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  • A Vision for a Just recovery - La Marana's work Post Hurricane Maria

    Ambika Samarthya-Howard

    January 20, 2020 |

    New Haven Independent |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Puerto Rico

    La Maraña, a nonprofit in Puerto Rico, created a model for how communities could recover from disasters like the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in 2017. By including community voices in the design and planning process of recovery projects — which can focus on water, food, energy, roads, communication, or security — the organization hopes the projects are more likely to succeed and promote longterm community civic engagement.

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  • Reducing Fire, and Cutting Carbon Emissions, the Aboriginal Way

    Thomas Fuller

    January 16, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Cooinda, Northern Territory

    With the dramatic increase in wildfire danger in Australia causing international distress, officials look to an ancient Indigenous fire-prevention technique that reduces the risk of large wild-fires. This Aboriginal technique - which involves lighting small, controlled fires throughout the year - eliminates excess debris that can easily catch fire in a wildfire, and it reduces greenhouse gas emissions from wildfires in the Northern region of the country by 40%.

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

    Alessandra Bergamin

    January 09, 2020 |

    Ensia |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    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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  • ALICE Is Overstating the Effectiveness of Its Active Shooter Trainings

    Champe Barton

    January 08, 2020 |

    The Trace |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The ALICE Training Institute provides active-shooter training for schools around the United States. The organization’s website says that 18 schools have had success using its protocol, and yet an investigation by The Trace found that many of the schools they count as a success actually strayed from its methods. While lacking in proof of concept, school officials did report increased sense of safety and confidence because of the trainings.

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  • Drone on the range: Farmers take to the skies to save water and money

    Miles Wilson

    December 31, 2019 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Maricopa, Arizona

    In Arizona, the use of drones as farming technology is gaining traction. While still in the early stages, drones have shown to help with field mapping and data collection on things like crop conditions, water quality, and infestations. In an area that has been experiencing a 2-decade drought, these drones are able to help identify more precisely the water needed for soil.

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  • Shouldering the Burden

    Sena Christian

    December 17, 2019 |

    Comstock's Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Guinda, California

    Drastic solutions to climate change tend not to pan out (like trying to get everyone to stop eating meat), but careful adaptation is making real progress. In California, many smaller-scale farms are trying out new methods of adapting to the new realities of climate change, including not tilling the land so that nutrients build up and the soil strengthens. This article covers a range of approaches that farmers take to protect their livelihood and conserve their resources.

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  • The Company Behind America's Scariest School Shooter Drills

    Sylvia Varnham O'Regan

    December 13, 2019 |

    The Trace |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The ALICE Training Institute, a for-profit offering active shooter training, teaches participants to take a proactive approach to active shooters, differing from the long-held lock down approach. And while they’ve grown in popularity – the school security industry has grown to be worth $2.7 billion since Columbine – experts and school officials are questioning the approach’s efficacy and quality control. With constant debate and cultural shifts over who bears responsibility to prepare for and protect from shootings, parents are left wondering who or what will really keep their kids safe.

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  • How a closed-door meeting shows farmers are waking up on climate change

    Helena Bottemiller Evich

    December 09, 2019 |

    Politico |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    As the agriculture industry faces crop and profit loss due to catastrophic weather events, many farmers and ranchers are being catalysts for conversations with politicians, scientists, and environmental groups about how to combat the effects of climate change. Throughout the United States, key stakeholders in the food supply chain have formed working groups to discuss climate change and how their industry can work together to improve soil health and sequester carbon. While there are some who are not supportive of these efforts, there is a growing consensus around the importance of having these discussions.

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  • Power Struggle

    Mitch Anderson

    December 07, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Humboldt County, California

    The Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe in California installed its own small-scale electrical supply grid using solar panels and Tesla batteries to make their community more resilient to energy disruptions and lower carbon dioxide emissions. This proved useful during the 2019 wildfire season when utility companies shut down power for millions of residents. The tribe is now helping other Native reserves to build their own microgrid systems.

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  • Indigenous-wildlife ranger collaboration conserves rare Australian rainforests

    Nick Rodway

    November 18, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Western Australia

    Revegetation and fire management practices are helping to preserve Australia’s biodiversity. In Western Australia, collaborative efforts between Environs Kimberley, an environmental NGO, and local rangers from the First Nation communities of the Dampier Peninsula are working to document, conserve, and manage the region’s monsoon vine thickets (MVT). As part of the Kimberley Nature Project (KNP), local rangers employ traditional methods like seasonal burns to allow for revegetation and to reduce the threat of larger bushfires.

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