner, noted, "[The coal industry is] dying down and...there definitely needs to be something there to back it up."

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  • Mansfield follows lead of cities transformed by America in Bloom

    March 08, 2018 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    It is often hard to build up cities when they are filled with blight. Three cities in Ohio are benefitting from America in Bloom, a program that gives awards based on community improvement initiatives. Already in Mansfield, Logan, and Gallipolis, America in Bloom awards encourage volunteerism and garner enthusiasm around community beautification initiatives.

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  • Can bird watching help save Colombia's forests?

    March 07, 2018 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Colombia, Cali

    Cities near some of Columbia's national forests have seen a dramatic increase in their bird populations and tourism numbers after fighting between the government and guerilla groups quieted down. Many locals are finding economic prosperity by taking advantage of the war-zone turned bird watching phenomenon.

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