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  • Nepalese Rice Farmers Boost Yields By Sowing Fewer Plants And Cutting Water

    January 30, 2019 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Nepal

    Using a somewhat counter-intuitive process, rice farmers in Nepal are seeing higher yields practicing the system of rice intensification (SRI), a method which calls for planting fewer seedlings, planting them younger and using less water. Some farmers have reported a 100% increase in crop yields, which can triple incomes with an added environmental benefit.

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  • Fixing Oakland's Death Traps

    January 30, 2019 |

    East Bay Express |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The question is not if, but when the next major earthquake will hit the Bay Area of California. To prepare for the impact of the natural disaster, Oakland if following in the footsteps of neighboring San Francisco by implementing a process to retrofit vulnerable buildings.

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  • With gender-smart investing, public servants can unlock trillions for women

    January 30, 2019 |

    Apolitical |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    Gender-based impact investing, or supporting women's economic empowerment through investing in women-owned businesses, is not only the domain of the private sector. Given the scale of government business activities, there are myriad ways the public sector can engage in "gender-smart investing," from supporting women in growth accelerators and incubators to prioritizing women-led businesses in procurement processes.

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  • Hopeworks Mixes Tech and Life Skills in Camden

    January 30, 2019 |

    CivicStory |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    An organization in New Jersey called Hopeworks combines trauma-informed practices with career and life-readiness skill-learning. Teens who enter the program are equipped with a team of mentors (academic and life) to help guide them along the way, and they have a range of classes teaching tech skills such as web design or data management. Students testify to the importance of the community and the self-confidence it builds.

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  • An Indian nonprofit is showing how free childcare at work can help disrupt the poverty cycle

    January 30, 2019 |

    Quartz India |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: India

    For 50 years, the nonprofit Mobile Creches has stepped up to fill in the gaps of government preschool and provided early child care for families living on temporary construction sites. Research shows that the service has led to gains in nutrition, hygiene, and school readiness for its participants.

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  • How Houston Has Virtually Ended Homelessness Among Veterans

    January 30, 2019 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Houston

    Houston is a leader in ending veteran homelessness, with "an engaged police unit, a seasoned group of social and policy workers, and a city looking to innovate and improve," but that success has not scaled successfully to dealing with all chronic homelessness in the city. To truly solve chronic homelessness, Houston has found that it needs to build relationships with those experiencing homelessness to understand what specific services they need to stay housed.

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  • Western Water Managers Bet On Cloud Seeding, Despite Gaps In Science

    January 29, 2019 |

    KUNC |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Wolcott, Colorado

    In the American Southwest, state water managers have been investing for decades in weather modification programs, otherwise known as "cloud seeding." Colorado River Basin states recently agreed to expand that effort, hoping to build crucial snowpack. But some scientists are skeptical that cloud seeding can produce reliable supplies, citing huge data gaps.

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  • Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness Through Music

    January 29, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

    Engaging with music stimulates brain activity and improves mental health. The Me2/Orchestra, a nonprofit organization, offers its volunteer musicians a stigma-free environment to reconnect with their passions and harness the healing power of music. In addition to empowering musicians who have encountered challenges due to mental illness, the Me2/Orchestra encourages community engagement to dispel misperceptions about mental illness.

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  • The Magazines Publishing One Another's Work

    January 29, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Poland

    Publishing various perspectives fosters civic discourse. In Poland, Projekt Spiecie addresses the challenge of ideological isolation by creating a network of magazines across the political spectrum that all agree to publish each other’s work. By providing their readers with competing points of view on topics of national debate, these publishers aim to reduce the opacity of individual media bubbles and to lessen polarization.

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  • The shopping mall where everything is recycled

    January 29, 2019 |

    BBC |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: Sweden, Eskilstuna

    In Eskilstuna, Sweden, there is a different kind of shopping mall – one that sells used and upcycled goods. In an effort to combat consumerism and bolster sustainability, the mall, called ReTuna, is nicely curated and organized, making second-hand shopping mainstream. The mall sees 700 people each day, on average, and has sold nearly $3.5 million worth of items.

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