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  • Fixing the caregiver shortage: Why these health aides are twice as likely to stay on the job

    December 18, 2019 |

    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A partnership between a nonprofit health organization and a community health service program has helped provide enhanced training and more robust mentorship opportunities for home health aids in the New York City area. Results show that those who are a part of the program, many of whom are women and people of color, are more likely to stay in the profession due to the "program's focus on supporting them and helping to frame their work as a long-term career."

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  • Reforesting the Ocean

    December 17, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Australia, Port Stephens

    In Australia, scientists have developed a method to seed the ocean floor with healthy plants as a way to regrow dying ocean forests vital to the ecosystem. They have also crowdsourced the process, with volunteers collecting healthy seagrass and depositing it in bins along the beach.

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  • Shouldering the Burden

    December 17, 2019 |

    Comstock's Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Guinda, California

    Drastic solutions to climate change tend not to pan out (like trying to get everyone to stop eating meat), but careful adaptation is making real progress. In California, many smaller-scale farms are trying out new methods of adapting to the new realities of climate change, including not tilling the land so that nutrients build up and the soil strengthens. This article covers a range of approaches that farmers take to protect their livelihood and conserve their resources.

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  • Lessons in the Fight Against AIDS

    December 16, 2019 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: Thailand, Bangkok

    There are six countries that have reached "90–90–90" targets meaning, "90 percent of people with HIV in a country know their status, 90 percent of those diagnosed are on treatment, and 90 percent on treatment are virally suppressed." The solutions that have worked for these countries, like cross-sector partnerships and evidence-based prevention campaigns, are now models for regions still fighting to reduce rates.

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  • Three years of mining, 40 years of taxpayer clean up for river downstream of Vancouver Island copper mine

    December 16, 2019 |

    The Narwhal |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

    After an abandoned copper mine destroyed the Tsolum River in Canada, it took decades and cross-sector collaboration to reduce acid runoff and bring back fish populations. The government, a restoration society, and even the mining industry worked together to come up with solutions to save the river. Their latest attempt — capping the mine waste with glacial sediment and an asphalt covering — in 2009 succeeded. In 2015, 129,000 pink salmon came back to the river — a record return since fish counts began in 1953.

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  • Climate Change Was Killing Northwest Oysters. Growers and Scientists Fought Back

    December 13, 2019 |

    Bitterroot |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    The world's oceans absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which is a positive thing in the face of climate change for those living on land, but can harm the animals that rely on certain acidification levels of ocean waters. When it became apparent off the coasts of Oregon and Washington that oysters and other sea life with a shell or a skeleton were suffering the ramifications, researchers created a sensor that could detect acidification levels that could warn oyster growers of potentially harmful areas.

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  • Meet your Match: J Blood Artificial Intelligence connects blood donors to receivers in the FCT

    December 13, 2019 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory

    In order to encourage more community members to donate blood, a non-governmental organization in Nigeria has created a system that connects "willing blood donors and recipients at no cost." Utilizing social media services, the program collects participants information and sends individuals a message when a donation matching their blood type is needed.

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  • The Sandy Hook Nonprofit Fighting Shootings by Fostering More Inclusive Schools

    December 11, 2019 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Ellicott City, Maryland

    Start With Hello, an initiative from the NGO Sandy Hook Promise, gives students the opportunity to diversify who they know and interact with in a long-term effort to prevent school violence and shootings. The program, funded by public and private grants, has spread to 11,600 schools across the United States, with each school also getting training on inclusivity. While an impact evaluation hasn't been finished, early studies show that those who participate in the program respond better to mental distress.

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  • The landfill where you once dumped your garbage might be a great spot for a solar farm

    December 10, 2019 |

    Bangor Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    Landfills can offer prime real estate for solar potential due to the lack of trees and access to direct sunlight, and Maine is taking advantage of this. Seen as a sustainable renewable energy project, this is just one more method the state is implementing in order to advocate for increased solar power as an environmentally-friendly strategy.

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  • Power Struggle

    December 07, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Humboldt County, California

    The Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe in California installed its own small-scale electrical supply grid using solar panels and Tesla batteries to make their community more resilient to energy disruptions and lower carbon dioxide emissions. This proved useful during the 2019 wildfire season when utility companies shut down power for millions of residents. The tribe is now helping other Native reserves to build their own microgrid systems.

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