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  • Las vacas extinguen el pastizal pampeano, pero 86 productores prueban una manera de evitarlo

    March 26, 2019 |

    Red/Acción |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Argentina

    En Argentina, la ganadería es la actividad productiva que más gases de efecto invernadero produce. Además, los pastizales pampeanos se han reducidos en un 20% y los productores levantan el pastizal y siembran pastos importados que sirven de alimento para las vacas, pero afectan al suelo con sus insectos, anfibios, roedores, mamíferos y aves. En ese contexto, 86 productores que administran unas 400 mil hectáreas—en las que tienen 100 mil vacas—experimentan cómo criar a sus vacas sin arrasar con el pastizal ni sembrar pastos exóticos, y han logrado reconocerle al productor un precio 15% superior al de mercado.

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  • These “Wear your meds” buttons tackle the stigma of taking mental illness drugs

    March 26, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A copywriting student at Miami Ad School developed small, stylish buttons depicting different commonly taken medications to encourage conversations around mental illness and to destigmatize mental health issues. The "Wear Your Meds" buttons allow people to be open and explicit.

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  • Seasonal employers gear up to hire Maine teens

    March 26, 2019 |

    WGME-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

    As an effort to bolster the economy and help teenagers join the workforce, the Maine Department of Labor launched a pilot program that gives organizations stipends for hiring teenagers into the seasonal workforce. While the pilot program may not continue due to Department goals and standards, organizations report that the stipends help their organization hire exceptional workers.

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  • ‘My Girls Are Getting a Future Here'

    March 26, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    In India, the construction industry is the second largest employer. Without the ability to pay for child care, mothers are often forced to bring young children to construction sites. Mobile Crèches has started to set up child care facilities on-site, providing relief to parents and a safe education for students.

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  • Llano barricade protocol investigated after woman swept away in flood

    March 26, 2019 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Llano, Texas

    In Texas, smaller towns are looking to one another for ideas to prevent dangerous encounters with flash flooding. Travis County is one such place, using multi-layered approaches to prevent drivers from crossing flooded areas and requiring deputies to carry water rescue kits in their cars. After the death of one woman, the town of Llano is considering new approaches, like more visible barricades.

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  • Police officers in Salt Lake City schools will be trained to arrest students less often

    March 26, 2019 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Specialized training for school resource officers improves the relationships between law enforcement agents and students. Following a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union, Salt Lake City, its police department, and school district, begun reforms that address the issue of policing in high schools. New training requirements for school resource officers have led to a significant decline in the number of kids cited at school since 2016.

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  • Ecuador legalized gangs. Murder rates plummeted.

    March 26, 2019 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Ecuador

    When faced with a rise in gang violence, Ecuador tried an approach that was in complete opposition to "zero tolerance," the methodology America has been attempting to use to tackle the problem. Rather than target gang members as wrongdoers, the country "allowed the gangs to remake themselves as cultural associations that could register with the government, which in turn allowed them to qualify for grants and benefit from social programming."

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  • Harnessing the power of on-the-spot media to achieve change

    March 26, 2019 |

    Global Geneva Magazine |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Barahachhetra

    On-the-spot reporting amplifies local narratives of response and adaptation to climate issues, illustrating solutions. International initiatives like the Earth Journalism Network and the Climate Justice Resilience Fund are working to empower journalists in places ranging from Greenland to South Asia to amplify local voices. On the border of Tibet and Nepal, reporting on issues of climate and environmental justice has spurred Nepalese officials to address a faulty early warning system for floods.

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  • Santa Cruz Girls Build Violence Free Lives

    March 26, 2019 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Santa Cruz, Guanacaste

    In Santa Cruz, Costa Rica, the organization Cepia has started Girls Clubs in nine different neighborhoods and are teaching young girls, ages 8-12 about female empowerment, safety, and how to report crimes. In the area, violence against women is common, which is something these Girls Clubs is hoping to prevent. The clubs have reached over 650 girls and is now developing a program for boys, to teach them about positive masculinity.

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  • If We Were Roma, We Wouldn't Come Back From Britain

    March 25, 2019 |

    Tyzden |

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    Response Location: England, Sheffield

    In stark contrast with their Slovakia homeland, England has opened its arms to Roma immigrants with a set of accommodations aimed at helping them succeed in their new country. Victims of racism in both places, but particularly among Slovaks, the Roma newly arrived in England receive health counseling and educational aid that have inclusion at their core. Britain's school-attendance policies, for example, have increased Roma children's attendance by 30 percentage points, and few are shunted into special schools.

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