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Georgia's largest school district seeing success in recruiting, keeping bus drivers

Jorge Estevez

October 14, 2022 |

WSB-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Georgia

Gwinnett County Schools in Georgia is using active recruitment to keep an appropriate number of bus drivers on staff. Their team dedicated to transportation holds weekly job fairs, sends flyers home with students’ meals, and trains potential drivers on site.

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E-bikes gain momentum as a climate, traffic solution

Alex Brown

October 14, 2022 |

Stateline |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Government officials in Denver, Colorado, are encouraging e-bike adoption with rebates for those purchasing one to reduce traffic and air pollution in the city. So far, over 4,000 e-bikes were bought with help from the rebates.

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High cost of prosthetics and child amputees' strive for a normal life

Kenneth Olajide Anne Pede Rose Owole

October 13, 2022 |

NewsWire NGR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

The Irede Foundation provides recycled prosthetics and other walking aids for children ages 18 and under with congenital limb deformities, as prosthetics can be extremely expensive. The Foundation also works to empower child amputees to live their lives to the fullest via mentoring and coaching sessions. The Foundation has provided 147 limbs to 103 children since its inception in 2012.

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Code Plateau is enhancing digital skills of youths but brain drain poses a threat to sustainability

Johnstone Kpilaakaa

October 13, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Plateau State

Code Plateau is a fellowship designed to teach young adults digital skills like digital marketing, software engineering, and data science to help them secure good jobs and help the country into a leading digital economy. Since the fellowship began in 2019, it has trained over 1,000 people.

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Could an ADU revolution be underway in the Capital Region?

Jeff Wilser

October 13, 2022 |

Sacramento News & Review |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Accessory dwelling units are small homes in homeowners driveways and yards that can be rented out and might help address California’s housing crisis.

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How Angwan Gwuragwu, FCT women are earning while keeping community

Emiene Erameh

October 13, 2022 |

NewsWire NGR |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Angwan Gwuragwu, Abuja

In an effort to address issues of waste disposal, the Women Recyclers Empowerment Initiative empowers women in local communities by paying them to recycle plastics. Not only does the initiative address waste issues, but it also allows women to become financially independent. So far, 40 women have participated in the initiative.

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A street lit by rotten onions? An Indian market embraces biogas.

Kavitha Yarlagadda

October 13, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Hyderabad

At a vegetable market in Hyderabad, India, food waste is collected and converted into biogas to provide gas and electricity for buildings and streetlights. The process keeps the waste from emitting methane in a landfill and reduces reliance on fossil fuels and coal.

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Hunting for elk solutions in Devil's Kitchen

Amanda Eggert

October 13, 2022 |

Montana Free Press |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Montana

In Montana, landowners, hunters, outfitters, and biologists created the Devil’s Kitchen Working Group to facilitate conversations about elk management which led to a successful management framework that has been relatively unchanged for years.

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Denver's E-Bike Rebates Are So Hot They're Gone Within Minutes

Whitney Bauck

October 13, 2022 |

Bloomberg |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Denver offers rebates up to $1,700 for residents purchasing electric bikes to encourage their adoption, increase accessibility for low-income residents, and help reduce air pollution.

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New technology provides hope for the Great Lakes' polluted waters

Abigail Comar

October 12, 2022 |

Great Lakes Echo |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ohio

Hypernucleation flotation technology skims water to separate out the harmful algae blooms. That process brings the nutrient levels in the body of water down to a level that other living things can survive in.

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