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  • Kids saving kids: How statewide reporting tools can help prevent, stop school shootings

    September 01, 2022 |

    CBS News |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Safe2Tell is a unified statewide system where students can anonymously report concerns or threats, since research shows other students often know about a threat before it is carried out. Teams trained in risk assessment intervene before an attack can happen by contacting parents, making a welfare check, and/or talking with students. The success of the system led to the adoption of similar programs in Oregon, Nevada, and Wyoming.

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  • Germany's €9 train tickets scheme ‘saved 1.8m tons of CO2 emissions'

    August 30, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Germany’s three-month experiment with €9 tickets for a month of unlimited travel on public transportation saved about 1.8 metric tons of CO2 emissions. The experiment was launched in an effort to cut fuel consumption and relieve a cost of living crisis and sold about 52 million tickets.

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  • The 9-euro ticket was a success for Germany, research shows. What's next?

    August 30, 2022 |

    The Mayor.eu |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Germany

    The popular “German 9-euro ticket” was a transportation experiment that allowed people to buy a month-long ticket for local and cross-state public transport on trains, trams and buses for just 9 euros. With about half of the country using the ticket in any given month, it replaced about 10% of car trips and reduced around 1.8 million tons of CO2.

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  • Germany's Ultra-Cheap Train Ticket Saved 1.8 Million Tons of CO2

    August 30, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Germany

    A low-cost monthly public transportation ticket experiment in Germany encouraged commuters to use their cars less preventing 1.8 million tons of carbon emissions.

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  • Through a radio program in Osun State, low-income Nigerians are learning business skills

    August 27, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Osun

    Listeners of the Nigerian radio program KaraKata have access to business education, financial literacy information, and empowerment — as well as crowdsourced seed funding to get their own business off the ground. Listeners call in to make a case for why they should become a beneficiary, and the program has awarded funds to 1,250 people since it began distributing seed money in 2017.

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  • How to Beat Fake News? 'Vaccination' Could Be the Answer

    August 18, 2022 |

    OpenMind |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Cambridge

    To "inoculate" people against mis- and disinformation, researchers developed Harmony Square, an interactive game that asks players to learn about the dangers of fake news by creating their own. The idea is that exposing people to small amounts of misleading content in a controlled environment can help them recognize it when they see it in the wild, and a survey of players showed that those who finished the game were better overall at spotting falsehoods.

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  • The Key to Reviving Urban Rivers? Recreation, Not Regulation

    August 17, 2022 |

    Sixth Tone |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: China, Beijing

    In an effort to create more public spaces for recreational purposes, the city of Beijing has created a riverside path along the Liangma River. The renovation is the by-product of Beijing’s new people-focused approach to development.

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  • Flood control goes green: How Houston is using nature to combat flooding

    August 16, 2022 |

    Houston Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Several areas in Texas are using public green spaces and nature preserves as ways to mitigate or reduce flooding. Exploration Green is one example of a project that reclaimed nature in an urban area by creating five ponds, each of which can hold up to 100 million gallons of floodwater while also supporting native plants, animals, and trails for hiking.

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  • Weber Basin study: Secondary water meters drive down consumption

    August 15, 2022 |

    Standard-Examiner |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Water meters at homes that get their supply from the Weber Basin Water Conservancy are used to help reduce water consumption by informing residents how much water they are using.

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  • Greece's Islands Are Zero-Waste Laboratories

    August 11, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Greece, Tilos

    Tilos, Greece, works with a network of companies to collect and sort the island residents' waste to be composted, recycled, or reused instead of using a landfill.

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