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  • The Era of the Wood Skyscraper Is Arriving Audio icon

    March 08, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    The Brock Commons Tallwood House in Canada was the tallest building made of wood when it opened in 2017. Now, thanks to government policies, scientific research, and hundreds of examples of proof-of-concept, more developers around the world are looking to construct buildings out of timber. Using timber is cheaper than cement, concrete, and steel and can actually store carbon emissions in its supports instead of releasing the greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.

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  • This high school reopened two months ago, with no COVID-19 outbreaks. Here's how

    March 08, 2021 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Jesuit High School in Northern California has remained open in full for two months without encountering a single outbreak of Covid-19 amongst school attendants. While it hasn't been inexpensive, the parochial school routinely conducts districtwide on-site rapid coronavirus tests and attributes this protocol to the overall success.

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  • The Fight to Change Social Studies in Nebraska

    March 08, 2021 |

    The Reader |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Nebraska

    Students and educators in Nebraska are driving the change to change history curriculum to reflect history that places more emphasis on the narratives on indigenous and marginalized peoples. Students are emphasizing of historically erased narratives by creating social media videos, as well as creating petitions to change curricula in English and history classes.

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  • How women are helping communities defeat food insecurity

    March 08, 2021 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: El Salvador

    Women are given the tools and training needed to monetize skills they already have in order to reduce food insecurity. From the Middle East to Africa and Central America, skills such as hammock weaving, cooking, and farming are helping women reduce poverty and create better lives for their families and communities. Empowering women and girls results in powerful ripple effects.

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  • Should We Genetically Engineer Carbon-Hungry Trees?

    March 07, 2021 |

    Freethink |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    As a way to combat climate change, scientists are experimenting with genetically modified trees as a way to draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to store in its leaves, roots, and trunk. The startup Living Carbon has genetically modified poplar and pine seeds in the ground and expect them to be ready by the end of the year. Some scientists are worried about how these trees can impact forest ecosystems, but they grow faster than normal trees, allowing them to study and assess the risks quicker.

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  • A High School in Ohio Is Giving Students a Choice: Keep Up With Remote Learning — Or You Have to Come Back to the Classroom

    March 07, 2021 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    In order to address high rates of student absences, administrators at Shaw High School in East Cleveland had to make an extreme decision—bring all students back to the classroom two days a week amid the pandemic, unless they had attended 80% of classes and had a passing grade. So far, the administrators are seeing students' grades rising and the approach seems promising.

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  • Legos, Meditation, Video Field Trips: How One D.C. School Is Using Virtual Clubs to Help Students Break Through the Isolation — and Reconnect With Friends — During the Pandemic

    March 04, 2021 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Themed, online student clubs are a new, home-grown venture for Two Rivers Elementary School in Washington, D.C. Previously, afterschool programming was run in-person and primarily by the network’s after care provider and outside agencies. The school started running a handful of virtual clubs at their respective campuses serving a few dozen students around late September, with weekly attendance growing as the number of clubs expanded.

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  • To Tackle Homelessness, Santa Fe Found a Better Plan

    March 04, 2021 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Sante Fe, New Mexico

    The adoption of the “Built for Zero” campaign in Sante Fe, New Mexico, allowed the city to effectively respond to the housing crisis that unfolded as a result of the pandemic. The data-driven approach gives cities a better snapshot of how many people are homeless at any given time and also encourages agencies to work together, which creates a network that can adequately address chronic homelessness.

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  • Pig in clover: how the world's smallest wild hog was saved from extinction

    March 03, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Assam

    The greyish brown pygmy hog is an endangered species, but a captive breeding program aims to reintroduce more of the animals into the wild in India. The Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme introduces about 12 hogs a year after raising them in captivity for a few months. “The purpose of my life has been bringing back this one species from the brink of extinction,” says one of the project advisers.

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  • The Hottest Amenity From Developers? A Power Plant Made of Batteries.

    March 03, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    An apartment complex in Utah includes a solar battery in every apartment allowing the resident, power utility, and building developer to save costs for generating electricity. Through a unique partnership, the power systems can provide 12.6 megawatts of power for the building, which translates into residents saving up to 40 percent on the energy bills. This setup might not be easy to scale, but the developer plans to expand the model in other states.

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