The New York Times
16 January 2020
Multi-Media / 1500-3000 Words
Cooinda, Northern Territory, Australia
With the dramatic increase in wildfire danger in Australia causing international distress, officials look to an ancient Indigenous fire-prevention technique that reduces the risk of large wild-fires. This Aboriginal technique - which involves lighting small, controlled fires throughout the year - eliminates excess debris that can easily catch fire in a wildfire, and it reduces greenhouse gas emissions from wildfires in the Northern region of the country by 40%.
http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/exporting-clothes-importing-safety
Amy Yee
Roads & Kingdoms
28 August 2015
Text / Under 800 Words
Bangladesh, whose garment industry is second only to China’s in size, is responding to both international and domestic pressure and undergoing the most radical revamping of worker safety it has ever seen, in large part due to consumer and client pressure.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/bangladesh-garment-industry-pushes-to-meet-deadlines-on-safety-standards/2015/04/22/b72ca9f0-e87b-11e4-8581-633c536add4b_story.html
Amy Yee
The Washington Post
23 April 2015
Text / 800-1500 Words
In the aftermath of the Rana Plaza disaster, more than 200 clothing brands pledged to make their source factories compliant with international safety standards under two international agreements, using laws and rules to reform.
http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-myth-of-the-ethical-shopper
Michael Hobbes
The Huffington Post
17 July 2015
Text / Over 3000 Words
Eliminating sweatshops and child labor depends on regulation, not consumers' preferences, as supply chains have become so complex and obscure as to prevent simple labels from being valuable.
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jul/14/volunteers-bangladesh-learn-life-or-death-difference-disaster-rana-plaza
Amy Yee
The Guardian
14 July 2015
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In the wake of the Rana Plaza collapse, Bangladeshi civilians—often first on the scene of disasters in poorer countries–are being trained to support emergency teams.
http://www.thenation.com/article/two-years-after-rana-plaza-are-bangladeshs-workers-still-risk
Amy Yee
The Nation
22 May 2015
Text / 1500-3000 Words
After a major fire, labor standards in Bangladesh are improving, but workers must have a voice if these changes are to be sustainable.
https://www.invw.org/2015/04/27/after-the-wars-common-ground-in-oregons-forests
Ben DeJarnette
Investigate West
27 April 2015
Text / 1500-3000 Words
Summer in the Northwest presents a great risk of wildfires. A pile burning operation, just one facet of the strategy that Oregon has enacted to conserve its forests, clears undergrowth to lessen the risk of mega-fire. The work stimulates the local economy and provides employment, but it's also a very small part of what needs to be done.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/how-cities-are-searching-for-solutions-among-massive-mounds-of-data/article23131733
John Lorinc
The Globe and Mail
20 February 2015
Text / 1500-3000 Words
New York City suffered from fires that erupted in overcrowded, run-down apartments. Then the city sleuthed through residential records and found that landlords who foreclosed let their properties fall apart and ignored safety-code violations. Greater Toronto wants to expand upon New York City’s method by using transportation surveys, census data and computer data to build transit lines.
http://cattle-drive.com
Matt Hansen
Cattle Drive
1 July 2014
Text / Under 800 Words
Historically, open land conservationists and cattle ranchers in California were rivals but with new research, which praises controlled cattle grazing habits, cows are being welcomed back to open land grasslands, regenerating the habitat and agricultural economy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jjsnn
James Fletcher
BBC
17 October 2013
Radio / Over 15 Minutes
The Aboriginal community in Australia is 31 times more likely than other Australians to die of alcohol-related causes. Could a "tough love" approach stressing accountability and making rehab mandatory work? Or is further restricting access to alcohol for everyone a better approach?
https://www.chieftain.com/news/top/seeing-the-forest-through-the-trees/article_7bb30627-01bb-5c22-be52-6feb0dcddb3b.html
Matt Hildner
The Pueblo Chieftain
29 May 2016
Text / 800-1500 Words
A new timber mill in Costilla County could majorly improve the forest health of the greater region by thinning undergrowth to reduce risk of wildfires, curbing the spread of invasive insects, and decreasing the demand for water in the face of drought. The mill could also create jobs and further economic development for the area.
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