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3 August 2020
Gujarat, India
Text
800-1500 Words
Covering canals with solar panels has allowed Indian communities to save land, water and carbon emissions, and even bring electricity to rural villages. The solar panels are suspended on metal structures over the cana...
31 July 2020
Dharavi, India
Text
800-1500 Words
The population of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, made the region a hotspot for coronavirus transmission, but local officials' aggressive action plan – which included testing, contact tracing, quarantine, and increased san...
31 July 2020
Rome, Italy
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1500-3000 Words
Italy, once a major hotspot for Covid-19 cases, has seen a significant decrease in the spread of the coronavirus after implementing strict government regulations including mandatory travel restrictions and isolation p...
Mongabay
Sandra Weiss
30 July 2020
Gandú, Bahia, Brazil
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Ernst Götsch, an agronomist and cocoa farmer in Brazil, uses a different method of agriculture that could be more beneficial to small farmers. His method, known as syntropic agriculture, is an agroforestry system wher...
Jackson Hole News & Guide
Tom Hallberg
29 July 2020
Teton County, Wyoming, United States
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800-1500 Words
Contact tracing has helped identify hundreds potential cases of Covid-19 in Teton County, Wyoming. Conducted by the county's health department, the process works much like it does for other communicable diseases, such...
27 July 2020
Jharkhand, India
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800-1500 Words
New solar-powered irrigation systems in the Chotanagpur Plateau region in India are giving farmers more dependable water and allowing them to diversify their crops, allowing them to also grow their income. Many farmer...
27 July 2020
United States
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1500-3000 Words
University-based food pantries around the U.S. had to quickly rethink the ways they could continue to provide students with access to food during the pandemic, despite students not having the same campus access as bef...
26 July 2020
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Centennial School in Pennsylvania has dramatically reduced its need for student restraint over the last 20 year, challenging the notion that seclusion or restraint is an option when dealing with students with disabili...
24 July 2020
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Baltimore has reported approximately 10,000 cases of Covid-19, but the local Maryland Baptist Aged Home hasn't had a single senior resident infected due "a relatively small population of 29 residents, a strong history...
24 July 2020
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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1500-3000 Words
As Covid-19 spread throughout regions of South Africa, public health clinics began reporting seeing fewer patients for HIV viral load testing due to shelter-in-place orders. In trying to mitigate the longterm implicat...
23 July 2020
Vietnam
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1500-3000 Words
Vietnam is home to 95 million people, yet the country has reported less than 450 cases of coronavirus and not a single death thanks to quick implementation of lessons the country learned from the 2003 SARS pandemic. A...
21 July 2020
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) mandated public places, businesses, facilities, and schools make accommodations for people with disabilities, including ramps, accessible entrances and bathrooms, and ...
21 July 2020
Germany
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1500-3000 Words
To contain the spread of the coronavirus, Germany relied heavily on communication and information tactics that prioritized the voices of health and science officials. Although misinformation was still a problem for th...
18 July 2020
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Broadcast TV News
5-15 Minutes
Renaming the Washington Redskins to remove a racist name and logo will require a difficult and delicate process juggling a host of issues that other professional and college sports franchises have successfully navigat...
16 July 2020
Nairobi, Kenya
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1500-3000 Words
Kibra Green, a grassroots organization in Kenya, mobilizes the young people in the community to clean up their neighborhood. At times, the group has as many as 500 participants for a community-wide clean up. Yet, a la...
16 July 2020
Chilanga, Zambia
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1500-3000 Words
In Zambia, where severe drought due to climate change has negatively affected agriculture, the Daughters of the Redeemer are practicing organic farming to feed hundreds of children and families whose basic needs are n...
16 July 2020
South Korea
Video
5-15 Minutes
In South Korea, the government is using smartphone technology, including various independent apps and text messaging, to implement contact tracing. This has enabled the country's economy to avoid a full shutdown. Earl...
15 July 2020
Taiwan
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1500-3000 Words
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, Taiwan – a country of nearly 24 million people – has reported less than 500 cases and only seven deaths, largely due to the rapid implementation of a public health emergency response pl...
15 July 2020
Athens, Greece
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800-1500 Words
Athens's distinctive apartment buildings, known as polikatoikia, have unintentionally solved problems most cities grapple with. The housing complexes have given rise to a city that has socio-economic integration, dece...
15 July 2020
Rwanda
Radio
3-5 Minutes
Rwanda, a country with the same population of Ohio, has emerged as an example of how to slow the spread of coronavirus, with only 1,500 cases reported so far. Besides initiating a lockdown, implementing free testing, ...
Science Magazine
Elizabeth Pennisi
15 July 2020
New Hampshire, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Due to the pandemic, university professors teaching field and lab work courses are rethinking ways to provide what was formerly a strictly in-person, hands-on experience. In New Hampshire staff at a marine laboratory ...
13 July 2020
Willamette Valley, Oregon, United States
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1500-3000 Words
¡Salud! mobile clinics were a vital factor in keeping farm workers in Oregon vineyards safe during the national health crisis. The nonprofit is supported by the state's wine industry and has provided primary care well...
13 July 2020
San Jose, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Educators in California are exploring "looping" as a way to offer students and families some semblance of stability and continuity as schools prepare for what's to come amid the pandemic. Looping means a teacher, or a...
10 July 2020
Taiwan
Text
800-1500 Words
When reports of a coronavirus were reported in China, officials in Taiwan wasted no time implementing a plan of action to control the spread within their own region. Having learned from the SARS outbreak of 2003, auth...
8 July 2020
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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1500-3000 Words
When COVID-19 emergency plans by Cleveland agencies to reduce crowding in homeless shelters excluded people still living on the streets, the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless developed a plan to house people i...
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