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  • How AI Can Help Save Forests

    November 03, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    Satellite-based forest monitoring, paired with other sophisticated measures of a forest's health, is transforming the speed, precision, and economics of finding and eradicating infestations and pinpointing acreage where preventing wildfires and deforestation will prove most effective. Rather than rely on ground-based, manual surveys of vast tracts, forest managers are refining their ability to observe more useful data from space. As success stories pile up, however, the science still must rely on the political will to enact needed policies for a healthier climate and forests.

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  • This Medical Team Is Working To Reach Those Most At Risk For COVID-19

    November 01, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    A group of health care workers and social workers formed to help connect hard-to-reach communities in Hawaii to COVID-19 testing and information about the pandemic. So far, they have been able to test more than 200 people who were showing symptoms or who had been at high risk of exposure. The director of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority has also reported that compliance with mask-wearing and other safety measures has increased since the effort began.

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  • Chennai Ran Out of Water — But That's Only Half the Story

    October 30, 2020 |

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    Response Location: India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

    The city of Chennai in India is engaging in wetlands restoration and stormwater management by using traditional knowledge and community action to reduce flooding and ensure that people have access to drinking water. Through a development program called Water as Leverage, they are implementing “slow water” projects that restore flow paths for water, which could provide greater water resiliency for humans and protect and restore natural ecosystems. While it can be difficult to get government engineers to embrace green solutions, public awareness of the environmental work is helping move the projects forward.

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  • Should you recycle your disposable mask?

    October 29, 2020 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    A company known as TerraCycle recycles "items other companies won’t accept" – including the many masks, gowns, and gloves that have been used during the coronavirus pandemic. While the service is free for those who can access one of their ZeroWaste box locations, individuals must request and pay for a box if they wish to participate. Environmentalists say that there is still debate about "whether it’s more environmentally friendly to throw away masks or recycle them," the service itself helps "remind consumers and companies that trash doesn’t disappear after it’s thrown out."

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  • Managing scarcity

    October 29, 2020 |

    Boulder Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    In Boulder, Colorado those working to address the increasing rate of homelessness are reallocating resources to support longterm housing options as opposed to the traditional temporary services – such as shelters. Although there are challenges to this approach and it's too early to gauge the longterm reality of this approach, early results from the method have shown that consolidating resources has reduced operational costs while housing over 450 people.

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  • Hanging on: Covid gave Louisiana's addiction patients life-saving drug treatment by phone

    October 28, 2020 |

    The Current (Louisiana) |

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    Response Location: United States, Colfax, Louisiana

    When the coronavirus pandemic caused organizations and businesses to shut their doors, some medical practices, such as facilities that treat addiction, found relief by moving to telehealth services. In Lousiana, "emergency changes to federal and state telehealth regulations" allowed patients to seek therapy and other services via telephone and video, which helped them avoid exposure to the virus, yet still access the care they needed.

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  • Music class during coronavirus: How the band plays on

    October 27, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Canada, Stratford, Ontario

    In Canada "hands-on, in-person music classes" have been approved as acceptable to hold during the coronavirus pandemic, but the safety precautions have made it difficult to achieve an ideal outcome. Rather than continue to hold classes this way, teachers are finding creative ways to address the barriers such as combining in-person lessons with at-home performances.

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  • Bus Stop Shakespeare

    October 26, 2020 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Poland, Gdansk

    A program at the Gdansk Shakespeare Theater in Poland is creating job opportunities for people with Down syndrome after partnering with the city and a local foundation that supports job training and coaching for special-needs individuals. The project has not just benefited the participants – patrons of the company as well as other businesses are realizing "that people with Down syndrome who have the appropriate skills can prove themselves at work."

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  • How San Francisco became a COVID-19 success story as other cities stumbled

    October 25, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco's "hammer and dance" approach to handling the coronavirus pandemic has helped the densely populated urban city begin to reopen ahead of much of the rest of California. Although the pandemic has undoubtedly taken a toll on the city's local economy, the strict and aggressive actions by the local government have resulted in the risk of infection now being considered as minimal.

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  • Money in jeopardy for program helping Wyoming adults go back to school

    October 24, 2020 |

    Casper Star-Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    The Wyoming Works Program has helped adults afford to attend college and find better jobs. When the program started in 2019, the state government allotted $5 million dollars and since then $3 million have been used for student grants. "Individual student grants range from $1,680 to $3,360 per academic year."

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