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  • Food Security: Green Grams Changing Lives in Eastern Kenya

    October 19, 2018 |

    Science Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Green gram farming has lead to some promising results for communities in Eastern Kenya. Allowing for more crop diversity, this breakthrough has proved to be both a cash crop and a food crop, which provides economic stability and food security to the farmers in this region.

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  • Iowa company that turns recycled cartons into building materials coming to Colorado

    October 18, 2018 |

    Colorado Springs Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    In Colorado, trash either ends up in a landfill or is recycled by being shipped to another state. To increase efficiency and implement better recycling practices, an Iowa-born company that turns recycled cartons into building materials is crossing state lines with the help of funding from from the Colorado Department of Health and Environment.

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  • 'Zero waste' town recycles most of its trash

    October 18, 2018 |

    WHYY |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Japan, Kamikatsu

    Kamikatsu, a small town in rural Japan, went from incinerating trash to recycling about 80 percent of it--all while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving money. The program is run by Zero Waste Academy, a nonprofit that helps train residents and businesses on best recycling practices. Now, Kamikatsu's success has drawn planners from around the world to learn.

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  • How to make prisons more humane

    October 17, 2018 |

    Vox |

    Podcast |

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    Response Location: United States, Bismarck, North Dakota

    A North Dakota prison looks to Norway's prison model that focuses on prisoner rehabilitation rather than punishment. By giving offenders responsibility, private space, and access to the outside world, these prisons have found lower rates of recidivism and more success with rehabilitation.

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  • Male involvement in home affairs leads to better discipline among children

    October 17, 2018 |

    New Vision |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    A community-based program in Uganda has helped reduce violence in families and gender inequity by training both parents in effective communication and parenting. Organizers focused specifically on recruiting men because they are often not involved in home life and are exposed to societal beliefs about masculinity that can perpetuate patterns of violence. The pilot program of 600 participants showed positive results in reducing family violence and other communities want to adopt it.

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  • How a bench and a team of grandmothers can tackle depression

    October 16, 2018 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Harare

    In order to increase Zimbabwean’s ability to access mental health care, a psychiatrist trained grandmothers in talk therapy. Working from a “friendship bench,” these new trainees have provided evidence-based, culturally competent care to thousands of people since the start of the program in 2006.

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  • How Colorado's ski resorts can continue making snow in drought years like this one

    October 15, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Loveland, Colorado

    Several dry winters in the 1970s and 1980s prompted ski resorts to have a backup plan: make their own snow. The result is a solution that helps ski resorts and does not hurt the environment: man-made snow is stored in reservoirs and the majority re-enters natural water sources after ski season. Still, the Colorado Water Conservation Board oversees the process to ensure no harm is actually done.

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  • Seattle is the leader in worker protection laws. What can Philly learn as it considers a ‘fair workweek'?

    October 15, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In an effort to achieve a true "fair work week," Philadelphia looks to Seattle's worker protection laws - which are among the best in the country. Seattle enforces a strict secure-scheduling policy, which ensures workers are compensated if an employer changes their schedule without fair warning.

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  • Stopping US teens from smoking, one town at a time

    October 14, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States

    Activists hope to reduce the number of young smokers by raising the legal smoking age to 21. Instead of working for a national change, they're tackling the issue one small town at a time.

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  • The Crime Machine, Part II

    October 12, 2018 |

    Gimlet Media |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    CompStat seemed like a miracle of technology and data when it was rolled out in New York City in the 1990s. Crime dropped as police leadership demanded precincts report every crime and what they were doing about it at weekly meetings where they were pressured to conform to this new system. But this also resulted in police distorting actual crime data to avoid reporting crimes in their districts and the push for increased police activity resulted in cops targeting minorities for minor offenses.

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