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  • Meet the doctors fighting anti-vax attackers online

    February 06, 2020 |

    Coda Story |

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    Response Location: United States

    Shots Heard Round the World, is a physician-founded team of over 500 doctors, lawyers, nurses, and vaccine advocates who live around the world. When doctors, scientists, or others are attacked on social media for advocating the importance and safety of vaccines, the group steps in. Members take shifts around the clock and use a two-pronged approach. They hide, block, and report anti-vaccine bullies who post on advocates’ pages while also flooding the pages with supportive comments, mimicking the blitzing technique often used by anti-vaxxers.

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  • How to restore a rainforest with a nursery, science and some bat poop

    February 05, 2020 |

    ThePrint |

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    Response Location: India, Tamil Nadu

    The Nature Conservation Foundation is working to restore patches of rainforests in India that were degraded due to the expansion of plantations in the region. As the climate crisis continues, rainforests can play a key role in offsetting carbon dioxide emissions. By partnering with plantation companies, conservationists have been able to collect seeds from diverse rainforest tree species to grow in a nursery before planting the saplings in the degraded patches of land. However, the organization cautions against using restoration "as a crutch."

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  • Le Danemark, paradis pour jeunes adultes

    February 05, 2020 |

    Alternatives Économiques |

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    Response Location: Denmark

    Grâce à la gratuité des études, un système de soutien à l’éducation très généreux et un marché du travail accommodant, la jeunesse danoise bénéficie d’une grande autonomie.Le taux de chômage des jeunes avoisine 10 %, contre 19 % en France

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  • How to help students cope with mental health in schools

    February 05, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    A program developed in Boston's public schools works with students who have missed many days of school as a result of mental health challenges to transition back into the classroom. By providing academic and emotional support, trained counselors encourage students to continue their education.

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  • Learning Space For Child Migrants Expands In Tijuana

    February 04, 2020 |

    KPBS Public Media |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Tijuana

    "The Nest" in Tijuana is a space for migrant children to relax and be themselves during a very stressful time. "The Nest" was established by the Pedagogical Institute of Los Angeles and sits across the street from a shelter where many of their students live. Parents and other migrants also benefit from the space which they describe as stress-relieving.

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  • Cybersecurity 2020: What Estonia knows about thwarting Russians

    February 04, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Estonia, Tallinn

    Estonia is bolstering its cybersecurity against Russian would-be hackers on a shoestring budget and a brigade of volunteers, called the "nerd reserves." Hailing from Estonia's rich IT community, as well as other industries like education and law, the volunteers engage in a range of defensive activities like planning elaborate simulated cyberexercises and giving talks at elementary schools.

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  • Volunteers are gathering to clean up public areas in Brisbane

    February 04, 2020 |

    Reading Radio |

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    Response Location: Australia, Brisbane, Queensland

    While environmentalists continue to call for drastic measures to combat climate change, a Brisbane volunteer community has taken matters into its own hands by organizing weekly beach clean-up sessions. The group uses social media to organize and has recycled or thrown away more than 330kg of litter.

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  • To Sway Swing Voters, Try Empathy

    February 04, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Deep canvassing goes beyond talking points, encouraging empathetic dialogue. The New York-based organization, Changing the Conversation Together, trains volunteers in the practice of deep canvassing. Instead of just focusing on a candidate’s talking points in an effort to mobilize potential voters, deep canvassing promotes conversation, listening, and empathy. Canvassers are taught to relay a personal story, a message of love, as a way to connect with the people they meet.

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  • This Philly-made "fruit hacking" tool fights food waste and saves farmers thousands

    February 04, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Monitoring spikes in ethylene allows produce distributors to reduce food waste. The Philadelphia based company, Strella Biotech, uses sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT) to track when produce begins to emit ethylene and ripen. By paying closer attention to the status of their produce, distributors partnering with Stella Biotech have reduced food waste and saved money in the process.

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  • Treating Mothers' Trauma as a Way to Prevent Youth Violence

    February 04, 2020 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    In Ann Arbor, Michigan, the program Sisters United Resilient and Empowered, also called SURE Moms, offers counseling to mothers in an effort to address their trauma, and thus have an effect on their entire families. With research showing the connection between home life and criminal behavior, SURE Moms gives women the opportunity to provide their children with emotional support by giving them that same emotional support. What started as an informal bible study group is now funded by the city and offers regular, twice per week classes.

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