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  • Um sertão transformado

    July 17, 2020 |

    El País |

    Photojournalism |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Ceará

    O programa de implantação de cisternas para coletar água na estação chuvosa no semiárido brasileiro, além de oferecer água para as famílias beberem e plantarem a própria comida, ajuda na criação de animais, como cabras e galinhas. As famílias precisam de uma cisterna para armazenar a água para beber e cozinhar e outra para armazenar a água para a produção agrícola.

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  • Aparar toda a água da chuva e tirar o sustento dessa terra seca

    July 17, 2020 |

    El País |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Quixadá, Ceará

    O artigo faz parte de uma série sobre o programa de cisternas para armazenar água da chuva no semiárido brasileiro. Dessa vez, a repórter fala sobre uma mulher que tem a cisterna e viaja para ensinar outras pessoas a como usar bem a pouca água disponível. Ela ensina, por exemplo, técnicas de gotejamento para regar as plantações economizando água.

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  • In green jobs boost, communities get bigger role running Pakistan's national parks

    July 17, 2020 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Pakistan

    Khunjerab is the country’s oldest and largest national park and is a model of successful community-led management and conservation. Eight villages inside the park agreed not to graze livestock in a 12-square-kilometer area in exchange for designated grazing areas that rotate so each can recover after being used. Locals get 80% of the park’s employment opportunities and the local communities receive 75% of the visitor-generated revenue. As a result, Marco Polo sheep and Ibex numbers have grown substantially. A new Protected Areas Initiative has been funded to expand conservation efforts using this model.

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  • Could a Detroit Experiment Unleash the Power of Urban Soil?

    July 16, 2020 |

    Civil Eats |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    A multi-year experiment in Detroit is looking at environmentally sustainable ways to build urban soil. Some urban farmers are concerned about the high alkalinity levels in their soils, which can lead to potentially contaminated produce. The project is studying how cover crops, compost, and tillage can improve a piece of land. Early results suggest that these techniques can improve soils for agriculture but also improve the soil’s capacity to absorb carbon to mitigate climate change in major cities.

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  • Tackling a notorious waste problem in Africa's largest informal community

    July 16, 2020 |

    Ensia |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    Kibra Green, a grassroots organization in Kenya, mobilizes the young people in the community to clean up their neighborhood. At times, the group has as many as 500 participants for a community-wide clean up. Yet, a lack of steady funding and socioeconomic barriers for volunteers to regularly contribute to the group has made it difficult to scale the organization.

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  • Amid biting drought, sisters in Zambia fend off hunger with organic farming

    July 16, 2020 |

    Global Sisters Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Zambia, Chilanga

    In Zambia, where severe drought due to climate change has negatively affected agriculture, the Daughters of the Redeemer are practicing organic farming to feed hundreds of children and families whose basic needs are not being met. This group of religious sisters do not rely on rainfall to farm; they installed a drip irrigation system that has allowed them to grow crops like cabbage, maize, tomatoes, and beans. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the sisters provided training to local villages about organic farming, and this has allowed families to support themselves during the crisis.

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  • South Korea's Key Weapon to Stop the Pandemic? Smartphones

    July 16, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: South Korea

    In South Korea, the government is using smartphone technology, including various independent apps and text messaging, to implement contact tracing. This has enabled the country's economy to avoid a full shutdown. Early results comparing South Korea to other countries shows that this digital strategy is just as successful as implementing complete lockdowns.

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  • The surprising reason many babies die around the world—and what's being done about it

    July 16, 2020 |

    Today's Parent |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Ethiopia

    Born on Time, a partnership between the Canadian government, Johnson & Johnson, and NGOs, uses a comprehensive approach to reduce premature births, including educating women and men about the risk factors - like having babies close together and poor nutrition - providing free birth control, and encouraging women to deliver at hospitals. The program engages men with twice monthly meetings to teach them about their role in preventing pre-term births and they also run programs at schools that target early and forced marriages, normalize menstruation, and empower girls to have a voice in relationships.

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  • Behind the Accidentally Resilient Design of Athens Apartments

    July 15, 2020 |

    Bloomberg |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Greece, Athens

    Athens's distinctive apartment buildings, known as polikatoikia, have unintentionally solved problems most cities grapple with. The housing complexes have given rise to a city that has socio-economic integration, decent living conditions, and well-lit apartments with ample outdoor space for fresh air. The varying heights of the buildings have allowed the city to avoid the austerity common for affordable housing projects and efforts to control costs resulted in a modernist design that gives Athens a unique roofscape. Additionally, the outdoor spaces foster a warm and welcoming sense of community.

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  • How Taiwan beat the coronavirus

    July 15, 2020 |

    CNBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Taiwan

    Since the outbreak of Covid-19, Taiwan – a country of nearly 24 million people – has reported less than 500 cases and only seven deaths, largely due to the rapid implementation of a public health emergency response plan. By successfully using a combination of quarantine measures, social pressure, technology, and consistent communication, the country was able to begin reopening in May.

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