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  • In a district losing money, students from afar fill the gap

    January 21, 2018 |

    Missoulian |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    After a 2010 mill closure led to school staff cuts and student departures and threatened to compromise the central role of the K-12 institution in the community, a small rural town on the outskirts of Missoula took a risk and opened its doors to out-of-district students. By welcoming over 100 new pupils through a screening process and benefiting from the resulting extra state funding, Frenchtown jumpstarted a district-wide revival.

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  • Farming Brings Refugees Closer to Home Through Food and Community

    January 18, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    The Transplanting Tradition Community Farm, based outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has given ethnic Karen, Chin, and Burmese immigrants families space to grow and sell food, as well as receive trainings and other services. But they aren't farming just for money - the farm can help refugees find a sense of home and happiness in a new country.

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  • With Marijuana Now Legal, L.A. Goes Further to Make Amends for the War on Drugs

    January 18, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    After California legalized recreational use of marijuana, Los Angeles took the initiative even further to address the social and systemic inequity caused by the war on drugs of communities of color. The city undertook criminal justice reforms like clinics to help people expunge their records, and economic reforms like prioritizing those with past convictions to receive licenses to own and operate dispensaries. Furthermore, LA is practicing restorative justice by directing the tax revenue created by this sector back into the neighborhoods that were deeply affected in the past.

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  • How This Southern City Is Becoming a Mecca for Startups

    January 17, 2018 |

    OZY |

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    Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

    The South has not historically been known as a place to work in a tech startup, but Birmingham is changing that perception. Now, venture capitalists, a local university, and the government are pouring funding into high growth companies in Alabama, knowing the money will last longer in Birmingham than in a coastal city like New York or San Francisco. As startups are helping the city grow, talent is beginning to follow.

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  • From Stopping Point to Destination

    January 12, 2018 |

    Seeley Swan Pathfinder |

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    Response Location: United States, Challis, Idaho

    Challis, Idaho is a small town, where mining and ranching are the main economies - but with employment and revenue down, the town is turning to recreation to bolster the economy. A collaboration between the Great Basin Institute, the Challis Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation founded the Lombard Trail, a trail meant for recreation and ATV use that is bringing money into Challis.

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  • As environmentalists warn about water scarcity, these two companies are saving water and money

    January 11, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Monitoring usage incentivizes water-intensive companies to develop water-saving techniques. Boston-based nonprofit, CERES, helps companies like Pepsi and Levi’s develop more sustainable practices. For example, Pepsi recaptures more of its runoff and has replaced water with pressurized air in its cleaning process. Levi’s also replaced water with air, using ozone gas to treat its denim. Tracking and reducing water use improves efficiency and saves the companies money.

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  • The ‘scenery economy' reinvigorates a Montana town

    January 10, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Philipsburg, Montana

    While many rural towns have struggled to retain residents and jobs, Philipsburg, Montana has enjoyed a newly bustling downtown because of tourism brought to the town by businesses with long-term advertising and renewal investments. Although the economic benefits are clear, residents worry that permanent families still aren't moving in.

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  • How to enforce gender equality? Iceland tests the waters

    January 10, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Iceland, Reykjavík

    Although Iceland has ranked the most gender equal nation in the world by The Word Economic Forum, there is still a gender pay gap. A new law might change that. Iceland has become the first, and only country to punish companies that pay women less than men.

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  • After Devastating Cyclone, Fiji Farmers Plant For A Changed Climate

    January 09, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Fiji, Tavua

    In the wake of a massive 2016 cyclone, Fijian farmers are rethinking how to become more resilient to climate disasters. Through diversifying crops, seed saving, and community banking, several organizations are helping farmers make that shift.

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  • Iceland hopes to get rid of the gender pay gap with a revolutionary new law

    January 08, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Iceland

    Iceland is hoping to become the first country to eliminate the pay gap between men and women after it imposed a law that mandates companies get an equal pay certification or face a fine.”This law is thought to be the first of its kind.”

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