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  • A Country That Welcomes Migration

    February 19, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

    In a time when many Western countries are closing their doors to refugees, Colombia has been particularly welcoming to migrants and refugees. The country has enacted a series of laws that make it easier for incoming Venezuelans to find work and become a Colombian citizen. One policy, called Permiso Especial de Permanencia, or PEP, provides legal status to Venezuelans who entered the country without a visa. Nearly 600,000 Venezuelans had been granted PEP as of October 2019.

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  • How a Beloved Bird Is Helping Save the Chesapeake Bay

    February 18, 2020 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Chesapeake, Maryland

    The Natural Lands Project works with local landowners to turn hundreds of hectares of marginal croplands into native grasslands. The grasses offer refuge for the northern bobwhite quail and grip the soil, which helps prevent erosion and keeps agricultural runoff and sediment out of the Chesapeake Bay. The quail population has grown to 450, a 39% increase from 20 years ago. The project works with landowners to convert small parcels of their land for the habitat. The landowners receive a small payment and help planting and maintaining the native vegetation. Many species have flourished in the new habitat.

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  • Elderly care homes – independent living or isolation trap?

    February 18, 2020 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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    Response Location: Lithuania, Vilnius

    Independent living homes in Lithuania strike the balance between offering supporting and providing freedom and independence for their residents. The homes allow seniors to pay on a sliding scale - based on their monthly income - and offer activities, social workers, and community events.

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  • Struggling Wisconsin dairy farmers building a future with hazelnuts, specialty milk, goats and creative thinking

    February 18, 2020 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    Facing environmental issues, changing consumer tastes, corporate mega-farms, and more, small dairy farmers in Wisconsin are quickly adapting their business models to stay afloat. This article looks at a number of solutions that farmers have taken across the state, such as switching to goat milk, growing hazelnuts, renting out barns, or even changing products entirely to wine or olive oil. All of the solutions show that dairy farmers have to be creative and adaptable in order to keep up with the future of farming.

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  • Coronavirus outbreak prompts 3M to increase production of face masks, respirators

    February 18, 2020 |

    KARE-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Maplewood, Minnesota

    The company 3M is working at full capacity to produce as many N85 masks as possible to send to healthcare workers across the nation. They wouldn't give specific numbers but say that production has increased at all of their factories, including the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Latin America. 3M is working with governments and public health officials to put out the masks, but they expect demand to outstrip supply for the near future.

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  • The home that cures loneliness in Sweden

    February 18, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Helsingborg

    To help young adults and seniors manage feelings of isolation, a retirement home was revamped into a housing project that caters to those under 25 and pensioners. Living in this new apartment complex comes with a provision in the agreement though – residents must spend at least 2 hours per week socializing with one another.

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  • Healing arts: Recovering from sexual assault through creativity

    February 18, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    For those who have experienced sexual assault, art therapy is being used for recovery, empowerment, and self-expression. Two organizations, Art Against Assault and CounterAct, are striving to use an arts-based approach to survivors who want to express what happened and their feelings, but may feel like they can’t. While gaining traction, expert practitioners warn that not anyone can do this, that this approach must be facilitated by experts in art therapy to prevent further harm.

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  • China moves classes to internet, TV amid coronavirus outbreak

    February 17, 2020 |

    South China Morning Post |

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    Response Location: China, Beijing

    To help students access the resources they need while schools are closed due to the coronavirus, administrators in China are utilizing "a national cloud learning platform," as well as broadcast television. While both supplement online lessons, the e-learning approach equips students with tools to learn 12 different subjects.

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  • Can rationing carbon help fight climate change?

    February 17, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Australia, Norfolk Island

    As countries wrestle with how to reduce their carbon emissions, grassroots carbon rationing experiments are taking shape around the word. On an Australian Island of 800 people, a quarter of them participated in a test that calculated their carbon footprints with a goal of reducing their fossil fuel use by 10 percent. The average household reduced their usage by 18 percent and almost two-thirds of participants wanted to continue. Other experiments in Finland and the United Kingdom have taken place, yet some question if carbon rationing is equitable.

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  • La France devrait s'inspirer de ce foyer suisse pour jeunes migrants

    February 17, 2020 |

    Slate |

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    Response Location: Switzerland, Geneva

    Alors qu'en France, les places manquent pour accueillir des jeunes mineurs isolés dans des conditions dignes, à Genève le foyer Blue Sky accueille depuis 3 ans, des des jeunes réfugié.e.s de 7 à 15 ans, pour une durée moyenne de dix mois. Un accueil dans la bienveillance et centré sur un travail de compréhension interculturelle en profondeur. Le tout pour un coût maîtrisé.

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