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  • These gardens ask visitors to reconsider solitary confinement

    December 23, 2020 |

    Grist |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Solitary Gardens is an art project that protests prisons' solitary confinement conditions. Incarcerated people connect with volunteers on the outside who plant flowers, vegetables, or herbs in beds matching the tiny dimensions of the prison cell that confined Herman Wallace for a record 41 years in Louisiana. The people inside prison imagine their garden, often with memory triggers of what they have lost, and their gardener carries out their plan. The idea is to make a place for grief, healing, public service, and public education, as the gardens in four cities teach about solitary confinement.

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  • Lessons From Portland's Protest Movement

    December 23, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Organized groups of volunteers helped sustain over four months of Black Lives Matters protests, with centralized information sources keeping the public informed and essential support services provided. A network of over 160 medics tended to protesters' health needs and organizers provided air filters to deal with tear gas. Protestors getting out of jail were given food, water, and other resources, and affected neighborhoods were cleaned up by teams of volunteers. Such support created other ways to participate while also providing critical infrastructure to sustain months of protests for racial justice.

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  • A Unique Alliance Could Help Warn Us of Toxic Algae

    December 23, 2020 |

    Wired |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington

    A unique partnership between scientists, state agencies, and coastal communities in Washington state allows these different entities to monitor and manage toxic algal blooms. Known as the Olympic Region Harmful Algal Blooms Partnership, the initiative allows them to take water samples and analyze them for domoic acid, which is a deadly neurotoxin produced by algae. This collaboration allows fishers from tribal communities to know if it’s safe to harvest seafood and state officials to warn people when it becomes unsafe.

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  • À Toulouse, les grands frères roms soutiennent leurs cadets

    December 23, 2020 |

    La Vie |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: France, Toulouse

    Organisation de concerts, participation à des festivals, rencontres contre le racisme, mais aussi cours de soutien scolaire... Cette association toulousaine intervient au coeur d'un bidonville Roms pour lutter contre le racisme et faciliter l'accès à l'éducation. Grâce à leurs actions, en 2020-2021, tous les jeunes du bidonville en âge d'être scolarisés l'ont été.

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  • In the pandemic, field trips go virtual for Minnesota students

    December 23, 2020 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakdale, Minnesota

    In classrooms or at home, elementary students in Oakdale have more options for virtual tours and visit thanks to virtual fieldtrips. Museums, theaters, and different organizations are bettering the virtual tour experience for students, while also providing opportunities for students to virtually visit places across spread across the country instead of being limited to close surroundings.

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  • COPD patients get hands-on care to avoid the hospital

    December 23, 2020 |

    The Beacon Today |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

    In Florida, a hospital's respiratory department decreased readmission rates for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) by emphasizing patient education and encouraging cross-sector collaboration between departments and resources. The change has also helped the hospital avoid financial constraints.

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  • Migranten unterstützen Start-ups in Ghana

    December 22, 2020 |

    Deutschlandfunk Kultur |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Ghana

    Menschen mit afrikanischen Wurzeln, die in Deutschland leben, schicken jährlich etwa 1,5 Mrd. Euro in ihre Herkunftsländer. Dieses Geld wird vor Ort allerdings meistens für den Konsum ausgegeben. Die Plattform WIDU setzt sich dafür ein, einen Teil davon in junge Unternehmen vor Ort zu investieren. Die Beträge verdoppelt sie und hilft so, Arbeitsplätze in Afrika zu schaffen.

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  • Experiments in Coexistence

    December 22, 2020 |

    Earth Island |

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    Response Location: United States, Klamath, Oregon

    Conflict prevention specialists for USDA Wildlife Services in southwest Oregon work with livestock producers to deter the local wolf pack from killing livestock. The specialists patrol overnight, making noise so that the wolves know they are there and stay away. They also set up scare boxes and deploy fox lights, which emit random patters of light, to make it seem like there are more people covering larger areas. If inspectors determine livestock was killed by a wolf, the rancher receives compensation. Funding has been secured to deploy conflict prevention specialists in up to 12 additional states.

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  • NYC Court Summons Redesigned With Human Behavior in Mind

    December 22, 2020 |

    Government Technology |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City courts significantly reduced no-shows for court dates by redesigning court summons forms and sending text reminders to people of their upcoming court dates. An estimated 30,000 fewer arrest warrants were issued, thanks to the behavioral "nudges" that researchers designed with one realization in mind: People often miss court dates accidentally, not intentionally. The changes were made to summons systems, used for low-level offenses, but they could also be used in more serious criminal cases.

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  • Hurricane Sandy battered NYC 8 years ago. Since then, how has the city shored up against future superstorms? Oyster castles.

    December 22, 2020 |

    The Counter |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    As a way to soften the impacts of a future storm, an artificial oyster reef was installed in New York City. This green infrastructure can absorb the shock of waves and decrease the amount of flooding, as well as build up the shore over time effectively reversing erosion. Environmentalists argue that this type of barrier is more cost-effective than traditional seawalls and will adapt to sea level changes over time.

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