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Can this popular outdoors attraction provide a solution for the Enchantments?

Gregory Scruggs

November 15, 2025 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Aspen, Colorado

To protect natural landscapes and use its resources as efficiently as possible, Pitkin County in Colorado closely manages daily use of popular outdoor destination Maroon Bells, with required reservations for people driving to the trailhead and scheduled shuttle rides for all other visitors. The system is possible through public-private partnerships between the local transit authority and a private company that oversees the Maroon Bells reservation system.

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Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation

B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster

November 07, 2025 |

High Country News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Blackfeet Nation, United States, East Glacier, Montana

In response to a wave of youth suicides, educators at Buffalo Hide Academy in the Blackfeet Nation are teaching about heavy metal to connect youth to a sense of community and catharsis through the music. The school also works in tandem with the Fire in the Mountains metal festival to give students opportunities to perform and to enjoy the live music with their peers, leaning on metal’s therapeutic benefits.

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Vocational boom: Enrollment surges at career technical schools as students seek skills, jobs, financial stability

Emilee Klein

November 07, 2025 |

Daily Hampshire Gazette |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

Vocational and technical education programs offer students the best of both worlds, giving them hands-on experience in career fields of interest while also requiring academic rigor in the classroom. In Massachusetts, which is currently expanding funding for schools to upgrade their facilities, enrollment in technical schools rose 24 percent over 15 years, with many schools requiring a waitlist for interested students.

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How Lithuania More Than Halved Its Suicide Rate

MaryLou Costa

November 06, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Lithuania, Vilnius

Over the past several years, Lithuania has implemented a comprehensive national strategy to combat high suicide rates by shifting from a medicalized approach to community-based support. One such strategy is Sidabrinė Linija, or Silver Line, a nonprofit offering free support to isolated seniors by matching them with a “befriender” who shares some of their interests. Since its inception, Silver Line has befriended 6,000 seniors. As a result of combined efforts from multiple initiatives, Lithuania’s suicide rate has dropped from 44 per 100,000 residents in 2004 to 19.5 per 100,000 today.

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The Rustic Farms Where French Prisoners Wrap Up Their Sentences

Juliette Fekkar

November 03, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: France, Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique

The Moyembrie farm program allows French inmates to spend their final 9-12 months of incarceration working on a farm with social worker support rather than in traditional prison. This strategy has resulted in only 1 in 10 being sent back to prison and over half finding employment or training within three months of release—compared to France's national recidivism rate of over 60% within five years.

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To protect angel sharks, a Libyan biologist collaborates with fishing communities

Ibtisam Agfeer

November 03, 2025 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Libya

A Libyan marine biologist built trust with fishing communities through dialogue and education about endangered angel sharks. This led fishers to stop deliberately targeting the species and voluntarily release caught sharks, while researchers identified a vital breeding ground.

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Well Into the Future

Daniel Rothberg

November 03, 2025 |

The Daily Yonder |

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Response Location: United States, Smith Valley, Nevada

Nevada launched a $25 million pilot program in 2023 that pays farmers to voluntarily retire groundwater rights in over-pumped basins. The state-funded buyback purchases water rights at competitive rates and retires them to reduce unsustainable groundwater extraction, with the help of local organizations like the Walker Basin Conservancy. Since forming, the program retired approximately 22,500 acre-feet of groundwater rights, and the program's success led to unanimous bipartisan legislation to expand it.

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Adiós al carbón: historia real tras la transición que prometió ser justa

Ana Tudela, Antonio Delgado

November 02, 2025 |

Datadista |

Documentary |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Spain

España cerró sus minas no rentables a final de 2018, prometiendo una transición justa para las poblaciones afectadas por la descarbonización.

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Diabetes care on wheels brings help to people who need it most

Stephanie Dubois, Brian Goldman

November 01, 2025 |

CBC |

Multi-Media |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

A mobile diabetes clinic in Calgary brings comprehensive healthcare directly to people experiencing homelessness or low income at community health centers. The team provides services including foot care, retinal scans, blood and urine screening with immediate results, dietary counseling, and connections to housing and mental health programs. The "one-stop-shop" model eliminates the need for patients to travel to multiple appointments, ensuring they get the care they need.

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The Country Making Orphanages Obsolete

MaryLou Costa

October 31, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Republic of Moldova

In 2007, Moldova launched a National Strategy to reduce the number of children living in orphanages by providing more support to disadvantaged families, creating more inclusive education programs, and expanding the country’s foster care capacity. As of now, only about 700 children remain in orphanages.

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