Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
14 September 2021
Bihar, India
Text
800-1500 Words
The Bihar, India, state government banned drinking and selling of alcohol in 2016 after women in the mostly rural state mounted protests blaming men's alcohol abuse for rampant violence against women. Hundreds of thou...
31 August 2021
Guatemala
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
In the first half of this episode, the producers discuss "Tradewaters," an organization that disposes of canisters inside refrigerators. These canisters hold potent greenhouse gases. One 30-pound canister can leak up ...
23 August 2021
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Various initiatives in New Orleans have created affordable housing in New Orleans specifically for musicians and artists as a way to both provide housing and revitalize neighborhoods after the widespread damage from H...
17 August 2021
Iowa, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
A few small towns in Iowa have seen an increase in their populations despite the opposite trend across the state. An investigation by IowaWatch of 58 towns showed the services and amenities that were common in those t...
15 July 2021
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Vision Zero program many cities use to reduce traffic deaths depends on data to inform where to target safety measures like redesigned streets and speed limits. But, when significant numbers of crashes, particular...
12 July 2021
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
When prosecutors in Boston and Baltimore stopped prosecuting certain non-violent, minor offenses, crime of all sorts, from minor to violent, went down. Getting prosecuted and jailed can in itself increase the probabil...
3 July 2021
Japan
Text
800-1500 Words
The Miyawaki method of planting miniature natural forests in cities as a way to reduce air pollution and cool down temperatures is gaining ground throughout the world. The process involves planting a variety of trees ...
14 June 2021
Bellingham, Washington, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Research shows that online training isn’t successful at changing attitudes or beliefs on sexual assault. This article takes an in-depth look at EverFi, an online sexual assault module that students at Western Washingt...
20 May 2021
California, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
To reduce the overcrowding of hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic, some hospitals in California introduced the practice of at-home hospital care. Although not available to every patient, for those where this model ...
13 May 2021
Nova Scotia, Canada
Text
1500-3000 Words
The invasive European green crab was wreaking havoc on the soft-shell clam fishery in Nova Scotia. But fishers, researchers, and park officials worked together to remove as many of them as possible and find an alterna...
11 May 2021
Louisiana, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
After oil and gas platforms reach the end of their working lives, some are being turned into artificial reefs that can create new ecosystems in the ocean. Since the 1980s, 550 platforms have been reefed in the Gulf of...
8 May 2021
Buffalo, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In Erie County, New York, residents are receiving a free drink along with their Covid vaccine as part of a program that aims to encourage those who have been on the fence about getting vaccinated. Although it is not b...
5 May 2021
Hays, Kansas, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
Once Kansas formed its first local enhanced management area — or LEMA — where a certain land area had strict irrigation limits, many farmers weren’t happy about it. But a research study found that instead of cutting t...
4 May 2021
Whiteriver, Arizona, United States
Photojournalism
800-1500 Words
The White Mountain Apache Tribe in eastern Arizona was able to slow the spread of Covid in the community by implementing a daily routine of "contact tracing, surveillance of high-risk individuals, and vaccinations." S...
29 April 2021
California, United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
A decade after California established its forest offset program as a way to incentivize saving trees to store carbon, a new analysis shows that it might not be working. Loopholes in the program allow for people to cla...
28 April 2021
Denver, Colorado, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Participatory planning, or meetings conducted to gather input from communities, have proven to be ineffective. It turns out community engagement doesn’t always result in highlighting issues and improving the quality o...
27 April 2021
Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai Province, Mongolia
Text
800-1500 Words
A new wastewater treatment plant in Mongolia is cleaning up its water so it doesn’t cause environmental problems or poison livestock and herders. This is one of the first treatment plants built under the country’s nat...
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Jonathan Levine
19 April 2021
South Sudan
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
As a way to help train frontline health workers in developing countries about childbirth practices and child health, a nurse practitioner launched a video production project to offer short instructional films. In the ...
9 April 2021
Australia
Text
800-1500 Words
Indigenous Australians have fared far better than tribal regions in other parts of the world during the coronavirus pandemic due to a collaborative and proactive health campaign between health experts and aboriginal l...
Hakai Magazine
Pip Knight
9 April 2021
Canary Islands, Spain
Text
Under 800 Words
A pilot experiment in the Canary Islands seeks to recycle brine waste from desalination plants to grow hydroponic tomatoes. The leftover brine can be harmful for seagrass along the coast, so researchers looked into wa...
8 April 2021
Poland
Text
Over 3000 Words
Scientists, NGOs, conservationists, and the government worked together to bring the Polish wolf back from the brink of extinction. Methods like GPS tracking and genetic sampling have helped politicians made decisions ...
7 April 2021
Davis, California, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
Researchers at University of California, Davis found that cows that were fed a small amount of seaweed in their diet drastically reduced the amount of methane they emitted, which could be a low-cost climate solution f...
30 March 2021
California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
A trial experiment with three farmers and several California universities is looking to better understand how to farm with little or no chemicals. No-till farming can boost soil health and better store carbon, but it’...
29 March 2021
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Podcast
5-15 Minutes
Mindfulness and meditation practices have been shown to reduce stress and neurological biomarkers of aging while also improving an individual's mood, resilience, and cognitive performance. To help connect caregivers t...
26 March 2021
Idaho, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Conservationists, government agencies, scientists, and landowners are working together to restore streams using low-cost solutions from sticks, stones, and even beavers. Restoring these floodplains is important to hel...
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