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  • Ranked Choice Voting Gains Traction For 2020

    January 10, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United Arab Emirates, Maine

    Already adopted in eighteen cities and five states, ranked choice voting, a system where voters rank candidates running in an election from their first to last choice, is growing in popularity across the United States. Those states and municipalities that have ranked choice voting claim that this system is fairer and more democratic and the electorate is more satisfied as a result.

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  • These two Bibb County schools have a solution to bad behavior: breathing and meditation

    January 10, 2020 |

    The Telegraph |

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    Response Location: United States, Macon, Georgia

    In Georgia’s Bibb county, students at two schools are learning deep breathing and mindfulness from the organization, On the Same Breath. The practice, introduced by the organization and then led by teachers, gives students the opportunity to complete this practice every day for 40 days in the hopes that it will address behavioral issues and stress. It’s currently in the pilot stage for Bibb county, but the Atlantic public school system has been using it for years.

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  • Important lessons for Philadelphia from Chicago's three-year decline in gun violence

    January 10, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Since 2016, Chicago has seen a 37% decrease in homicides with a comprehensive, targeted approach toward violence. The city developed a multi-pronged approach, including a collaboration between foundations and funders, a partnership that analyzed police decision-making, resource allocation toward a new gun-violence-focused prosecution unit, and targeted investment in high-risk individuals. With such success, cities like Philadelphia – also experiencing an increase in homicides – look to Chicago for lessons learned.

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  • From surgery simulators to medical mishaps in space, video game tech is helping doctors at work

    January 09, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    An orthopedic surgeon, software developers, and medical experts have teamed up to create a virtual reality headset that helps eliminate unpredictability during surgical procedures. Although this is one of many technological advancements that's being used to bridge a gap in health care, both virtual reality and video games have helped to assist not just during procedures but also in "highly irregular situations or those that would be impossible to replicate.

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  • Zero bikers or pedestrians were killed by cars in Oslo last year: What can the U.S. learn from its success?

    January 09, 2020 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Norway, Oslo

    Oslo, Norway saw zero pedestrian and cyclist deaths in 2019. The success comes from infrastructure redesign, increased traffic enforcement, overall policy prioritization of road safety, and collaboration between residents, organizations, and government. In the United States, many cities are working toward “Vision Zero” – zero pedestrian and cycling deaths – and are looking to Oslo as an example.

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  • 5 billion people around the world lack basic access to justice. These organizations are out to change that.

    January 09, 2020 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: Peru, Pisco

    Microjustice4All, an international legal empowerment organization, provides people in vulnerable communities with legal aid, especially after environmental crises. Another global organization, Namati, trains local paralegals so that they may help their communities in legal issues. This sort of legal empowerment has taken hold on a global scale, with the overarching goal of building power through law and environmental justice – especially as climate change affects the most marginalized populations.

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  • Meet the shrines holding together remnants of Africa's largest coastal forest

    January 09, 2020 |

    Earth Journalism Network |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kilifi County

    The Mijikenda community, an indigenous group in Kenya, is playing an outsized role in preserving the Kaya Kauma forest. Traditional practices around building shrines generates respect for the land, and outsiders are even required to pay a fine to support forest cleanup after visiting the land. In an area facing severe deforestation, the native traditions have been one way to combat climate change.

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  • Minneapolis Activists Ask Local Leaders to Invest in Communities, Not Cops

    January 09, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    In Minneapolis, Minnesota, a coalition of organizers and community members called Reclaim the Block advocates for divestment from the city's police force and into more community-based initiatives and services. Advocates for the group argue that rather than solving issues like homelessness, opioid addiction, and mental health crises, policing can actually make the situation worse off. The broad coalition successfully petitioned the city to move funds out of the police force and into the newly created Office of Violence Prevention.

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  • How to Exorcise the Ghosts of Crab Traps Past

    January 09, 2020 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    Low cost sonar helps teams of crabbers in the Great Bay Estuary locate abandoned traps, which they use hook lines to remove to protect wildlife and damage to fishing boats. Funded by three grants, teams have retrieved around 2,200 traps and crabbers are compensated for their efforts. The initiative is modeled after one in the Chesapeake Bay, where 34,408 ghost pots were removed over six years. Similar efforts have been implemented around the world, including the Ghost Trap Rodeo in Tampa Bay, which is styled like a fishing tournament but competitors collect abandoned traps instead of catching fish.

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  • How Educators Are Rethinking The Way They Teach Immigration History

    January 09, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston

    At one Boston public school, teachers are updating curricula to provide students with history lessons that contextualize current national debates about immigration policy.

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