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  • This Chef Serves Up a Future for Struggling Kids

    August 16, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    The YouthWorks Culinary Program has given encouragement and professional opportunities to Santa Fe youth. After working at the program’s popular food truck and in its catering business, some participants have landed jobs at local restaurants.

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  • Los Angeles Will Be the First City to Use Body Scanners on Subways. Which Could Be Next?

    August 16, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Transportation Security Administration has partnered with cities across the country to bring body scanners to metro stops and rail stations. While heralded as an efficient way to check crowds for weapons, body scanners have raised concern among privacy advocates.

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  • Nonprofit's double-decker bus puts eco-education on the road

    August 16, 2018 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Juan, California

    The San Juan Capistrano-based Ecology Center has taken its "green"-centric experiences on the road in the form of a 32-foot-long, 14-foot-tall double-decker bus called Road Trip. It has a prep kitchen and multiple stations designed for hands-on ecological workshops.

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  • The great African regreening: millions of 'magical' new trees bring renewal

    August 16, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Niger

    With climate change altering the realities of farming, small-scale farmers in Niger are doing their part to nurture the growth of local gao trees. As a tree that sheds its leaves in the rainy season and naturally fertilizes the soil due to its nitrogen intake, this specific tree is positively transforming the African landscape.

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  • State-sponsored friendship: the city using flatshares for refugee integration

    August 16, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Belgium, Antwerp

    CURANT is a co-housing program launched by the city of Antwerp in Belgium, meant to support unaccompanied children who become legal adults. Participants are offered subsidized housing and are co-housed with a buddy, who is a Belgian resident.

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  • You can now borrow ties, briefcases and handbags from the New York Public Library

    August 15, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The New York Public Library Riverside lends out ties, briefcases, and handbags. The program helps those attending graduations, job interviews, and other events who may not be able to afford such items. It’s part of a larger initiative geared towards supporting teens as they take on adult responsibilities.

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  • The man who is fervent about feeding hungry kids, but hates food banks

    August 15, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: England, Liverpool, Merseyside

    A social enterprise in England is tackling the issue of so-called holiday hunger for children who go days without full meals during breaks from school. Named Can Cook, this organization makes over 37,000 meals around the county of Merseyside alone for the 13 weeks a year that school is out. Can Cook is also part of a broader movement to make food banks— a once ad-hoc solution that is now industrialized — obsolete.

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  • Uffizi Gallery's Vast Sculpture Collection Goes Online in Interactive 3D Scans

    August 15, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Italy, Venice

    A partnership between Venice’s Uffizi Gallery and Indiana University is providing new access to the Uffizi’s collection of ancient sculpture. The Uffizi Digitization Project provides a web interface for visitors to see the work in interactive three-dimension scans.

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  • Want Young People to Vote? Make Them Sign a Pledge.

    August 15, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Having young people sign a voting pledge, and then reminding them that they signed, increased voter turnout on college campuses in Colorado and Pennsylvania in 2016. The approach was more effective than asking youth to sign up for a reminder to vote.

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  • Searching For A Cure For Japan's Loneliness Epidemic

    August 15, 2018 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: Japan

    Japan is using robots to combat excessive national loneliness. Many people live, age, and die alone. Though experts say that nothing replaces meaningful human contact, family members report that relatives who use the robots have an improved quality of life.

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