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  • Refugees adopt energy-saving stoves to save trees

    April 26, 2018 |

    Daily Monitor |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Nearly one million South Sudan refugees have fled to Uganda to seek refuge among a safer setting. With this rapid population growth, however, the environmental impacts have included massive deforestation in areas. Although not a solution in and of itself, conservation organizations are taking steps to mitigate against this impact by creating energy saving stoves made out of clay soil.

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  • How safe-injection sites work

    April 26, 2018 |

    WGME-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

    The city of Montreal, Canada is testing how safe injection sites can be used in the fight against opioid overdoses. Montreal has 4 total sites, and one of them, called Cactus Montreal, has already supervised thousands of users in less than a year without a single death. Cactus is often busy with about 100 visitors each day, and they say that their services also prevent public injections and litter of used needles.

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  • The Perks of a Play-in-the-Mud Educational Philosophy

    April 26, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Owings Mills, Maryland

    Across America, preschools that incorporate outdoor activities into their instruction are on the rise. It is believed that moving out of a classroom and into nature can help children creatively learn, build skills at focusing, and reduce anxiety.

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  • After a tragedy, a Yup'ik dance group in Hooper Bay keeps dancing

    April 26, 2018 |

    Alaska Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Hooper Bay, Alaska

    Yup’ik community members in Hooper Bay, Alaska founded a dance group for teens. In the six years since it started, the group has provided activity, responsibility, stress relief, and a connection to tradition for its young participants.

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  • The community trying to unite rich and poor

    April 26, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Toronto

    The Regent Park neighborhood in Toronto is now home to a mixed income housing development project in which residents of different income groups are living alongside one another. It’s also bringing a private developer and a public housing agency to work together on the project, with the hopes of fostering a sense of community and creating a safer neighborhood.

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  • How Oman's Rocks Could Help Save the Planet

    April 26, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Oman, Imbra

    Are rocks the answer to decreasing the scale of carbon dioxide production across the world? These scientists think so - or at least that these rocks have the potential to play a part in this mission. Carbon mineralization, a process unique to peridotite rocks found primarily in Oman but also in California, Papua New Guinea, Albania and a few other locations, could help combat climate change if the acceleration and scaling processes can be determined.

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  • Nigeria's tin mine healing world's oldest rift

    April 25, 2018 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Barkin Ladi, Plateau State

    Mining for tin in central Nigeria helped two ethnic groups overcome an age-old conflict. Thousands of people were killed between 2011 and 2016 in this ethnic conflict between Fulani herdsmen and Berom farmers, but a a new governor brought mediators to help. Now, a fragile peace persists between the two groups as they work together in tin mines, helping to ensure the safety of one other.

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  • Citizenship for sale: the countries whose biggest export is passports

    April 25, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Saint Kitts and Nevis

    An increasingly popular way to attract foreign direct investment is to let the world’s wealthiest trade cash and property investments for citizenship. The $2 billion-a-year industry allows the ultra-rich to buy passports that permit visa-free travel to nearly the entire world, often with no residency requirements. Highly controversial, the industry is marked by a lack of transparency and concerns about what happens to civic ties when citizenship can be bought and sold.

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  • Get to know the true world champions in waste sorting

    April 25, 2018 |

    Perspective Daily |

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    Response Location: India, Alappuzha

    When garbage threatened the tourism industry in Alappuzha, residents protested enough to spur lasting change. The city is now recognized as the cleanest city in India for its efforts in decentralizing waste management. This consists of a government program to subsidize the cost of biogas plants for families, in addition to 24 composting centers spread throughout the city. Now, residents take ownership of their waste, and the attitude shift has made the city cleaner for everyone.

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  • A Smorgasbord of Solutions for Global Warming

    April 25, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    While news of failures in the fight against climate change make headlines daily, there are many steps the everyday citizen can take to reduce their impact. Many don't know where to start though. That's where Project Drawdown comes in. This project is a global coalition of researchers, scientists, economists and others, that rate the impact of solutions, creating a way for people to see how they could possibly fit into the equation of climate solutions.

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