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  • MASLAGO al rescate de Apanás

    March 09, 2021 |

    Periodismo de Soluciones |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nicaragua, Jinotega

    Primera entrega sobre MASLAGO, una organización que trabaja por disminuir la sedimentación y contaminación del Lago de Anapás, que es una de las represas hidroeléctricas más importantes de Nicaragua, a través de la educación de los agricultores sobre la reforestación y eliminación de los monocultivos.

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  • How scientists scrambled to stop Donald Trump's EPA from wiping out climate data

    March 08, 2021 |

    The Verge |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, with the help of scientists, academics, and other volunteers, preserved EPA data and information that the Trump administration sought to erase. They held “guerrilla archiving” events to identify and save data, manually backing it up when necessary. They made data more accessible by creating congressional district “report cards” showing where environmental law violations occurred. To preserve institutional knowledge, they published interviews with 60 federal scientists who left the agency. In total, over 200 TB of data was archived in less than a year.

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  • Freedom Fund: Bringing Justice to Incarcerated LGBTQ Individuals

    March 08, 2021 |

    StreetWise |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The 2020 social justice uprisings drew attention, and donations, to bail funds, which use donations to bail people out of jail while their criminal charges or immigration cases are pending. One fund that benefited from this trend is the LGBTQ Freedom Fund, which focuses its financial aid and related social and educational services on LGBTQ people, given their high risks for incarceration and mistreatment in the criminal justice system. Since its 2017 founding, the fund has helped post bail for people in 15 states and its fund has grown to several million dollars.

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  • How women are helping communities defeat food insecurity

    March 08, 2021 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

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

    March 08, 2021 |

    Los Angeles Times |

    Multi-Media |

    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 Cherokee Nation Infuses Cash Into Language Revitalization Efforts

    March 08, 2021 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cherokee Nation

    Tribal members are being paid to learn the Cherokee language through the Master Apprentice Program. The $16 million effort to maintain a tie to the culture through language is being funded from the tribe’s casino revenues. Participation has increased since the inception of the initiative six years ago.

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  • How One School Is Using House Calls to Keep Kids Learning During the Pandemic

    March 08, 2021 |

    The 74 |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Every Wednesday, the Culture Team at Achievement Preparatory Academy in Washington, D.C. makes house calls to help battle chronic absenteeism. The team celebrates some students for improvements and perfect attendance, helps motivate others who are falling behind, and maintains contact with others who just need a little push.

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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 Giant Batteries Are Protecting The Most Vulnerable In Blackouts

    March 08, 2021 |

    WBUR |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    States are creating microgrids with the use of large batteries and solar panels in an effort to fortify their utilities infrastructure against extreme weather. Such investments enable communities to prevent prolonged blackouts and therefore stay safe during storms, wildfires, extreme cold, and whatever else climate change might cause in the future.

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  • Preserve, revive, restore: Indian ponds spring back to life

    March 08, 2021 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Saligao, Goa

    Through a government funding program, several communities are working on initiatives to improve their access to clean drinking water. In India, one community formed a citizen’s group, cleaned up a local pond, and restored its natural water flow. Another initiative involved more than 1,000 women from 21 villages to build rainwater harvesting structures. These projects are seen as models for water conservation efforts as climate change exacerbates the country’s ongoing water crisis.

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