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  • Our Better Nature: How The Great Outdoors Can Improve Your Life

    September 10, 2018 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Psychologist Ming Kuo has spent her career studying the impacts of nature on human health, especially amidst a growing surge to build up communities in place of natural environments. During her study, she has found that greater access to greenery and nature leads to more positive behaviors including a resilience to mental fatigue.

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  • Much to Do about (Vacant) Lots

    September 10, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    In St. Louis, Philadelphia, Detroit, and other postindustrial cities, community organizations and city officials are trying a number of methods to reduce the number of empty lots and vacant houses that plague neighborhoods. As opposed to earlier, one-off programs, cities are now forging coordinated approaches that acknowledge the systemic issues underlying persistent vacant land -- for example, in St. Louis, an inventory of all vacant properties is shaping the work of a series of related city initiatives.

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  • A new use for Google Maps: calculating a city's carbon footprint

    September 10, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Founded by Google, the Environmental Insights Explorer is an online tool that shows the amount of emissions being released from city structures and transportation. Although still being tested, the tool guides cities towards ways to reduce their carbon footprint and better increase sustainability efforts.

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  • Santa Fe Program Pairs Art With Opioid Addiction Treatment

    September 10, 2018 |

    KUNM |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    A Santa Fe medical center is augmenting addiction treatment with art therapy. Their approach works to heal the emotional trauma associated with drug addiction and empower them to take control of their own stories.

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  • Bicycle Ambulances Helped Cut the Malaria Death Rate in Zambia by 96 Percent

    September 10, 2018 |

    Motherboard |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Zambia

    The effectiveness of so much medical care hinges on response time, but many rural communities in Zambia are a significant distance away from a provider. A project using ambulance bicycles got patients to care much quicker and significantly reduced deaths from the symptoms of malaria.

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  • Making a chore educational: Grocery store experiment aims to inspire learning

    September 10, 2018 |

    WHYY |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Recognizing that "much of childhood happens outside the classroom," a Philadelphia initiative is creating opportunities for students to learn basic math concepts and gain basic literacy skills while shopping in the grocery store. "Talk It Up" is part of a long term push to encourage conversation between parents and children and "embed learning in the physical spaces kids inhabit every day."

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  • Slingshots in hand, Kenyans work to replant vanishing forests

    September 10, 2018 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Kisaju

    To tackle deforestation in Kenya, locals scatter charcoal-coated seeds in their communities to grow forests in the country. The charcoal deters birds and insects from eating the seeds before they can germinate; once the charcoal has been weathered away, the seed can begin to grow. Community members use slingshots, hot air balloons, and other create methods to scatter the resilient seeds.

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  • Reform Activists and a New DA Find Common Ground

    September 09, 2018 |

    70 Million |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    In Texas' Harris County, the state's most populous county, a grassroots collective of criminal justice activists contributed to a political shift that led to reforms in prosecutions, jails, bail, and policing. Inspired by the movement sparked by the death of Michael Brown in Missouri in 2014, groups such as Houston Justice and the Texas Organizing Project backed the election of a reform-minded district attorney, who turned toward community collaboration and away from tough-on-crime solutions. The new DA, plus favorable court rulings and state laws, softened the country's rough-justice reputation.

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  • Silo art becomes national movement and this is how it all began

    September 09, 2018 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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    Response Location: Australia, Northam

    A project to paint murals on silos across Western Australia has brought artists from around the world for work. These murals--some 36 meters high--have created stunning public art and cultural tourism for often struggling small towns.

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  • Virtual reality a 'game changer' for treating addiction

    September 09, 2018 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne

    An Australian research institute is using virtual reality to help gambling addicts and other people with addictions. By placing patients in virtual reality situations they may have address in real life, the program allows patients to practice confronting triggers. The program allows doctors and health professionals to diagnose and treat metal health disorders without putting patients in a high risk environment.

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