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Everyone Knows the Benefits of Meal-Sharing. Here's How to Actually Do It

Yasmeen Wafai

June 06, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

As family and community style dinners become increasingly less commonplace, studies are showing that communication, academics and nutrition may suffer, but The Family Dinner Project is working to change this by offering a toolkit to make group dinners easier. The resources offered in the toolkit include "games to play at the table, conversation starters, and tips to prevent conflict," all with the goal of creating community around the dinners again.

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She's Giving Every College Student a Life Coach

Molly Fosco

June 02, 2019 |

OZY |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

After her experience arriving woefully unprepared at Dartmouth, Alex Bernadotte started Beyond 12, a tech nonprofit that provides virtual coaching to graduating high school seniors and college students. Beyond 12 has a special focus on first-generation college students and immigrants to help coach them through problems big and small. Beyond 12 now works with 120 high schools nationwide with more than 100,000 undergrad participants.

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Bengaluru non-profit builds play spaces from scrap

Sakshi Rao

May 30, 2019 |

Citizen Matters |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Bengaluru

In Bengaluru, India, Anthill Creations has created dozens of playgrounds, or "play scapes" as they call them, using recycled tire scraps that are safe and fun. Serving over 10,000 children, Anthill's play scapes allow spaces for children to engage in much needed play and outdoor activity necessary for successful development.

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In Utah, veterans are more vulnerable to suicide. One program hopes connecting veterans with each other will help save lives.

Paighten Harkins Erin Alberty

May 27, 2019 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

Across the United States, veterans are at a greater risk for suicide than the average civilian, but in Utah, this problem is elevated even further. Although researchers are unsure of the reasons for this, programs in the state aim to combat the issue by bringing veterans together.

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Could you give up flying? Meet the no-plane pioneers

Emine Saner

May 22, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Southampton

There’s a new environmental movement: the no-fly movement. In Europe especially, people are realizing the detrimental environmental impact of flying and are seeking alternatives to air travel, even if it means being creative with time and money. It’s not for everyone - but for this movement, days of train travel trump the emissions created from a long flight.

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The Crisis Called for Goats

Paige Williams

May 20, 2019 |

The New Yorker |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

It turns out goats may be the answer to addressing invasive species. In Manhattan’s Riverside Park, a herd of goats were hired to to eat weeds, ivy, and nonnative species in an attempt to restore the balance of the ecosystem. The herd of goats, owned by Larry and Ann Cihanek, have been trained to do this specific type of work across the northeast.

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Santa Fe looks to expand rebates for water-saving efforts

Robert Nott

May 18, 2019 |

The Santa Fe New Mexican |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

In Sante Fe, residents can get a rebate on their water bill for installing environmentally-friendly appliances. The program recently expanded to commercial businesses, and the city is being strategic in incentivizing hotels, restaurants, and other businesses to use the program. Water saved will help local projects such as construction of affordable housing.

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The loneliness problem in L.A. starts with traffic. Could it end with a walk?

Nita Lelyveld

May 16, 2019 |

Los Angeles Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Rates of loneliness are increasing across the United States, as people rely on technology rather than human interaction for their day-to-day lives. To directly combat this, a man in Los Angeles created the People Walker app that allows people to request walks in order to create connection.

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A mock funeral aims to help students bury their pain

Laura Meckler

May 15, 2019 |

The Washington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

To combat emotional distress that many students are facing, schools across the nation are implementing mock funerals, allowing students to figuratively "bury their pain." Although issues at focus range from drunk driving, to poor test scores to peer violence, the overarching goal is to make sure that students feel that they're being heard by the adults that surround them.

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City with a female face: how modern Vienna was shaped by women

Elle Hunt

May 14, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Austria, Vienna

Vienna, Austria uses a tactic called "gender mainstreaming" to ensure that urban planning equally takes into account lives of women and men around the city. While architecture and urban planning have traditionally been male-dominated industries, Vienna actively incorporates alternative opinions and lifestyles into their city infrastructure. The Austrian capital has been pioneering ‘gender mainstreaming’ for nearly 30 years. How did the city come to be so far ahead – and could its gains be lost?

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