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  • These high school runners train in 'nasty air,' so they're working to clean it up

    July 29, 2019 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Grassroots organization can generate change in carbon emissions practices at the community level. In Phoenix, the Chispa nonprofit organization that promotes environmental and social justice, is working to get schools to apply to Arizona’s Lower-Emissions Bus program, funded by money paid to the state in the aftermath of Volkswagen’s emissions scandal. By mobilizing volunteers to canvass neighborhoods and attend school board meetings, the group has succeeded in getting at least one school district to purchase an electric bus and implement a pilot program.

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  • How To Feed 10 Billion People

    July 29, 2019 |

    Bloomberg |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Netherlands, Holland

    As the world population increases and resources decrease, researchers across many countries are focusing on utilizing technology to make food production more efficient. From optimizing photosynthesis to enhancing plant productivity, developments are successfully being implemented in the Netherlands and China.

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  • A police department asked for cat food instead of cash for parking tickets

    July 29, 2019 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, Muncie, Indiana

    In Muncie, Indiana, parking violators can bring cat food to the local shelter in exchange for a parking ticket violation. Though the offer only ran for four days, the local shelter was overwhelmed with donations from parking violators and non-violators alike.

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  • Sacramento Drop In Black Child Deaths Holds Lessons for LA

    July 29, 2019 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    After launching an initiative aimed at reducing Black infant deaths, Sacramento County's success is now a model for other areas of California looking to make similar changes. Local officials joined with other community advocates and experts to analyze 20 years of data that showed specific disparities. They then created resources to addressing specific issues and empower residents in seven targeted neighborhoods throughout the county.

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  • Back to the future with transit-oriented development

    July 29, 2019 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, New Britain, Connecticut

    Connecticut cities like New Britain are taking a comprehensive approach to urban planning, incorporating public transportation and economic equity structures into redevelopment plans. By investing in "transit-oriented development," or TOD, along housing development coordinators, cities drive economic development while reducing the state's carbon footprint.

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  • An imaginative space that helps kids believe in stories – and themselves

    July 29, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: England, Rotherham

    Grimm & Co.'s Apothecary to the Magical is boosting child literacy skills in a former steel and coal town with a large low-income population. By offering an imaginative space and free writing workshops, the nonprofit hopes to transform the town of Rotherham in England into a "storytelling capitol" and give "young people the narrative tools to reshape their world."

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  • Green Bay police carrying Narcan to combat opioid overdoses

    July 28, 2019 |

    WLUK-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Green Bay, Wisconsin

    When an individual has overdosed on opioids, there is a very limited amount of time to save their life which is why law enforcement officers in Green Bay, Wisconsin are now carrying Narcan nasal spray. “It’s a lifesaver,” says Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith. “I think just about probably everybody that we gave Narcan to would probably have died had we not been there to give them the Narcan.”

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  • ‘Basically I'm their teacher': Washington has big plans for its 25,500 school paraeducators

    July 28, 2019 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Washington state is providing additional instruction and in some cases a path to teacher credentials for its 25,500 paraeducators who have stepped up to play roles sometimes equivalent or beyond that of credentialed teachers amidst a teacher shortage statewide. Paraeducators are often from the neighborhoods in which they teach and often comprise a more diverse pool of instructors than other educators.

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  • Yellowstone Fights Lake Trout With Nets, ‘Judas' Fish And Pellets

    July 27, 2019 |

    Yellowstone Public Radio |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, West Thumb, Wyoming

    Yellowstone Park’s invasive fish management team has been working to save the native cutthroat salmon by fighting non-native lake trout for over a decade. To save the cutthroat salmon, which are crucial to the ecosystem’s food web, the team uses gillnetting traps. Since starting this initiative – funded by donations and federal funding – they’ve caught and killed over three million invasive trout.

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  • Less Trash, More Schools — One Plastic Brick at a Time

    July 27, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan

    The recycling economy is helping Ivory Coast overcome a building shortage and create jobs. The Fighting Women, a community organization in Abidjan, collect plastic waste to resell to manufacturers. In partnership with UNICEF, the Columbian company, Conceptos Plásticos purchases plastic waste from the Women and recycles it into bricks, which are used to construct classrooms.

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