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  • Schools rarely teach climate change outside of science class. Teachers are changing that.

    September 11, 2020 |

    Mashable |

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    Response Location: United States

    Climate Change lessons are lacking even in science classes. This article identifies a variety of methods that educators can take to incorporate climate change into the classroom. Examples include things like incorporating climate change into non-science classes, creating interdisciplinary courses, and keeping the issue non-partisan. "They just want to be told the truth. They want to acknowledge that they're angry," Metzger-Carter said. "So, I tell them the truth. I tell them that their voices are way more powerful than mine. Then, I step out of the way."

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  • What Kenya can teach its neighbors — and the US — about improving the lives of the "unbanked"

    September 11, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Mobile banking in Kenya has increased economic mobility for families living in poverty. The mobile money system is not connected to bank accounts, making it accessible to the overwhelming majority of Kenyans who don't have bank accounts but do have cell phones. Mobile banking allows deposits and withdrawals as well as transfers, and has allowed families to save money to use when their income, often from farming, takes a hit thus creating a security net for themselves and allowing them to receive funds from friends and family. Savings allow families to meet basic needs and access medical care if necessary.

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  • What happened when the BC government started selling cannabis Audio icon

    September 11, 2020 |

    Capital Daily |

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    Response Location: Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia

    Legalized marijuana sales in Canada were supposed to make the industry safe, stable, and prosperous. But the rollout of licenses for pre-existing private dispensaries has turned into a debacle for small businesses in British Columbia. Ignoring the advice given to Health Canada by dispensaries seeking licenses about sensible ways to regulate, the agency delayed approving licensing applications for months, only to begin raiding applicants' businesses as soon as competing government dispensaries started opening. Hundreds were put out of work and quality product grew scarce.

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  • Women Data Scientists Created GPS-Driven App to Help Kenya Keep Covid-19 Numbers Low

    September 11, 2020 |

    Zenger News |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Women in GIS Kenya created a digital tool that helps the government track the number of Covid-19 cases, recoveries, and confirmed deaths, as well as the number of tests administered. The online database combines a survey that assesses a person's symptoms with cellphone GPS data to create a map of current hot spots and recommend treatment locations. The government credits the tool, which can also predict high-risk areas vulnerable to future outbreaks, with helping to keep Kenya's COVID-19-related deaths relatively low compared to other countries. The tool is popular among younger, tech-savvy populations.

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  • How South African activists hope to integrate cities built to divide

    September 11, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

    The South African government has provided free apartments to millions of people since the end of apartheid, in part as a way to address structural inequalities rooted in apartheid. The program has been a lifeline for many but has also exacerbated segregation because the housing is built just outside of cities, where Black, Asian, and mixed-race South Africans were once legally required to live. This creates new structural inequalities because it makes it harder to access good jobs, which tend to be in the city center. Advocates are now petitioning the government to build housing in the city center.

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  • Community colleges pivot to support their vulnerable students

    September 10, 2020 |

    Inside Higher Ed |

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    Response Location: United States, Norwalk, California

    Community college administrations across the U.S. are helping students continue their education during the pandemic by helping them address basic needs. Cerritos College in Norwalk, California has given away 300 free laptops and already ordered 200 more. Reynolds Community College in Virginia took a targeted approach by focusing on providing technology aid like loaning out computers, setting up internet hotspots in parking lots and, but the pandemic has exacerbated a longstanding struggle for many community colleges across the U.S.—lower federal funding per student when compared to flagship institutions.

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  • The remarkable floating gardens of Bangladesh

    September 10, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Gopalganj, Bihar

    Bangladeshi communities are reviving a traditional method of crop cultivation known as floating vegetable gardens to grow food during monsoon season. On these floating organic beds, farmers can grow vegetables like okra, spinach, and snake gourd. They can supply enough food to feed their family and be a source of income. While scaling this approach to other parts of the country can be difficult, many see this practice as a way to adapt to the effects of climate change.

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  • Portland's High Stakes Experiment to Shrink the Role of Police in Fighting Gun Violence

    September 10, 2020 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Two years after reorganizing a police gun-enforcement unit to focus it on an evidence-based approach to preventing retaliatory shootings, Portland city leaders abolished the unit in a round of police budget cuts and failed to reinvest that money in community-based alternatives that don't rely on the police. The result, criminologists say, is a worst-case scenario: a policing reform that creates a vacuum and could be to blame for an alarming spike in gun violence. The most effective solutions, they say, blend effective policing with proven community-based programs.

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  • Por que o Uruguai tem tão poucos casos de covid-19

    September 10, 2020 |

    Nexo Jornal |

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    Response Location: Uruguay

    A reportagem é sobre como o Uruguai conseguiu ter o melhor resultado de enfrentamento contra a pandemia de Covid-19 na América Latina. Mostra que a estabilidade política, valorização da ciência e rastreamento de casos foram algumas das ações efetivas.

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  • Como pequenos agricultores e vaqueiros mantêm o Cerrado vivo na Bahia

    September 10, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Correntina, Bahia

    A reportagem mostra que pequenos agricultores preservam o cerrado na Bahia ao criar gado em terras de uso coletivo, coletar espécies nativas e ao plantar alimentos orgânicos. A preservação ambiental dos agricultores também ajudam a manter rios vivos.

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