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  • Rooftop beehives in Philly help nurture bees—and maintain our food supply

    October 17, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Bees and other pollinator populations have been rapidly declining, threatening food production nationwide, but urban beekeeping is helping to fight against this trajectory. In Philadelphia, rooftop beekeeping has become the norm for one section of the city, where the honey harvested goes directly to the businesses in the area.

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  • How women in India demanded—and are getting—safer streets

    October 15, 2019 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: India

    Thanks to the Nirbhaya Fund, named for the victim in a notorious case of rape and murder, the Indian government poured $145 million into new women’s safety initiatives that have enabled women to go about their lives in public without fearing harassment or attacks by men. Danger as an everyday reality for women is no longer taken as a given. Among the initiatives the growing program has paid for: self-defense training, all-female police units, special rickshaws for female passengers, all-female public transit. Can it also change men's behavior? That's harder, but not impossible.

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  • Canceled NC high school diversity lesson points to challenge for educators

    October 14, 2019 |

    Carolina Public Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Wake Forest, North Carolina

    Teachers in North Carolina are struggling to find the best way to get students to talk about the intersections of diversity and identity. When a lesson at Heritage High School in Wake County was canceled due to parent concerns, the school dedicated itself to figuring out how to better discuss intersectionality while balancing privacy concerns of the students. This article cites the expertise of a counselor who specializes in identity and examines how the lesson can be taught better in the future.

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  • Let's nix Columbus Day and make Election Day a paid holiday instead

    October 14, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Sandusky, Ohio

    Sandusky, Ohio, recently got rid of Columbus Day in favor of a holiday on Election Day, following the lead of several countries around the world such as South Africa, Germany, and India. Sandusky's swapping of Columbus Day for Election Day is largely symbolic, but symbols can be powerful, especially for small towns.

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  • How can children be taught about death and serious illness? Audio icon

    October 10, 2019 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Germany, Arnsberg

    At a German preschool, an intergenerational mentoring program pairs community members with young children to productively talk about complex life concepts such as illness and death. Studies have shown that such programs can promote prosocial behavior and encourage empathy in kids.

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  • Food is biggest stumbling block on zero-waste nature tour

    October 10, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: United States, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

    Natural Habitat Adventures, a tour company, has run the first no-waste, week-long trip through Yellowstone. With ecotourism producing millions of pounds of waste per year, the group wanted to demonstrate that doing so was possible as a way of holding other tour companies to a higher standard. Natural Habitat was able to reach the zero-waste success through composting, sharing meals at restaurants, heavy planning and preparation, and consulting with sustainability and waste experts.

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  • After oil and gas: Meet Alberta workers making the switch to solar

    October 02, 2019 |

    The Narwhal |

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    Response Location: Canada, Alberta

    Alberta, Canada is a place that historically has had a close relationship with oil and gas. But as renewable energy surges into the market, these industries become more and more precarious. This article talks to a range of young men—a key demographic in these industries—about why they made the decision to leave oil and gas for solar energy and what helped them make that transition. Many said, among other things, that their motivations lay in wanting to leave a better world for their children to grow up in.

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  • Immersion Program Seeks Next Generation Of Rural Doctors

    September 30, 2019 |

    Side Effects Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Sedalia, Missouri

    Rural areas are often underserved when it comes to medical access, but a town in Missouri is working on changing this by immersing medical students in rural life. Offering students a glimpse of small town life while working alongside local healthcare providers, the immersion program serves as a recruitment tool and is showing promise.

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  • Mental health solutions in Lampedusa's veg garden

    September 27, 2019 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Italy, Lampedusa

    In Lampedusa, a small Italian island, those that are struggling with mental health issues are finding help and solace in a local vegetable garden. Although this solution is not intended to act as a stand-alone answer, it has provided a sense of purpose for many involved as well as addressed the social isolation many were facing.

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  • Refugee cooks from Syria and Iraq in Germany share food to make friends and integrate into society

    September 21, 2019 |

    The National |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    A German organization called Uber den Tellerrand brings together refugees and locals for a meal handmade by those who migrated from Syria and Iraq. The meal brings people together over a delicious meal, offers authentic food from those countries, and allows those cooking to feel like they are giving back to the community. Another initiative to aid the resettlement process is a program called Start with a Friend (SWAF) pairs locals and newcomers to develop friendships and help refugees better learn the language along the way.

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