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  • Costa Rica - Green Energy

    February 14, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Costa Rica

    Costa Rica has pioneered a methodology that has resulted in getting most of its electricity from hydroelectric plants, reversing deforestation through implementing financial incentives and achieving a 99 percent fossil-fuel free year. This progressive approach has put the country in the running to become the first carbon-neutral country by 2021.

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  • Violence Interrupted: Rochester, N.Y., police keep one step ahead of street disputes

    February 13, 2016 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    In order to disrupt cycles of violence, Milwaukee’s Homicide Review Commission has recommended that Milwaukee police examine how their peers in Rochester, N.Y., organize police work around the concept of preventing disputes from escalating into violence.

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  • Will more money for schools really help kids? New study may have long-term answer

    February 13, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Evanston, Illinois

    While research is mixed on whether increases in school spending lead to better results for students, a study suggests that influxes of dollars from court decisions lead to higher graduation rates and earnings, especially for low-income students.

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  • How Schools in Brazil Are Teaching Kids to Eat Their Vegetables

    February 12, 2016 |

    Pulitzer Center |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo City

    Childhood obesity is on the rise in Brazil and kids tend to reject vegetables. But thousands of school gardens around the country are changing children's eating habits by helping to build a connection to fresh food.

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  • Brazil's School Lunch Program Is Putting Food on the Table for the Country's Small Farmers

    February 10, 2016 |

    Pulitzer Center |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Promissão, São Paulo

    In Brazil, middlemen buy produce from small farmers at negligible prices to sell to the public school system for higher profits. A law requiring cities to buy 30 percent of their school meal budget from family farmers has helped the farmers and improved the quality of meals.

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  • Brazil's school lunch program is putting food on the table for the country's small farmers

    February 10, 2016 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Brazil, Promissão

    Brazil's small farmers can now directly supply the country's school meals programs. It's been a big boost for local farmers, and it's helping the schools too.

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  • A Small Island in the Indian Ocean Offers Big Lessons on Clean Power

    February 10, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Nggaha Oriangu, Nusa Tenggara Timur

    The Indonesian island Sumba is working to provide 100% renewable electricity to all 650,000 residents by 2025.

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  • Searching for Solutions as Heroin Claims 10,000 Lives

    February 10, 2016 |

    The Takeaway |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    What changes in U.S. policy can help contain the heroin crisis? For answers, we turn to Mark Kleiman, a professor of public policy and director of the Crime Reduction and Justice Initiative at New York University’s Marron Institute, who discusses the advantages of different treatments and approaches.

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  • Tracking Fish From Hook to Fork

    February 09, 2016 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mexico

    Sourcing food locally is an increasingly popular trend. New tracing technologies will make it easier to see where fish are coming from. 

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  • Staying Sober After Treatment Ends

    February 09, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Fall River, Massachusetts

    Increasingly, continuing care for addicts in recovery means more than handing them a list of A.A. meetings when they leave rehab, as caretakers develop and learn to use apps and video chat to check in on their patients.

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