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  • After a tragedy, a Yup'ik dance group in Hooper Bay keeps dancing

    April 26, 2018 |

    Alaska Public Media |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Hooper Bay, Alaska

    Yup’ik community members in Hooper Bay, Alaska founded a dance group for teens. In the six years since it started, the group has provided activity, responsibility, stress relief, and a connection to tradition for its young participants.

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  • Refugees adopt energy-saving stoves to save trees

    April 26, 2018 |

    Daily Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Uganda

    Nearly one million South Sudan refugees have fled to Uganda to seek refuge among a safer setting. With this rapid population growth, however, the environmental impacts have included massive deforestation in areas. Although not a solution in and of itself, conservation organizations are taking steps to mitigate against this impact by creating energy saving stoves made out of clay soil.

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  • How Oman's Rocks Could Help Save the Planet

    April 26, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Oman, Imbra

    Are rocks the answer to decreasing the scale of carbon dioxide production across the world? These scientists think so - or at least that these rocks have the potential to play a part in this mission. Carbon mineralization, a process unique to peridotite rocks found primarily in Oman but also in California, Papua New Guinea, Albania and a few other locations, could help combat climate change if the acceleration and scaling processes can be determined.

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  • High-Paying Jobs Go Begging While High School Grads Line Up For Bachelor's Degrees

    April 25, 2018 |

    KNKX |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    A huge problem is about to confront America: technical employees, such as mechanics and plumbers, are retiring at three times the rate that they are being trained. Vocational programs, apprenticeships, and associate degrees provide an alternative path for students who do not think a four-year university is the best path for them. Contrary to popular belief, careers in technical trade can be fairly lucrative, and states are investing in programs to make sure students know these jobs can be a realistic option for them.

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  • Sun, sand and thousands of refugees: the Lesbos volunteer

    April 25, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Greece, Lesbos

    Ayesha Keller was part of a group of volunteers that went to the Moria Refugee Camp in Lesbos, Greece to help. Since they weren’t part of an NGO, they were not allowed inside the camp, and instead helped thousands of refugees staying outside of the camp in the surrounding olive grove. The volunteers set up their own systems and used the skills they had to respond to the needs of the community. “It was always about seeing about the gaps were and responding in a very organic way.”

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  • Citizenship for sale: the countries whose biggest export is passports

    April 25, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Saint Kitts and Nevis

    An increasingly popular way to attract foreign direct investment is to let the world’s wealthiest trade cash and property investments for citizenship. The $2 billion-a-year industry allows the ultra-rich to buy passports that permit visa-free travel to nearly the entire world, often with no residency requirements. Highly controversial, the industry is marked by a lack of transparency and concerns about what happens to civic ties when citizenship can be bought and sold.

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  • Nigeria's tin mine healing world's oldest rift

    April 25, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Barkin Ladi, Plateau State

    Mining for tin in central Nigeria helped two ethnic groups overcome an age-old conflict. Thousands of people were killed between 2011 and 2016 in this ethnic conflict between Fulani herdsmen and Berom farmers, but a a new governor brought mediators to help. Now, a fragile peace persists between the two groups as they work together in tin mines, helping to ensure the safety of one other.

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  • A Smorgasbord of Solutions for Global Warming

    April 25, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    While news of failures in the fight against climate change make headlines daily, there are many steps the everyday citizen can take to reduce their impact. Many don't know where to start though. That's where Project Drawdown comes in. This project is a global coalition of researchers, scientists, economists and others, that rate the impact of solutions, creating a way for people to see how they could possibly fit into the equation of climate solutions.

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  • In a New Orleans school, improving outcomes one student at a time

    April 25, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Opened in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans' NET charter schools acknowledges that "many young people continue to struggle with issues that are greater than traditional models can support." Serving mainly students who have been diagnosed with trauma or post-traumatic stress disorder, NET provides students with full-time counselors and third-party resources, such as internships and psychiatrists.

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  • One way the US is working out its homeless problem

    April 25, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    Employment and long-term housing help homeless individuals get back on their feet. Albuquerque's "There's A Better Way" offers jobs, food, counseling, and housing to those in need, one of more than 20 programs across the country putting the focus on helping, rather than punishing, people living on the streets.

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