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Sacramento-area experiment could help merge a 'clean' future with viable neighborhoods

Casey Rafter

September 08, 2022 |

Sacramento Business Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

Green Means Go identifies central parts of cities called “Green Zones” and then makes efforts to increase infill housing where services already exist for residents and improve access to alternative, more “green" modes of transportation, and reduce commute times. Less vehicle commuting means fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Out of 28 local jurisdictions, 23 have already adopted Green Zones.

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At Fly Compton, the sky's not a limit. Neither is race.

Marlon L. Dwight

September 07, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Compton, California

The nonprofit Fly Compton Aeronautical Education Foundation provides affordable flying lessons for marginalized youth to help them get careers in the aviation industry.

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What It's Like To Make A Film Almost Entirely In Prison

Ryan M. Moser

September 07, 2022 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

Inmates taking a credit-bearing film course through Miami Dade College created a short film while inside Everglades Correctional Institution in Florida. The program helps incarcerated students get credits towards degrees and gain skills they could use for employment when they leave.

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The life-changing power of West Virginia's only queer youth summer camp

Nico Lang

September 07, 2022 |

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Response Location: United States, Weston, West Virginia

The Appalachian Queer Youth Summit, West Virginia's only summer camp for LGBTQ2S+ teenagers, provides a welcoming venue for campers to explore their identities and connect with other queer youth, all while building skills in storytelling, advocacy, citizen lobbying, and knowing your rights. Participants have gone on to advocate for changes in their state, successfully driving efforts to ban conversion therapy at the municipal level, and have also formed a tight-knit community that extends beyond the camp grounds.

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Cleveland Water replaces 100% of lead service lines to day care centers; interior work remains

Owen MacMillan Brie Camp

September 06, 2022 |

The Land |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Water has inspected water lines at the 445 state-licensed local childcare facilities built before 1953 to check for lead contamination since July 2021. Over half the inspected facilities were found to have lead-contaminated service lines and Cleveland Water replaced every single one of them and also provided educational water safety resources to childcare providers to ensure the water used in the facilities remains safe.

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Uganda's swift response to yellow fever outbreaks pays off despite challenges

Namiganda Jael

September 06, 2022 |

Metro FM 90.8 |

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Response Location: Uganda, Wakiso

Uganda's National Guidelines for Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response outlines procedures for detection, testing, and tracking of contagious illnesses. The strategy helped curb an outbreak of yellow fever in Wakiso district after health workers determined that the five cases that emerged there were in people who had recently traveled and brought the disease back with them.

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Britain's Blind Farmers Are Teaching Others How to Grow

Alexander Turner

September 06, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: England, Bedfordshire

Inclusive Farm is adapted for people with a wide range of physical needs, like for people who are blind, to give farming students the full range of skills expected on a farm. Inclusive Farm aims to break down barriers for disabled people in the farming industry and is currently ushering its first intake of 14 students toward completing their courses.

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It Was War. Then, a Rancher's Truce With Some Pesky Beavers Paid Off.

Catrin Einhorn

September 06, 2022 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Wells, Nevada

Throughout the west, a growing number of ranchers and scientists are reimaging the way they see beavers and considering them as tools for climate resilience. The vast network of beaver dams can help protect crops during droughts and store water and provide a buffer against wildfires, while simultaneously creating a habitat for a variety of species.

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How Japan Won its ‘Traffic War'

David Zipper

September 06, 2022 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

Fewer than 3,000 people died in Japanese car crashes in 2021, compared to almost 43,000 in the United States. This is due to introducing initiatives like the Shinkansen, the world’s first bullet train, which is safer, quicker, and oftentimes more accessible than traditional cars, thus eliminating the need for residents to drive themselves.

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How Liberia's frontline health workers are protecting us all

Peter Yeung

September 06, 2022 |

BBC |

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Response Location: Liberia

Liberia's community health worker program taps residents of rural areas to receive training in disease surveillance and basic health care, creating a network of on-the-ground professionals to report potential outbreaks before they begin to spread. The program has contributed to more rapid treatment of malaria cases, with 71 percent of cases treated within 24 hours in 2021, and has significantly increased the number of rural residents with access to care.

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