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  • Governments are using games to engage citizens — but beware before you play

    Games can make policymaking more participatory and push citizens to change their behavior in public, and private, spaces. To keep engagement high, governments should change the games periodically and include both online and offline elements, says Gianluca Sgueo, author of Games, Power and Democracies.

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  • Running and Singing to Improve Maths and English

    Two innovative solutions in Great Britain in education are proving to be highly successful in improving students' performances in math and reading. A school in Edinburgh uses the Daily Mile (spending 15 minutes a day running 6 laps around the school at each student's own pace) as a tool to get students physically fit and intellectually engaged. In Bradford, England, a failing school centered musical education (with a minimum of 3 hours a week in music class) as part of an overhaul of their curriculum, which has been successful in fulfilling students spiritually and strengthening key skills to use elsewhere.

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  • How Suicide Trainings, Community Connections Could Patch Holes In Amador's Mental Health Safety Net

    Community members of Amador County are implementing suicide trainings and community events to help intervene in crises and destigmatize talking about mental health. Using "leftover dollars from the state’s Proposition 63 millionaire tax," these efforts have resulted in community conversations and events such as suicide walks.

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  • The region's toughest red-light camera busted drivers 24,000 times last year

    A small town near Seattle installed red light cameras in 2016 and officials immediately founder higher numbers of traffic violations than predicted, especially at one intersection, which accounted for most of the tickets issued to drivers. The technology is very controversial among drivers, but national studies have demonstrated the cameras reduce fatal crashes. In Des Moines, the number of tickets issued spike, but then began decreasing, indicating a change in driver behavior.

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  • This Street Artist is Using A.R. to Challenge What Graffiti Can Be

    Through augmented reality (AR) effects, street artists have created surprising, novel experiences in museums and in public. Using an app, viewers can see murals in motion, art floating in the air, and new ‘additions’ to a museums holdings.

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  • Can't Tell Where It's Flooded? Look At Your Phone, Stay Safe

    In Austin, Texas, the city is piloting a new system to prevent injuries and fatalities from flooding in a region known as Flash Flood Alley. The vast majority of flash flood deaths occur on the road, so the city is beginning to post images of rising water through a network of cameras meant to deter driving in those conditions.

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  • Norway Has A Radical Approach To Plastic Pollution, And It's Working

    Plastic comes at a cost for Norwegian plastic producers. Implementing an environmental tax has lead many producers to join what is known as the nationwide bottle deposit scheme. When consumers return their used plastic container, they receive cash or store credit and the plastic producers are taxed less.

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  • To curb chronic absence, schools treat parents as partners

    To shift away from a punitive approach to truancy and emphasize the importance of attendance for student learning, schools across the United States are testing methods of communicating the importance with parents in new ways, including "carefully crafted" letters, texts, and even games. Results from different schools have showed up to a 20% reduction in absenteeism, but educators acknowledge that these solutions affect the simple changes and have yet to provide a comprehensive approach to barriers to attending school.

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  • This restaurant takeout service swaps styrofoam for sustainable

    Eliminating single use plastics requires developing alternatives for consumers. In Durham, North Carolina, Green-to-Go offers a reusable container service for take-out orders. Users can download the Green-to-Go app, which links to participating take-out restaurants. A reusable take-out container replaces the need of as many as 1,000 single use containers, marking an important step toward a circular-use economy.

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  • Latest Attraction at French Theme Park: Crows That Pick Up Trash

    France's second largest theme park faces a daily dilemma of people not throwing their trash away in the bins. To bring awareness to this issue, the park has trained crows to pick up the trash. Although not necessarily employed as a long-term solution, the campaign allows for positive peer pressure with the hope of guilting people into throwing away their own garbage.

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