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  • In Pakistan, sanitation and water access improves quality of life

    January 14, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Pakistan

    In Pakistan, water sanitation and hygiene is more than just a public health issue - it's also an issue of women's rights and safety as women face harassment when attempting to access water or when having to defecate in places that are not private. However, new hand pumps from NGOs and other state-sanctioned improvement projects have helped ensure that women have clean water closer to home, and that working toilets are provided at schools.

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  • My hometown is going to burn. Here's how my neighbors are preparing

    January 14, 2019 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Nevada City, California

    In wildfire-prone Nevada County, California, community squads that do controlled burns are on the rise. According to the Nevada County fire council, some 23 associations are active, while about 50 more are forming. By reducing wildfire "ladder fuel," these local groups can reduce the severity of future wildfires, all while protecting their homes.

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  • Digital Death Doulas Handle Your Online Afterlife with Jiwa

    January 13, 2019 |

    Loose Lips Magazine |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    A tech start-up allows individuals to control what happens to their digital assets after death. Not all companies that manage your online data have deceased user policies. And where law firms and social media companies have been slow to acknowledge individual privacy rights and personal digital authorship after death, jiwa is stepping in. The company offers consultations and management of digital wills, encouraging people to consider their online afterlife.

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  • Boulder Valley schools seeing resurgence of Latino parent activism

    January 12, 2019 |

    Boulder Daily Camera |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    Boulder Valley schools are working with Latino parents to create networks of community support, feedback, and insight about the success of Latino children in the district. Parents are working with the school district to make sure stereotypes and racial bias aren't limiting their children from receiving food services and quality education that fit their needs.

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  • Former British intelligence specialists training network of spies to save Rhinos and Elephants 

    January 12, 2019 |

    The Telegraph |

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    Response Location: Malawi

    The illegal wildlife trade is consistently a big problem across Africa. To help tackle the issue of poachers, a company called Retarius uses counter-terrorist operations experience by training and mentoring locals involved in the prevention fight. The program is still growing and takes place in Malawi, Cameroon, Benin, and Zambia. In Malawi specifically, the training has resulted in 114 arrests made and 1000 kgs of ivory seized in 2018.

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  • Guardian to be first national newspaper with biodegradable wrapping

    January 11, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    National newspapers and mailers could do a lot to reduce plastic waste. Take a look at the UK's Guardian. In response to reader comments, the newspaper has stopped wrapping its deliveries in plastic, switching instead to a biodegradable material made from potato starch.

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  • Oregon schools fall behind on returning concussed students to classroom

    January 11, 2019 |

    InvestigateWest |

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    Response Location: United States, Hillsboro, Oregon

    When students return to the classroom after suffering a head injury, such as a concussion, they may face challenges that require certain accommodations that many school officials aren't prepared to offer. Although yet to be widely implemented, an online tool called “In the Classroom After Concussion," is helping to provide teachers in Oregon with the resources they need to address this problem.

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  • Lawrence reborn: A polluted mill town reclaims its future

    January 11, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Lawrence, Massachusetts

    Grants from the US Environmental Protection Agency empower local communities—and workers—to redevelop abandoned industrial sites. These sites, known as brownfields, are often left in disuse because of the presence of hazardous pollutants. In Lawrence, Massachusetts, public and nonprofit job training programs funded by the EPA retool locals in environmental remediation. These new jobs help economically disadvantaged communities platform toward a more sustainable future; and they promote new development, attracting further investment.

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  • How to reduce light pollution, an underestimated threat to our environment

    January 11, 2019 |

    Popular Science |

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    Response Location: United States, Flagstaff, Arizona

    There is so little artificial light in Flagstaff that you can see the Milky Way from downtown. The city has banned sweeping searchlights, required outdoor light to be shielded downwards, and switched illumination on all roadways and parking lots to low-pressure sodium lights. Annual “star parties” and other events keep residents committed to reducing light pollution, which has big impacts on human and animal health.

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  • National report details how Dayton cut overdose deaths in half

    January 11, 2019 |

    Dayton Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dayton, Ohio

    Montgomery County in Ohio cut overdose deaths nearly in half thanks to combined efforts from city officials, local organizations and community members. Among other tactics, the standout solutions was the partnership that formed between East End Community Services and the police department which aimed to "identify individuals in need of services and connect them to treatment."

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