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Plastic-choked rivers in Ecuador are being cleared with conveyor belts

Kimberley Brown

April 22, 2024 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ecuador, Quito

The startup Ichthion created a system that skims plastic off of rivers in Ecuador to prevent it from reaching the ocean. A floating barrier stretches across the river to catch the plastic without disrupting fish, and a person manually guides the pollution onto the shore where it’s sorted for recycling.

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This self-taught innovator in Nigeria upcycles e-waste into power banks

Johnstone Kpilaakaa Joey Shekwonuzhibo

April 19, 2024 |

Benjamindada.com |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

Zang Technologies creates portable chargers out of recycled materials, having sold 21,000 power banks since 2018. The chargers are compatible with a variety of devices, including smartphones, and offer sustainable power that also helps reduce waste by recycling electronics and turning them into alternative power sources.

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Saving Mothers and Giving Life through Quality Accreditation of Private Health Facilities

Adanna Opara

April 16, 2024 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

The Saving Mothers, Giving Life project aims to improve access to and the quality of maternal and infant healthcare to reduce maternal and newborn deaths. The project established a Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response team and launched an interactive digital chat solution on WhatsApp to get important health information to pregnant women. Through these efforts, maternal and perinatal deaths in 25 private health facilities decreased by 60% and 16%, respectively.

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AC Has a Big Climate Impact. This New Tech Could be a Game Changer

Sarah Sax Andrew D. Johnson

April 16, 2024 |

Time Magazine |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Beverly Hills, California

Thermal storage technologies are lowering businesses’ energy costs and carbon emissions while reducing strain on the grid during peak times. Two hotels in California implemented a system that makes ice when energy demand is low and uses the ice during peak demand times to cool the building.

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Un millón de monedas

Natalia Sánchez Loayza

April 16, 2024 |

Radio Ambulante |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Venezuela

Para sobrellevar una crisis económica, millones de venezolanos reccurieron a un mundo de fantasía—Runescape—y convertió el videojuego en un trabajo a tiempo completo. Mensualmente, personas han podido ganar hasta cuatro veces más de lo que hubieran podido ganar en otros trabajos en Venezuela.

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How 2 Teachers Use AI Behind the Scenes to Build Lessons & Save Time

Wayne D'Orio

April 15, 2024 |

The 74 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Franklin Square, New York

Teachers at John Street School in Franklin Square, New York, are using artificial intelligence-powered tools to craft lesson plans that are tailored to the needs of each student, which they might not have the time to do otherwise. They can quickly adjust a lesson for different reading levels or write worksheets in multiple languages, for example.

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A Phoenix farm is making renewable energy while also providing shade for crops

Madison Knutson

April 09, 2024 |

KJZZ |

Radio |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

A farm in Phoenix, Arizona, uses agrivoltaics to generate renewable energy with limited space and provide shade for crops in extreme heat. The agricultural practice involves installing solar panels above crops on the same plot of land.

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'Valuable and largely overlooked': Interest in virtual power plants grows

Robert Zullo

April 07, 2024 |

Utah News Dispatch |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Utility companies across the United States are using virtual power plants to meet electricity demand, access backup power, and lower the electric bills of participants. To make these power plants work, the utilities use energy from the battery storage systems of customers who have home solar arrays.

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Friends Don't Let Friends Buy Guns

Katie Worth

April 04, 2024 |

The Trace |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Inspired by successful public health messaging campaigns of the past, the U.S.-based nonprofit Project Unloaded is using a bottom-up approach to promote gun violence prevention among young people. The nonprofit is working with highschoolers to develop social media messaging campaigns debunking the common misconception that owning a gun makes you safer.

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Over 3,000 Navajo Homes Receive Accurate Addresses

Emily Arntsen

April 04, 2024 |

The Daily Yonder |

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Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Utah

To improve voting access for residents of the Navajo Nation, who often don’t have official addresses, the Rural Utah Project partnered with Google to assign and distribute Plus Codes, more accurate address coordinates that use longitude and latitude. The organization has since registered nearly 2,000 new voters using the Plus Codes, and the new addresses have resulted in other unexpected benefits, such as improved response time for emergency responders and better access to delivery services.

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