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  • Una comunidad en La Cruz decide cambiar el destino de las tortugas en vías de extinción

    December 20, 2018 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Costa Rica, La Cruz

    Los habitantes de la comunidad playera de La Cruz, Costa Rica han logrado cambiar el destino de tortugas y rayas en peligro de extinción. Lo que empezo como habitantes patrullando una playa para proteger los nidos de tortugas ahora se ha convertido en una operación colaborativa que abarca cinco playas e incluye estudiantes, cientificos y la comunidad entera. Entre todos ayudan a pesar, medir y marcar a las tortugas y rayas y registran los datos para informar planes para conservar la fauna del area. Durante los dos años que llevan de operación, la comunidad han podido proteger 98% de los nidos de tortuga.

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  • A venture fund supports “model providers,” which have developed proven models to improve learning and shared them with many schools

    December 20, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Teton Science Schools, New Classrooms, and Summit Learning are examples of "model providers" - schools that have found solutions that seem to solve common issues faced by many elementary and secondary schools. Through the New Schools Venture Fund, "highly successful school[s are] taking a subset of what they’ve done and packaging it to get it to others in the field."

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  • “It's Not Just About Housing”

    December 20, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    While any attempted solution to homelessness is admirable, it’s the ideas that include community that may be the most successful. This is the concept supported by Stephanie Sena, a professor at Villanova who has dedicated her life to bringing “best practices” of homeless communities to Philadelphia. Still in the early stages, this community model would attempt to beat homelessness by bringing people together - not only giving a roof and a bed. Ideally, the community aspect would make the solution sustainable.

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  • A Community in Guanacaste Decided to Change the Destiny of Endangered Turtles

    December 20, 2018 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Playa El Jobo, La Cruz

    When a people in Playa El Jobo, La Cruz realized that their beaches were home to sea turtle eggs, they took action to protect the species by joining together. What started as a neighborhood effort to patrol the beaches has now turned into a successful NGO that collects data for research purposes and teaches tourists, students and children how to become research assistants.

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  • How the Son of Immigrants Quit Wall Street to Feed the Hungry

    December 20, 2018 |

    Politico |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A small nonprofit in New York City called Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) is tackling the staggering 40% of food that is wasted in the United States by collecting and redistributing excess food from restaurants to shelters, soup kitchen, social services, and more. RLC picks up food as many times as 200 a week, staffs only 7 people but has 100 regular volunteers and 8,000 more on call, and collected more than 792,000 pounds of food last year alone. Not only can businesses receive a large tax break for their donation, but the data provided by RLC has even contributed to restaurants reducing their food waste.

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  • Haines birders collect data for Audubon Society

    December 20, 2018 |

    KHNS Radio |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Haines, Alaska

    Birders in Haines, Alaska, participate in what could be the longest-running citizen science project in the nation's history: the Audobon Society's Christmas Bird Count. Armed with binoculars and clipboards, these citizen-scientists help conservationists keep track of bird populations and migrations, which have been shifting due to climate change.

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  • As Polar Bear Attacks Increase in Warming Arctic, a Search for Solutions

    December 19, 2018 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: Canada, Churchill, Manitoba

    As sea ice melts, polar bears in the Arctic spend increasingly more time on land, leading to dangerous conflicts with people. While Inuit communities and conservationists are at odds on how to manage the bears, researchers are developing technologies to reduce fatal conflicts. Patrols and the use of BEARDAR, a radar system that spots the animals on the landscape, have shown some promise.

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  • Montana waters test negative for mussels

    December 19, 2018 |

    Valley Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Helena, Montana

    In Montana last year, Fish Wildlife and Parks has worked with stakeholders across the state, running 35 watercraft stations that inspected over 100,000 boats. Meanwhile, the agency has coordinated with other organizations to educate the public about invasive aquatic species. At least in part thanks to these efforts, no new invasive mussel introductions were found last year.

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  • One Arizona district has found a way to keep truant kids in school

    December 19, 2018 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    In Baboquivari, a small Arizona district, schools are in the middle of a multi-year effort to reduce high chronic absenteeism rates. By sending volunteers to students' homes, offering rides to school, and providing laundry services, the district is hoping to eliminate the daily barriers many indigenous students face in making it to the classroom.

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  • From Cocaine To Cacao: One Man's Mission To Save Colombia's Farmers Through Chocolate

    December 19, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Quibdó, Chocó Department

    One man's chocolate company in Bogotá is aiming to change the lives of farmers in the Chocó department of Colombia. Concerned about the rise in the country's coca production (used to make cocaine), the company helps farmers transition from the coca to cacao production by teaching them the necessary skills to succeed.

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