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  • Bengal banana farmers bask in sunshine

    July 24, 2023 |

    Village Square |

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    Response Location: India, Birbhum, West Bengal

    Farmers in West Bengal, India, are swapping rice for bananas to save on expenses and labor and adapt to increasingly erratic monsoons and rainfall impacting yields. The farmers use solar panels and drip irrigation setups funded by the state government to reduce emissions and minimize water loss, as bananas require a lot of water.

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  • One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology

    July 23, 2023 |

    Associated Press |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act uses tax credits to encourage the adaptation of and investment in renewable energy across the country.

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  • How local, state programs are helping fill retiring doctors' ranks

    July 22, 2023 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    Several state and local programs are emerging to fill the shoes of retiring doctors in the area, like the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) program. ANEW covers the cost of higher education for local nurses to become APRNs to then work as primary care nurse practitioners tto help address the lack of doctors and increase access to healthcare. So far, about 40 APRNs have graduated from the ANEWA program, 68% of which are from rural communities.

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  • 'Achieve your dreams at home'

    July 22, 2023 |

    Indian Country Today |

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    Response Location: Blackfeet Nation, United States, Browning, Montana

    In 2019, Montana’s Blackfeet Community College launched its first four-year bachelor’s in nursing degree program with the goal of helping to address care shortages in the local Indigenous community. The program’s first graduate, who received her degree in 2023 and is now working as a long-term care nurse, said the college’s relationship-based approach helped her stick with her studies even through the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Empowered volunteers war against neglected diseases in Plateau, Niger, FCT

    July 22, 2023 |

    The Nation (Nigeria) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Niger

    Teams of Community Direct Distributors (CDD) are leading drug distribution campaigns to prevent and eliminate neglected tropical diseases in hard-to-reach, rural areas. These CDDs are members of the community they serve and are trained to educate the locals on disease prevention and administer the drugs themselves. With the CDDs’ help, several states have already eliminated some diseases and greatly reduced the spread of others.

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  • Pushed to action (I) : How these Nigerian communities are fighting water insecurity

    July 21, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Gbata, Nasarawa

    Members of a water-insecure community mobilized to contribute a portion of their monthly stipends to repair and maintain the singular borehole providing water to the village. The community members — primarily women — also installed water taps throughout the community in locations like schools and mosques to ensure easy access to clean, safe drinking water.

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  • Cómo la cosmética mejora la autoestima de pacientes oncológicos

    July 21, 2023 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Spain

    Los tratamientos contra el cáncer producen importantes alteraciones en la imagen corporal de los pacientes. La Fundación Stanpa imparte talleres de cuidados de la piel y maquillaje a enfermos oncológicos en 58 hospitales públicos de España para ayudarles a recuperar su imagen y su autoestima.

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  • Can Permitting Barriers Be Overcome to Accelerate Clean Energy?

    July 21, 2023 |

    The Sweaty Penguin |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Permitting is an important, and mandatory, part of new development projects in clean energy and forest management to ensure compliance with various regulations relating to the environment and land use. It also gives communities a chance to be heard during public comment. But the process is so lengthy that it can halt projects for years.

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  • Preventing suspensions: Tackle discipline problems with empathy first

    July 20, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Behavioral management programs such as Behavioral Leadership, the Crisis Prevention Institute, and Empathic Instruction train teachers how to incentivize appropriate behaviors and lead with empathy rather than relying on punitive discipline such as suspensions. These approaches have been shown to reduce in-school suspensions and reduce disciplinary disparities for marginalized students.

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  • One college finds a way to get students to degrees more quickly, simply and cheaply

    July 20, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: England, Coventry

    At CU Coventry, students take just one course at a time for four hours each day, which allows them to finish a bachelor’s degree within three years. The fixed schedule and “no frills” tuition is often more convenient for nontraditional students who may have children or full-time careers outside of school.

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