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  • Deer Wars: The Forest Awakens

    January 22, 2019 |

    Hakai Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia

    On the British Columbia group of islands called Haida Gwaii, a project called Restoring Balance is working to lessen invasive mammals and restore the ecosystem to what it once was. A key part of this was the targeted eradication of deer, which happened mostly through hunting and ambush stations. One year later, most are gone. Bit by bit, species by species, the removal of invasive animals has allowed the land to return to its native biodiversity and strengthen its ecosystem resilience.

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  • The Bond Project: Creating a safer drinking environment

    January 22, 2019 |

    Daily Emerald |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    A collaborative effort between the University of Oregon Police Department, the university’s Office of the Dean of Students, and student-led The Bond Project is working to create a safer nightlife culture for students in the area. As a response to the dangers of the collegiate party scene – alcohol-induced fights, sexual harassment – the collaboration, led by The Bond Project, is providing training for bar staff and management to be better stewards of safety and community in the area.

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  • Library Systems Embracing Their New Roles As Social Service Hubs

    January 22, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Public libraries are increasingly using their positions as accessible centers for information to address homelessness and mental health issues - in San Francisco, a team of Health and Safety Associates have helped place at least 130 patrons in stable housing. While adding social workers to their staff has helped libraries provide social services, the libraries have also focused on hiring people who have experiences homelessness or financial instability to fill those roles and act as peer mentors as well.

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  • How Beyond Meat became a $550 million brand, winning over meat-eaters with a vegan burger that 'bleeds'

    January 22, 2019 |

    CNBC |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, El Segundo, California

    Beyond Meat is a food brand getting acclaim for developing a hamburger replacement that helps save the large amount of energy and resources used to make a typical burger. They have sold over 25 million burgers since their launch, targeting both vegans and meat-eaters, and are backed by notable investors such as Bill Gates and Leonardo DiCaprio.

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  • Meet the 22-Year-Old Breaking the Blood Bank Crisis in Cameroon

    January 22, 2019 |

    OZY |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Cameroon

    In Cameroon, community members were facing a dire situation with a lack of efficient access to blood banks. Infiuss, an online blood bank, aims to fill this crucial gap in care by delivering bags of blood to patients in need by motorbikes.

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  • StationSoccer

    January 22, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    When Sanjay Patel realized there was unused land and parking lots near many of Atlanta's MARTA stations, he had an idea - working with city partners, Patel built soccer fields in and adjacent to several stations, offsetting the growing price and travel demands of youth soccer and bucking the trend of declining public transportation ridership. Is a similar approach possible in Philadelphia, a city without the same vacant lots?

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  • The inspiring thing that happened when a Japanese village went almost waste-free

    January 21, 2019 |

    World Economic Forum |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Japan, Kamikatsu, Shikoku

    Kamikatsu, a small Japanese village on an island, is on track to become a zero-waste village. The community is made up of only 1,700 residents and—through a combination of community conversations and sorting the waste to be profitable—they managed to keep more than 80% of their waste out of landfills and incinerators. On top of the environmental impact, the Zero Waste Academy brings together a largely-elderly population as a group focused on a mission and has led to an increased sense of community and well-being.

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  • Switzerland couldn't stop drug users. So it started supporting them.

    January 21, 2019 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Switzerland

    By prioritizing treatment over law enforcement, Switzerland dramatically reduced its drug problem. In 1994, the country adopted a progressive policy to treat heroin addiction as a public health crisis, focusing on harm reduction, treatment, and prevention in addition to traditional law enforcement. The policy, which embraces medicated-assisted treatment and universal access to services, helped greatly reduce issues such as the incidence of HIV, drug overdoses, and deaths over the long-term.

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  • The Feat in Hojancha, the Town that Lost its Forest

    January 21, 2019 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Costa Rica, Hojancha, Guanacaste

    In 1976, the Costa Rican city Hojancha preserved only 2% of its land as forest, and as a result their water supply (the Río Nosara river basin) dried up from the lack of vegetation. Sixteen years into the crisis, two friends conceived and ran an initiative to reforest the land by asking every family in the city to donate ¢1,000 a month until they could buy back the land in full from the ranchers who owned it. Now, the land is thriving again, though the project of regrowing the forest continues still today.

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  • A ‘FitBit for squid' could help track the ocean's squishier species

    January 21, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    Squids play an important role in the ecosystem, so scientists are focusing efforts on better understanding how the species adapts to climate change. By creating a "FitBit for squid," scientists have successfully been able to monitor soft-bodied invertebrates.

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