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  • Green party: how are festivals upping their environmental credentials?

    November 19, 2019 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    Finding ways to implement circular systems reduces the environmental impact of festivals. The London-based nonprofit, a Greener Festival, works with festival planners across Europe to make events more sustainable. In addition to recycling and moving toward plant-based food options, a Greener Festival also leverages its partnerships to collect and reuse catered food through its EighthPlate initiative.

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  • Southern Oregon Rancher Builds Fences And Bridges To Keep The Wolves At Bay

    November 19, 2019 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    For years, a rancher in Southern Oregon has been trying to keep a local pack of wolves from killing his livestock, and after many rounds of trial and error and collaborative efforts, a high-tech fence may be the solution. Although the fence isn't cheap, many came forward to help make this a possibility and show their support for a project that united people that historically have stood politically opposed.

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  • With Paper Monuments, New Orleanians Draft The City's History Themselves

    November 19, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Bringing the community into conversations about commemoration opens new ways to present public history. The Paper Monuments project in New Orleans asked residents to draw monuments that they would like to see replace the four Confederate monuments removed in the city. The project brought organizations like the New Orleans Arts Council and New Orleans Public library together with community members to re-imagine new narratives, installations, and representations of local history.

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  • Mozambique's newly empowered rangers, courts catch up with poachers, loggers

    November 19, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Mozambique

    Protecting forests requires collaboration between conservation groups and government authorities. In Mozambique, the Peace Parks Foundation is working with support of the Mozambique government to protect the Zinave National Park from illegal poaching and logging. By increasing patrols and tightening the laws surrounding illegal logging, Mozambique’s government has made conservation work in the area much more effective.

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  • Houston, we have a solution: How the city curbed homelessness

    November 18, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Across the country, governments at every level are working to tackle homelessness. In Houston, connecting permanent housing to services has proven an effective strategy but it has required an increase in affordable housing stock and more strategic organization between non-profits and officials.

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  • Sesame and the IRC join forces to help Syrian refugee children

    November 17, 2019 |

    60 Minutes |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

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    Response Location: Jordan

    Sesame Street has long been used as an educational tool for children throughout the U.S., but a partnership between the International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop is expanding the reach of the popular television program. Together, the IRC and Sesame Workshop have now created a version of the show that specifically targets issues faced by children in refugee camps with the goal of enhancing both emotional and educational well-being.

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  • How a new grain could help combat climate change

    November 16, 2019 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Planting perennial grains for human consumption retains more nutrients in the soil, prevents soil erosion, and traps carbon. Farmers and researchers have been working to develop a commercially viable perennial grain, known as Kernza. Today, business pioneers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area are finding ways to introduce Kernza into consumer markets, including Kernza beer.

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  • King County may borrow an idea from Australia to reduce youth homelessness. Readers wanted to know: How much does it cost?

    November 16, 2019 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: Australia

    In Australia, a universal survey in several secondary schools helps to identify students who are at risk of becoming homeless and connects them with wraparound services. The prevention-based model may soon be piloted in King County, Washington.

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  • Safer at sea: The unexpected benefit of traceability for small-scale fishers

    November 12, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Philippines, General Santos City

    Efforts to reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing also make fishermen safer at sea. Vessel Monitoring Mechanisms (VMM) and electronic catch documentation (eCDT) track the origin of fish headed to market, part of an international effort to ensure sustainable and equitable practices. Data transmission also makes fishermen safer, relaying their locations from hundreds of miles out at sea. In the Philippines, a partnership between Futuristic Aviation and Maritime Enterprise (FAME) and USAID Oceans and Fisheries Partnership helps cover subscription fees for FAME radio transmitter service.

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  • Are D.C.'s Streets Finally Getting Safer?

    November 11, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    As the District lagged on its Vision Zero goals, bike and pedestrian advocates in Washington turned traffic fatalities into a rallying cry, and got results.  

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