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  • Community buy-in stamps out elephant poaching in Zambian park

    April 22, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Zambia, Luangwa Valley

    In the North Luangwa National Park in Zambia, a conservation team worked with local communities to bring the rate of elephant poaching in the area down to zero in 2018. Poaching had surged in the Luangwa Valley in 2014, and since then the group has protected the elephants by placing the decision-making and benefit-reaping in the hands of the community members. They use financial incentives to stir the economy without depending on poaching money, work with the government to revise policies that redirect any income for the area to benefit the residents, and they patrol the park for any poachers.

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  • Could Hawaii Be Paradise For Hydrogen-Powered Public Transit?

    April 22, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    Funded by federal grant money, the state, and the Office of Naval Research, Hawaii County public transit has developed its first hydrogen-powered shuttle bus. What’s been called the “fuel of the future,” hydrogen fuel cells create a power source that’s only emissions are clean water vapor. While a seemingly viable and scalable clean-energy source, such development and infrastructure requires large financial investments that many states have yet to prioritize.

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  • Students convince Medford to install ‘3-D' crosswalks at elementary schools

    April 22, 2019 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Medford, Massachusetts

    In an effort to promote safe driving, a local artist painted a three-dimensional crosswalk near an elementary school. The idea came from school-aged children, noticing the intersection needed improvements, who brought it to City Hall officials. This initiative is part of a larger trend in using optical illusions to bolster traffic safety around the world.

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  • California Has Farmers Growing Weeds. Why? To Capture Carbon

    April 22, 2019 |

    KQED |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, California

    Richer soil not only retains more water and minerals, it also trap carbon from the atmosphere absorbed by plants. As California works to meet its carbon neutral goal, the state is enlisting farmers in its climate change strategy. Grants from the state encourage California’s farmers to grow plants traditionally considered as weeds as a way to boost the amount of organic matter in the soil.

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  • How to Inspire Girls to Become Carpenters and Electricians

    April 22, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    A Portland program for girls aged 8-14 aims to inspire interest in trade fields such as construction, plumbing, and electricity with a week-long spring break camp. The camp was founded by an organization called Girls Build in 2016 and has since proven to be a success with over 400 participants and half of those being returnees. Girls Build seeks to rebalance the gender inequity in trade professions as well as source skillsets for an industry that is currently lacking supply of.

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  • The grassroots groups helping asylum-seekers on the border

    April 22, 2019 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    The Kino Border Initiative is a volunteer binational organization that provides food, aid, and shelter for migrants crossing the border between Mexico and Arizona. The rate of asylum-seekers is steadily rising, and this organization makes sure that they have a safe place to live while they wait for their day in court. Every day up to 60 volunteers conduct services that range from preparing meals to translating Indigenous languages.

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  • The zero-waste revolution: how a new wave of shops could end excess packaging

    April 21, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Crickhowell

    All across the UK, zero-waste shops are gaining traction, with over 100 stores popping up in the last two years. They encourage shoppers to buy in bulk, minimize plastic waste, and ponder the power they have as consumers in where they shop. It’s part of a broader trend of reuse and repair that is making it easier to shop and live in an environmentally friendly way.

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  • Growing Pima County: Utah turned to private investors to fund public preschool

    April 21, 2019 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Understanding that it would be hard to gain support for increased taxes to fund early childhood education in a conservative county, Pima County in Utah turned to a Pay for Success model. In this public-private arrangement, private investors are paid only if a social program achieves its goals.

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  • It's college-level math, but it's taught differently — and it's helping more Washington students graduate

    April 21, 2019 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Math requirements are a common barrier preventing students from successfully graduating from community college in Washington state. Schools are offering a new way for non-STEM majors to earn the credit; Statway teaches students accessible statistics mixed with real-world examples as an alternate to the traditional algebra-precalculus trajectory.

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  • Boulder High's Adelante! program celebrating 25th anniversary

    April 20, 2019 |

    Boulder Daily Camera |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    Twenty-five years ago, a Spanish teacher in Colorado noticed a troubling trend - many Latino students were dropping out before finishing high school. Leticia Alonso de Lozano started a dropout prevention program, offering students access to tutors, mentors, school supplies, and more. Now a quarter-century old, Adelante! has evolved beyond its original scope into a successful career and college readiness initiative.

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