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  • Asher Craig: 'We are walking our talk' in Bristol's experiment in democracy

    A year after Bristol convened a randomly selected 60-person citizens’ assembly, which brought together a representative and diverse group of residents to tackle complex issues facing the city, they have delivered a set of recommendations. The panel produced 17 recommendations, with a total of 82 associated actions on three topics: climate, transport and health. Fourteen recommendations have been fully agreed to and eight have been dismissed. Participants also report positive effects of being able to work together across diverse ideologies and experiences, as well as from the civic participation more broadly.

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  • Ein Heizungsbauer als Nachhaltigkeitspionier

    Miscanthus Giganteus, auch Riesen-Chinaschilf oder Elefantengras genannt, bindet nicht nur viel CO2, sondern eignet sich auch zum Heizen. Dabei kann es pro Hektar sechs- bis siebentausend Liter Heizöl ersetzen. Der Pionier Thomas Stöber nutzt dieses Potenzial bereits.

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  • How $1,000 a Month in Guaranteed Income Is Helping N.Y.C. Mothers

    Cash payments for mothers experiencing poverty in New York City have provided a security net, helping to fill in the gaps for food and baby supplies. The guaranteed income doesn’t come with any conditions, meaning mothers were able to spend the money any way they needed too.

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  • Tiere als Helfer in der Therapie Die besseren Zuhörer

    In pädagogischen und therapeutischen Bereichen kommen immer öfter Tiere zum Einsatz. Von den Krankenkassen ist der Ansatz noch nicht anerkannt. Doch die internationale Forschung legt nahe, dass tiergestützte Interventionen in vielen Situationen ein wirksames Instrument sein können.

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  • Black women in Martin Luther King Jr.'s neighborhood will soon receive monthly cash payments

    A concept that was popularized by MLK Jr., guaranteed basic income, will be launching in his hometown of Atlanta. Monthly cash payments have proven to be beneficial to recipients in a number of pilot programs across the world. Qualifying recipients have seen increased employment opportunities, better health outcomes, and the ability to avoid predatory debt.

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  • What our sewage can (and can't) tell us about the spread of Omicron

    Throughout the pandemic, testing for COVID-19 in wastewater has been used to monitor the transmission of the virus. Wastewater testing is a reliable tool that often complements clinical COVID-19 testing and can be used for the early detection of outbreaks and surges. In Ontario, each of the province’s 34 public-health units joined Ontario’s Wastewater Surveillance Initiative, allowing researchers and public-health units to work together on testing water samples.

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  • Strengthening Surveillance and Vaccine Uptake to Curb the Transmission of Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus in Kano State

    Outbreak Response teams travel from house to house in Kano, Nigeria, making sure children are vaccinated against wild poliovirus to prevent its spread.

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  • Plastic As Tuition: A School In Lagos Is Reducing Waste, Providing Quality Education All At Once

    The Recycles Pay Educational Project allows parents in Ajegunle to collect and exchange plastic waste as tuition for their childrens' education. Isrina Schools has seen its enrollment climb since starting the program and has been able to recycle more than 5,000 kilograms of polyethylene terephthalate bottles.

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  • More voters, less party affiliation 2 years into automatic voter registration

    Nevada’s automatic voter registration (AVR) system has added over 320,000 new voters since its launch in 2020, expanding access to many. Unless they opt out, the AVR system automatically registers eligible voters, or updates their voter information, whenever they complete a transaction with the DMV. Since they are registered as nonpartisan by default, it has diversified the state’s voter pool. Officials still perform checks and balance to keep voter rolls clean, including the Electronic Registration Information Center that compares voter registration data between states to identify out-of-date records.

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  • VioPet ayuda a mujeres maltratadas que temen venganza sobre sus mascotas

    Inspirado en un programa existente en Estados Unidos, España lleva a nivel nacional y con apoyo gubernamental un programa para cuidar de las mascotas de mujeres que se encuentran en situaciones de violencia intrafamiliar y que tienen dificultad para dejar a sus agresores porque temen por la vida y bienestar de sus mascotas.

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