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  • The cafeteria as classroom

    Bridget Huber

    June 06, 2024 |

    Food and Environment Reporting Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Lawrence, Georgia

    The nonprofit World Wildlife Fund is working with elementary schools in the United States to develop programs that teach students about food waste in hopes of encouraging environmental responsibility. They practice ways to reduce their waste at lunch, learn how to compost and sort garbage, and keep track of the amount of waste they’ve reduced.

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  • Adult education finds home at a closed elementary school

    Steffi Puerto

    June 04, 2024 |

    KALW |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, East Oakland, California

    The Oakland Adult Education Center offers a variety of classes, such as ESL courses, GED preparation, computer literacy, and career development, and participants say the East Oakland location in a former elementary school has made the programs much easier to access. However, some in the neighborhood say the loss of the elementary school has been a difficult adjustment for local children and families.

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  • First-in-the-Nation Geothermal Heating and Cooling System Comes to Massachusetts

    Phil McKenna

    June 04, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Framingham, Massachusetts

    A utility company in Framingham, Massachusetts, worked with climate advocates to build a unique geothermal heating and cooling project that spans a whole neighborhood. A group of residential and commercial buildings share the infrastructure necessary to harness stable underground temperatures for heating and cooling, which reduces their greenhouse gas emissions and energy bills.

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  • New Jersey Ditched Cash Bail. Research Shows the Reform Didn't Increase Violence.

    Chip Brownlee

    June 04, 2024 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    New Jersey voters approved an amendment that removed cash bail so people would no longer be incarcerated because they couldn’t afford to pay it. Now, the courts evaluate each person’s risk to the public, of skipping trial, and of reoffense to determine whether they are held in detention until their trial.

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  • Can AI Help Cut Plastic Waste From the Food System?

    Lisa Held

    June 03, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The new Global Plastics AI Policy Tool, developed by plastic waste and ecology experts, uses machine learning to predict how policy interventions like capping production and investing in recycling infrastructure would reduce plastic pollution by 2050. It could be of particular use as countries work on an international, legally binding treaty to address the plastic crisis.

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  • UGA Campus Compost Program Gives Waste a New Purpose

    Shannon Leftwich

    June 03, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Interns of the Campus Compost Program ride electric bikes around the University of Georgia collecting bags of food scraps and other compostable materials. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the waste is turned into fertilizer for the local community at the Athens-Clarke County Landfill.

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  • Against all odds: Educating Nigeria's Fulani children amidst adversity

    Yahuza Bawage

    June 03, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jabi, Adamawa

    Founded to address the root causes of cattle rustling in Nigeria, such as lack of access to education, as well as raise awareness of Fulani culture, the Fulani Care and Support Foundation set up makeshift classrooms to provide formal education for children aged 7 to 12. By relying on volunteer teachers, one of the foundation’s schools offers lessons for about 50 students three times a week.

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  • A Brave New Generation of Craftspeople in Kashmir

    Geetanjali Krishna

    June 03, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Kashmir

    Commitment to Kashmir (CtoK) incubates small cohorts of young craftspeople, providing financial resources, technology support, and mentorship to support the growth of their craft enterprises. Since its founding in 2010, CtoK has helped 37 people establish businesses within and despite the myriad challenges that exist in a conflict zone.

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  • Swap Shop at UGA: Turning Trash to Treasure

    Isabelle Atkins

    June 01, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Students at the University of Georgia created a place to trade second-hand clothing and other household items on campus, called Swap Shop, to reduce students’ waste and address overconsumption.

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  • Athens bookstore battles bans by stocking shelves

    Chloe Beaver

    June 01, 2024 |

    WUGA |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia, stocks, sells, and advertises banned books to make them more accessible and spark conversations about the topic.

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