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  • Half a billion people need reading glasses. Why can't they get them?

    October 09, 2025 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Mexico, Zacatecas

    RestoringVision addresses the global shortage of reading glasses by tackling supply and demand challenges. On the demand side, they partner with local NGOs and governments to provide vision screenings and free initial glasses, particularly for those in regions who either don’t know reading glasses are an option or don’t realize they’re losing their vision. On the supply side, they work to build retail networks and educate employers about productivity benefits, as workers receiving glasses show productivity increases up to 32%.

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  • Seaweed farming as an eco-friendly alternative for Tanzanian fishing communities

    June 23, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

    Documentary |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Tanzania, Pemba Island

    Seaweed farming on Pemba Island is allowing women to earn income and support their families. Improved cultivation techniques introduced by the Tanzanian government and The Nature Conservancy via a training program have not only accelerated economic but also environmental rehabilitation.

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  • Local, organic, and bipartisan: How Vermont is challenging Big Food

    June 08, 2025 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    Vermont's community-led movement to build a thriving local agriculture economy, through nonprofit infrastructure investments, diversified farming practices, and bipartisan collaboration, has revitalized small farms, boosted food resilience, and offered a viable economic alternative to industrialized agriculture.

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  • How Treating Teens' Trauma Is Stopping Violence in Chicago

    June 05, 2025 |

    Tradeoffs |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The violence prevention program Choose to Change pairs cognitive behavioral therapy with intensive mentoring for high-risk Chicago teens, resulting in participants being 31% less likely to be arrested than their peers who did not participate in the program.

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  • Vietnamese American memorial planned for Dorchester sparks intergenerational conversations

    May 26, 2025 |

    The World |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

    Project 1975: A Vietnamese Diaspora Commemoration Initiative is a public art installation to memorialize the Vietnamese who fought alongside U.S. soldiers in the Vietnam War, as this group is often forgotten. The memorial tells stories from the perspective of the Vietnamese, highlighting the impact of war on families and communities.

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  • Maine is training an army of HVAC pros to meet its heat pump goals

    May 23, 2025 |

    Canary Media |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Maine

    Maine's coordinated workforce training programs—including state-funded community college labs, apprenticeships, and business-led initiatives—are rapidly building a skilled HVAC workforce, significantly accelerating heat pump adoption to meet the state's ambitious climate and employment goals, though challenges around training consistency, licensing standards, and funding uncertainty remain.

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  • "We Are the People of the River"

    May 23, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe, United States, Arizona

    By strategically restoring native riparian plants, removing invasive species, and implementing efficient water management practices, the Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe has successfully revitalized ecosystem health and cultural traditions along the Colorado River.

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  • De la exclusión al empleo: la formación digital que transforma vidas

    April 28, 2025 |

    Revista Haz |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Argentina

    Potrero Digital es una iniciativa argentina que ofrece formación tecnológica gratuita e integral a jóvenes vulnerables, logrando que más del 60% acceda a empleos formales en la economía digital y mejore significativamente sus habilidades socioemocionales y autoestima.

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  • Balcony solar took off in Germany. Why not the US?

    April 25, 2025 |

    Grist |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Germany

    Utah legislators passed a bill exempting small-scale balcony solar installations from utility interconnection regulations to replicate Germany's successful approach, but the absence of national electrical standards and safety certifications have so far prevented widespread adoption and impact in the U.S.

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  • One of the Most Effective Programs to Reduce Child Hunger Is Caught in DOGE Limbo

    April 15, 2025 |

    Texas Monthly |

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    Response Location: United States, Log Cabin, Texas

    The USDA’s Meals-to-You program helped school districts deliver food boxes straight to low-income households during the summer months, a game changer for families who face transportation barriers trying to get to conventional summer meal programs held on school grounds. During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the program delivered roughly 40 million meals to students in 42 states, but administrative shakeups have left the program’s future in jeopardy in places like Texas.

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