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  • Revolutionary recycling? A new technology turns everyday trash into plastic treasure.

    November 18, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Israel, Tze'elim

    A company in Israel is setting its sights on reducing plastic waste by converting garbage into pellets that can then be used in manufacturing plastic to create "everyday items like trays and packing crates." Although the approach has been met with some skepticism, the company has already shown promise due to the creation of "a radical technology that transforms garbage into the raw materials for plastics manufacturers and earns them a profit in the end."

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  • GPS for Air Travel Came With Big Downsides: Noise, Then Lawsuits

    November 18, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Scottsdale, Arizona

    To enhance air travel, the F.A.A. rolled out a system that enables airplanes to fly closer together using GPS, rather than the traditional radar locators. But residents near these new flight paths have risen up to contest the air pollution created by the lower, more frequent flight patterns. With impending lawsuits, the F.A.A. has to work with local officials to create a joint solution.

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  • This single shipping container can start powering a small renewable grid in less than a day

    November 18, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Grass Valley, California

    Solar microgrids can improve community resilience to natural disasters by quickly restoring power. California-based startup, BoxPower, has developed an easy-to-install solar panels, packaged in a cargo shipping container. Housing the units in a shipping container allows for easy transport to disaster zones, such as the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and to communities in California left without power due to wildfires.

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  • Indigenous-wildlife ranger collaboration conserves rare Australian rainforests

    November 18, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Western Australia

    Revegetation and fire management practices are helping to preserve Australia’s biodiversity. In Western Australia, collaborative efforts between Environs Kimberley, an environmental NGO, and local rangers from the First Nation communities of the Dampier Peninsula are working to document, conserve, and manage the region’s monsoon vine thickets (MVT). As part of the Kimberley Nature Project (KNP), local rangers employ traditional methods like seasonal burns to allow for revegetation and to reduce the threat of larger bushfires.

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  • Limits could rein in runaway legislative sessions

    November 18, 2019 |

    WRAL-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Raleigh, North Carolina

    As North Carolina wrapped up its second-longest legislative session in its history, the government looked to other states for a possible solution. In states like George and Tennessee, which have sessions 40 and 30 days long, respectively, session limits save money, provide efficiency, eliminate meaningless bills that do not produce laws, and allow a more diverse range of people to serve as lawmakers.

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  • Farm-to-school programs revitalize health in nutritionally underserved communities

    November 18, 2019 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Mesa, Arizona

    Over 40,000 U.S. schools take part in a program called Farm to School, which teaches students healthy eating habits through lessons in school gardens.

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  • Sesame and the IRC join forces to help Syrian refugee children

    November 17, 2019 |

    60 Minutes |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Jordan

    Sesame Street has long been used as an educational tool for children throughout the U.S., but a partnership between the International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop is expanding the reach of the popular television program. Together, the IRC and Sesame Workshop have now created a version of the show that specifically targets issues faced by children in refugee camps with the goal of enhancing both emotional and educational well-being.

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  • Chicago Police Hope To Build Trust With Experiment In Community Policing

    November 17, 2019 |

    WBEZ |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago police have rebuilt some of the trust they lost in one part of the city, where the police department has used private funding to launch a community-policing program. In the department's 25th district, residents get to know their neighborhood officers and can call them directly, something they did 20,000 times in just the first nine months of the pilot project. "Community ambassadors" serve as liaisons between officers and neighbors who are leery of connecting with the police whose department's brutality and misconduct strained relations over many years. The city is working to expand the program.

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  • America's sexual education system is broken. Can this chatbot be the solution?

    November 17, 2019 |

    Vox |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Planned Parenthood and other organizations are developing new ways to deliver sex education to students. While creators recognize their tools aren't comprehensive solutions, they see chatbots, videos, and other sources as supplements to the current school curricula.

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  • How a new grain could help combat climate change

    November 16, 2019 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Planting perennial grains for human consumption retains more nutrients in the soil, prevents soil erosion, and traps carbon. Farmers and researchers have been working to develop a commercially viable perennial grain, known as Kernza. Today, business pioneers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area are finding ways to introduce Kernza into consumer markets, including Kernza beer.

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