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  • Tracing Illegal Guns

    May 23, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, Pennsylvania

    A publicly available online platform launched by the New York Attorney General fills in big data gaps on guns being used in crimes and trafficked from elsewhere. “We were able to get a snapshot really quickly of where the worst guns are ending up and where they started.” The data can establish groundwork for interstate trafficking cases and also inform policy decisions and New York is happy to share the technology other communities can build their own databases.

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  • Com tecnologia e pais, Vitória põe 71% das crianças em creches

    May 22, 2018 |

    Folha de S. Paulo |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Vitória, Espírito Santo

    A reportagem mostra como Vitória, capital do Espírito Santo, tem um sistema de creches eficiente com tecnologia para matrículas, participação da comunidade em conselhos e bons salários para os professores. Vitória era a capital com a melhor taxa de matrículas em creches, segundo dados de 2016.

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  • An Honors College That Honors Grit

    May 22, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    Unlike the honors colleges at most universities, the Honors Living-Learning Community at Rutgers University-Newark recruits students based on "grit" and commitment to social justice. The Community creates a supportive experience within the larger campus and focuses students' studies on issues ranging from civil rights to environmental justice. “For the first time these students are learning about themselves and about that corner where they come from,” an assistant dean commented. Honors students' freshman GPAs are on average half a grade higher than the grades of non-honors students.

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  • British chefs cook up food waste solutions

    May 22, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: England

    A vacuum in government leadership means that entrepreneurs, restauranteurs, and social leaders have stepped up to find creative solutions for food waste in Britain. Some of those solutions include restaurants that are committed to creating minimal food waste, nonprofits and grocery stores that work together to distribute food, and Britain's first pay-what-you-like market.

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  • The Amazing Psychology of Japanese Train Stations

    May 22, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Japan

    Rail transport is a necessity for many commuters around the world. Japan's transportation industry has found a way to improve this means of transport by implementing subtle behavioral psychology mechanisms. From blue lighting to decrease suicides to departure jingles to reduce passenger anxiety and haste, the nation is succeeding in having a near-perfect methodology for travel despite overcrowded stations.

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  • Homes and Gardens: The Best Thing to Ever Happen to a Prison Site

    May 22, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Laurinburg, North Carolina

    Growing Change, a rural North Carolina youth organization that focuses on keeping kids out of jail, focuses on flipping prisons to not only revitalize and bring environmentally friendly practices to the community but also offer the kids something to work towards. In its initial pilot, the group saw a 92% success rate with keeping these kids out of jail and employed in the program.

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  • Winds of change: Eco-cremation in India and green power on Samso

    May 22, 2018 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Denmark, Samsø, Samso

    Two communities on opposite sides of the globe are turning to green energy to power their communities. On the island of Samso in Denmark, government officials turned to a cooperative ownership model to build buy-in on the wind and solar energy installations. In India, many Hindus are updating traditional cremation methods, which exact a high environmental cost, by increasing airflow and heat intensity during the cremation process.

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  • In the US, Muslims are making slow inroads toward a greener Ramadan

    May 22, 2018 |

    Religion News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    To combat food waste, leaders at Islamic centers and mosques around the world are looking to iftar, the evening meal that signals the end of the Ramadan fast. By discouraging food waste and the use of disposable kitchenware, many Islamic communities are already bringing about change.

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  • The women's health advocates pitching the end of cervical cancer

    May 22, 2018 |

    Devex |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Uttar Pradesh

    90 percent of cervical cancer deaths occur in countries where preventative care is unavailable. An organization called TogetHER is leading the charge to eradicate cervical cancer deaths by raising funds to distribute HPV vaccinations worldwide and integrating cervical cancer screenings into women's health clinics as part of routine care.

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  • Towaoc Had No Running Water in the 1970s. Now it Does, and the Tribe Irrigates a Farm. What Changed?

    May 22, 2018 |

    KSJD |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    A green oasis sits amongst desert land in southwest Colorado, but this swath of Ute Mountain land wasn't always so fortunate. Thanks in large part to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe leveraging their sovereignty, a settlement led to federal funding for canals, pipelines and the construction of the McPhee reservoir.

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