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  • Turning Paris's underground car parks into mushrooms farms

    November 11, 2019 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Mushroom farms are popping up in underground parking lots in Paris. The city, facing a surplus of lots as car ownership declines, has been holding competitions to find creative, new purposes for them. Urban farmers, Cycloponics, won one of these competitions and now operates three of these mushroom farms, selling their crops to local organic grocery stores in the area.

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  • On Virginia's Eastern Shore, wild horses are an asset, not a headache

    November 11, 2019 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Chincoteague, Virginia

    While Western towns struggle with the growth of wild horse populations in the area, a small town on the coast of Virginia has established a way to maintain population size and care for the horses. Volunteers manage a population of 150 horses, auction off newborn foals, and inject contraceptive into female horses to keep the population size at bay.

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  • This startup helps match veterans to the support services they need

    November 11, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A new national startup helps connect veteran service organizations to make enrollment processes easier for veterans seeking help. The startup - called Unite Us - aims to bring together the 46,000 agencies that provide services to veterans to make it easier for veterans to quickly transfer from agency to agency to best meet their needs.

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  • Shifting the Focus of Breast Cancer to Prevention

    November 11, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Societal and environmental changes over the years have impacted the likelihood of women being diagnosed with breast cancer, but preventative measures may help mitigate that. From risk-reducing medications for those who are at higher-risk due to family history to a focus on prioritizing exercise, there are a number of measures that are showing promise at reducing the diagnosis.

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  • Getting a Handle on Self-Harm

    November 11, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Glen Oaks, New York

    Self-injury tactics have been increasing among adolescents, but psychologists are finding success with implementing specialized forms of therapy. Typically used with those diagnosed with a personality disorder, a specialized talk therapy known as dialectical behavior therapy works to teach "mindfulness techniques and opposite action, in which patients act opposite to the way they feel in order to alter the underlying distress."

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  • Lake Erie's green monster: Climate change adds pressure to prevent toxic algal blooms

    November 10, 2019 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    Toxic green algae has become a prominent threat in Lake Erie, but local farmers are trying to reduce their footprint by limiting agricultural nutrient runoff from manure and fertilizer that is spread on their farm fields. From increasing transparency around agriculture practices to altering how fertilizer is distributed, early signs are showing success with these measures despite there still being a long ways to go.

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  • Here's How 2 Schools Have Made Free College Work — For Decades

    November 10, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Two colleges in Kentucky don't charge tuition and haven't for decades. Work study programs, endowments designed to reduce the cost of tuition, and private donations for campus buildings help to offset the costs of a college degree.

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  • She gave birth to 150 puppies then was discarded. How Victoria's story could stop puppy mills

    November 10, 2019 |

    WXIA-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania has made significant strides in decreasing animal cruelty in the commercial breeding sector. It has overhauled its kennel regulations, making sure dogs have access to outdoor space and exercise space, are visited by a veterinarian bi-annually, and are not allowed to be owned by anyone convicted of animal cruelty. Since these changes were put in place the state has seen a sharp increase in violations and closures, which for them, is a success.

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  • Battle to restore Chesapeake Bay provides lessons for Great Lakes

    November 10, 2019 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Chesapeake, Ohio

    The Great Lakes region is becoming overtaken by algal blooms, but reduction efforts from past projects are helping to create a guide for a way forward. The Chesapeake Bay Program – a multi-state and multi-agency effort – is proving to be one such model since reporting "reductions in algae growth, and an increasing percentage of water tributaries meeting clean water standards."

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  • ‘The worth of water' and what conservation strategies are working

    November 09, 2019 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    To address worsening droughts and limited water resources in the 2nd driest state in the country, Utah government officials are implementing different methods of water metering throughout the state as a tool for water consumption measurement. Residents can have digital access to the amount of water they are using for landscaping comparative to the amount they should be using. Since this implementation, water consumption has drastically decreased in project areas.

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