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Santa Fe restaurants work to reduce water waste

Teya Vitu

March 28, 2019 |

The Santa Fe New Mexican |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Restaurants can reduce water consumption by changing employee behavior and installing new technology, such as faucet aerators, water submeters, and high-efficiency toilets. When Santa Fe conducted voluntary water-usage audits at 31 restaurants, officials discovered that most restaurants did not have a good way to measure their water consumption, but that simple fixes could track and cut water usage.

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UPS is now using drones to deliver blood to a hospital

Kristin Houser

March 27, 2019 |

Futurism |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Raleigh, North Carolina

The United States Postal Service has launched a drone delivery service that has the potential to save lives due to the time it cuts down on providing medical supplies. Currently, the service is only transporting blood and other medical supplies between buildings at WakeMed Raleigh’s medical campus, but has the potential to scale up in the future.

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Stock photos trade in stereotypes–but they just got more diverse

Ben Paynter

March 27, 2019 |

FastCompany |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

The stock photo community is taking steps to offer more diverse options with a partnership by Getty Images, Dove, and GirlGaze to produce 5,000 newly available photographs of 179 women from 39 countries. The photos are their own collection on Getty's website and has customizable tags written by the subjects in the photo (recent ones include “blackgirlmagic,” “confident,” and “bosslady.” Already searches for terms like “strong women” and “women leaders” are up 187% and 202% respectively, and Getty plans to donate 10% of each licensing fee to promote further work in this area.

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Slow down, read up: Why slow journalism and finishable news is (quickly) growing a following

Benjamin Bathke

March 27, 2019 |

Nieman Lab |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

Getting subscribers involved and creating an enthusiastic, permanent reader base allows media outlets to prioritize quality over quantity. As troubles with media over-saturation and news fatigue grow, publications like Tortoise and Zetland are slowing down, focusing on good journalism instead of speedy clicks. Both offer a variety of news products, including access to live video conferences and manageable, daily feeds of articles that subscribers can finish without getting caught in an endless scroll.

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This Farmers Market Is Part of a Plan to Reduce Teen Births

Lisa Beach

March 27, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Orlando, Florida

A teen-run farmer's market in Parramore, a low-income neighborhood of Orlando, gets children off the streets and into the garden. As a branch of the neighborhood's Kidz Zone program, the farmer's market brings fresh food to a former food desert, all while reducing juvenile arrest and teen pregnancy rates.

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Mastering mobility through education and collaboration

Patrick Dunn

March 26, 2019 |

Model D |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

There is a lack of new and local talent in the mobility industry, so the Michigan Mobility Institute started the Detroit Mobility Lab to issue master's degrees in mobility after a 9-12 month program. The Lab partners with local universities and industry professionals to equip new workers with the interdisciplinary skills needed for the rapidly-evolving industry. This is one of several ways that the city of Detroit is working to provide curricula and resources to address the lack of available workers.

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Seasonal employers gear up to hire Maine teens

David Singer

March 26, 2019 |

WGME-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

As an effort to bolster the economy and help teenagers join the workforce, the Maine Department of Labor launched a pilot program that gives organizations stipends for hiring teenagers into the seasonal workforce. While the pilot program may not continue due to Department goals and standards, organizations report that the stipends help their organization hire exceptional workers.

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Ecuador legalized gangs. Murder rates plummeted.

Sigal Samuel

March 26, 2019 |

Vox |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ecuador

When faced with a rise in gang violence, Ecuador tried an approach that was in complete opposition to "zero tolerance," the methodology America has been attempting to use to tackle the problem. Rather than target gang members as wrongdoers, the country "allowed the gangs to remake themselves as cultural associations that could register with the government, which in turn allowed them to qualify for grants and benefit from social programming."

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Harnessing the power of on-the-spot media to achieve change

Rachel McKee

March 26, 2019 |

Global Geneva Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nepal, Barahachhetra

On-the-spot reporting amplifies local narratives of response and adaptation to climate issues, illustrating solutions. International initiatives like the Earth Journalism Network and the Climate Justice Resilience Fund are working to empower journalists in places ranging from Greenland to South Asia to amplify local voices. On the border of Tibet and Nepal, reporting on issues of climate and environmental justice has spurred Nepalese officials to address a faulty early warning system for floods.

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Forget plastic bans: Colorado mountain towns try volunteerism, bootcamps as solutions to single-use

Tamara Chuang

March 22, 2019 |

The Colorado Sun |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Telluride, Colorado

In the mountain towns of Telluride and Mountain Village, locals are going beyond banning plastic bags and are thinking bigger about how to reduce single-use plastic. The Telluride Venture Accelerator focuses on bringing “startups in the plastics-alternative market” to Colorado. A local committee is also finding ways to encourage businesses to change their plastic habits, and together the local government initiatives and environmental startups will change consumption habits regionally.

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