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  • Are prizes the best solution for climate change?

    Neal Razzell Graihagh Jackson

    October 16, 2022 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Innovation prizes funded by people like Elon Musk and Prince William spark innovation and investment to solve the world's biggest problems.

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  • Georgia's largest school district seeing success in recruiting, keeping bus drivers

    Jorge Estevez

    October 14, 2022 |

    WSB-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Georgia

    Gwinnett County Schools in Georgia is using active recruitment to keep an appropriate number of bus drivers on staff. Their team dedicated to transportation holds weekly job fairs, sends flyers home with students’ meals, and trains potential drivers on site.

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  • E-bikes gain momentum as a climate, traffic solution

    Alex Brown

    October 14, 2022 |

    Stateline |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Government officials in Denver, Colorado, are encouraging e-bike adoption with rebates for those purchasing one to reduce traffic and air pollution in the city. So far, over 4,000 e-bikes were bought with help from the rebates.

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  • Denver's E-Bike Rebates Are So Hot They're Gone Within Minutes

    Whitney Bauck

    October 13, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Denver offers rebates up to $1,700 for residents purchasing electric bikes to encourage their adoption, increase accessibility for low-income residents, and help reduce air pollution.

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  • Could an ADU revolution be underway in the Capital Region?

    Jeff Wilser

    October 13, 2022 |

    Sacramento News & Review |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Accessory dwelling units are small homes in homeowners driveways and yards that can be rented out and might help address California’s housing crisis.

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  • A street lit by rotten onions? An Indian market embraces biogas.

    Kavitha Yarlagadda

    October 13, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Hyderabad

    At a vegetable market in Hyderabad, India, food waste is collected and converted into biogas to provide gas and electricity for buildings and streetlights. The process keeps the waste from emitting methane in a landfill and reduces reliance on fossil fuels and coal.

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  • Waste workers on the frontlines to protect Apo Island from plastic threat

    Jhesset Enano

    October 11, 2022 |

    Rappler |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Philippines, Apo Island

    In the Philippines the War on Waste - Negros Oriental started a zero waste project on Apo Island to reduce landfill use and improve waste management. Waste workers train residents how to sort their trash into categories and collect the sorted trash twice a week.

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  • A Jordanian Collective Works Toward Food Sovereignty Through Urban Farming

    Shefa'a Qudah

    October 11, 2022 |

    Next City |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Jordan, Amman

    The Al Barakeh Wheat Project is working to regain food sovereignty through urban wheat farming in Amman, Jordan, by partnering farmers with families to teach them how to grow and harvest wheat.

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  • The Post-Roe Abortion Underground

    Stephania Taladrid

    October 10, 2022 |

    The New Yorker |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Guanajuato

    The nonprofit Las Libres in Guanajuato, Mexico, helps women access medication for abortions for free. By working with volunteers like the Old Hippies of San Miguel de Allende, the organization delivers the medication to distributors in abortion-ban states in the United States.

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  • Record Heat Waves And Droughts Can't Dry Up This Native Garden In Phoenix

    Gabriel Pietrorazio

    October 10, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    To tend their urban garden in extreme heat, the healthcare clinic Native Health of Phoenix partners with two nonprofits, Keep Phoenix Beautiful and the Salt River Project, to use flood irrigation techniques built on Huhugam agricultural practices and canals. Every other week during the hottest months 1,600 gallons of water flow through the garden and drain out.

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