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  • If You Can't Get To Your Vaccine Appointment, These Cities Will Drive You

    Taylor Moore

    February 17, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Some cities across the U.S. are offering "free or cheap transportation to vaccine distribution sites" as a means of increasing access for those who don't have access to a vehicle, are unable to drive, or don't live near a vaccination site or public transportation network. In Austin, the city converted their already-existing bus and commuter rail system, which was experiencing a decline in use during the pandemic, to a curb-to-curb service.

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  • District-led parent mentor program promotes path to college for English learners

    Zaidee Stavely Betty Márquez Rosales

    February 17, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Whittier, California

    Padres Promotores del Camino al Éxito Universitario (Parent Mentors for the Road to College Success) is a three-month program at Whittier Union High School District that taps into the collective knowledge of parents of English learners and provides them with a medium to share that knowledge and/or mentor other parents. There is also a curriculum for parents that are part of the program, which includes "classes on managing stress during the pandemic," information about the district's special education program, and other related information. Parents now help lead, inform, and present at district meetings.

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  • Seattle Bets on Equitable Development

    Isabella Garcia

    February 17, 2021 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    An Equitable Development Initiative was launched as a result of a racial equity analysis that gauged the effect that Seattle’s economic growth would have on communities of color. Funding for the initiative has gone toward capital for these communities to purchase real estate and develop projects that build up affordable housing, child care, food security, and other issues that would best serve longtime residents and prevent gentrification.

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  • A dug solution to drought in an Indonesian village

    Hartatik

    February 16, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Patemon, Java

    Indonesian villagers were experiencing water shortages as natural springs started to dry up in part due to climate change, so they installed infiltration wells to collect and absorb rainwater. Not everyone, at first, wanted to implement the wells on their property, but by 2020, there were 320 infiltration wells in Patemon village. This water conservation project is not being implemented throughout the rest of the country.

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  • Zimbabwe's mango growers look to the sun to boost incomes

    Lungelo Ndhlovu

    February 15, 2021 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Gokwe

    A new dried fruit processing center in Zimbabwe has allowed farmers to turn their excess mangos into another product that can be sold to various markets around the world. The center serves more than 3,400 farmers and farmers can fetch up to four times as much for dried mangos as they would normally get from selling the fruit.

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  • Wales's "One Planet" Policy Is Transforming Rural Life

    Oliver Gordon

    February 12, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Wales, Pembrokeshire

    Wales’ One Planet Development Policy allows people to live a more sustainable lifestyle by using only the resources on the land where they reside. For one family, they get their electricity from their own solar array, heat from firewood, and food from their gardens and livestock. Each year, they must prove that they are using only their “global fair share” of resources. So far, 46 farms have signed on to the program and the lessons learned from the experiment are helping to inform the government’s actions on other policies like housing.

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  • Treetop sensors help Indonesia eavesdrop on forests to cut logging

    Harry Jacques

    February 11, 2021 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Solok, West Sumatra

    In Indonesia, there are 27 “Guardian” sensors eavesdropping on forests as a way to monitor them for cases of illegal logging. The organization Rainforest Connection uses artificial intelligence to analyze the audio from these sensors and if the system picks up the sound of a chainsaw, it sends a mobile alert to community patrols in the area. This technology can be scaled for other parts of the world and habitats. “We're basically building a nervous system for the natural world," says Topher White, founder of the nonprofit.

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  • The Coffee Shop Giving Homeless Youth a Chance at Success

    Cinnamon Janzer

    February 11, 2021 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    A coffee shop is employing young people experiencing homelessness. Employment at the coffee shop provides the stability and support they need to find and maintain housing. Income, structure, and skills gained from employment at the cafe are the springboard needed for the young adults to secure stability. 

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  • The in-school push to fight misinformation from the outside world

    Sarah Butrymowicz Javeria Salman

    February 11, 2021 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    As conspiracy theories spread and misleading news stories are shared, educators are trying to battle misinformation with media literacy education. Through courses, and updated class curriculum, students from elementary to college are learning how to better differentiate between false news stories and misinformation.

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  • Pandemic prompts changes to HIV testing and treatment across Arizona

    Kenechi Anigbogu Gianluca D’Elia Kamilah Williams

    February 10, 2021 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Amid the pandemic, doctors and case managers have had to introduce new ways to provide care for those with HIV. In Arizona, that has included an introduction of telehealth, drive-thru testings sites, and mobilizing a van to travels throughout neighborhoods.

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