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  • This Sandwich Shop's Ridiculously Small Amount of Waste Will Shock You

    March 04, 2014 |

    NationSwell |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    "Sandwich Me In is a sustainable-practicing restaurant. By that, I mean we have no trash at all," explains owner Justin Vrany who successfully transitioned his Chicago restaurant into a zero-waste establishment.

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  • Strung out in Tanzania

    March 03, 2014 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam

    Less than 1 percent of drug addicts in Africa receive treatment because the issue is disfavored by donors. The national government of Tanzania demanded evidence-based treatment options and is curbing relapses by distributing a drug which temporarily lessens cravings.

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  • Less lecturing, more doing: New approach for A.P. classes

    March 01, 2014 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Several dozen schools across the country are participating in an experiment to determine whether project-based learning in lieu of lecture-only instruction can improve student outcomes on Advanced Placement tests. Many of the initial changes are promising - 88 percent of students in two of the low-income schools participating passed the U.S. government test in the spring compared to 24 percent nationally for similar schools. However, the switch has been time-consuming for teachers and students and some are concerned the new approach doesn't prepare students for college style learning.

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  • Dr. Yogi: Physicians Integrate Yoga Into Medical Practice

    February 27, 2014 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    A nonprofit is integrating yoga therapy in the mainstream health care system by training medical providers to use yogic breathing and techniques to treat various maladies.

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  • Why Sweden has so few road deaths

    February 26, 2014 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    Sweden's "Vision Zero" program has used a comprehensive approach to infrastructure and regulation to drastically reduce traffic-related deaths, making Swedish roads the safest in the world.

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  • Veterans at Home, on a Mission of Compassion

    February 26, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    A program based on the proven idea that helping others is healing, usually more healing than being helped.

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  • Tiny Houses: A Big Idea to End Homelessness

    February 26, 2014 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    While billions of taxpayer dollars are allocated each year to support shelters and social service initiatives, homelessness remains a persistent problem in the U.S. - in 2013, an estimated 610,000 people slept without shelter every night. All over the country, people are building "tiny homes" to give to the homeless, providing them with shelter, a bathroom, and a kitchen for less then the cost of a shelter.

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  • A Nonprofit Lender Revives the Hopes of Subprime Borrowers

    February 25, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Many subprime borrowers in the United States are financially unable to buy a home themselves. An unconventional lender is trying to make it easier for low-income people to buy houses despite the tighter requirements that other lenders adopted after the mortgage bust.

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  • Scientists search Palau's coral reefs for new anti-cancer drugs

    February 24, 2014 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Palau

    Often it is faster and easier to harvest molecules for medical purposes from nature than to make them in a laboratory. A scientist is looking for cancer-fighting molecules in coral and sponges in the tropical Pacific.

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  • Dealing with blight complaints requires new approach, Memphis says

    February 22, 2014 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    In Memphis, a creative blight-reduction initiative called 25 Square Blocks broke down the city into blocks. Inspectors were able to quickly identify all the violations and fix them, using the same amount of funding, but less time, as the old call-and-respond model.

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