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  • The race to unravel the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the United States

    March 06, 2020 |

    Nature |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    When virologists and genomicists in Seattle, Washington realized that COVID-19 was likely to spread to the United States, they began to research ways to keep vulnerable poplulations safe. So far, early success has come from replicating the Seattle Flu Study, which uses a swab test to "reveal the trail that the flu takes as it passes around households, homeless shelters, office parks and communities in the city," and now investors are putting money towards getting these tests into households.

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  • Is South Korea's approach to containing coronavirus a model for the rest of the world?

    March 03, 2020 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    In order to effectively manage the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea, government officials have stepped in by increasing transparency, subsidizing home medical equipment such as face masks, and rapidly distributing testing kits. The efforts have resulted in many more people already being tested than anticipated and behavioral changes taking effect within the population.

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  • Singapore contained Coronavirus. Could other countries learn from its approach?

    February 28, 2020 |

    Fortune |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Singapore

    Singapore has seemingly been able to contain the coronavirus outbreak by relying on quick actions taken by the government and lessons learned from both the SARS and H1N1 outbreaks that impacted the region years ago. With "ready-made government quarantine facilities and a 330-bed, state-of-the-art national center for managing infectious diseases," the region has yet to see a death from this novel coronavirus despite 96 people identified as infected.

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  • The 'water literacy' lessons cities can learn from Cape Town

    February 24, 2020 |

    Smart Cities Dive |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

    Facing a drought in 2017, Cape Town, South Africa pursued a number of city planning and public engagement efforts to reverse course. From publishing water use dashboards to creating a more flexible water planning strategy, the city rebounded. Could this multi-pronged model work in other places facing a changing climate?

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  • To Survive Disaster, Plan for the Worst

    February 19, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Bangladesh

    The United Nations and other international relief organizations are honing their skills at anticipating humanitarian disasters and then using that foresight to prevent at least some of their human toll, rather than simply reacting to the harm after the fact. By setting aside money or providing direct aid based on predictions of impending harm from natural and man-made disasters, aid agencies have helped would-be victims of floods in Bangladesh prepare more effectively and fed would-be victims of a Somalian famine before it struck.

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  • A Vision for a Just recovery - La Marana's work Post Hurricane Maria

    January 20, 2020 |

    New Haven Independent |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Puerto Rico

    La Maraña, a nonprofit in Puerto Rico, created a model for how communities could recover from disasters like the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in 2017. By including community voices in the design and planning process of recovery projects — which can focus on water, food, energy, roads, communication, or security — the organization hopes the projects are more likely to succeed and promote longterm community civic engagement.

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  • Reducing Fire, and Cutting Carbon Emissions, the Aboriginal Way

    January 16, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Cooinda, Northern Territory

    With the dramatic increase in wildfire danger in Australia causing international distress, officials look to an ancient Indigenous fire-prevention technique that reduces the risk of large wild-fires. This Aboriginal technique - which involves lighting small, controlled fires throughout the year - eliminates excess debris that can easily catch fire in a wildfire, and it reduces greenhouse gas emissions from wildfires in the Northern region of the country by 40%.

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  • 5 billion people around the world lack basic access to justice. These organizations are out to change that.

    January 09, 2020 |

    Ensia |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Peru, Pisco

    Microjustice4All, an international legal empowerment organization, provides people in vulnerable communities with legal aid, especially after environmental crises. Another global organization, Namati, trains local paralegals so that they may help their communities in legal issues. This sort of legal empowerment has taken hold on a global scale, with the overarching goal of building power through law and environmental justice – especially as climate change affects the most marginalized populations.

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  • ALICE Is Overstating the Effectiveness of Its Active Shooter Trainings

    January 08, 2020 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States

    The ALICE Training Institute provides active-shooter training for schools around the United States. The organization’s website says that 18 schools have had success using its protocol, and yet an investigation by The Trace found that many of the schools they count as a success actually strayed from its methods. While lacking in proof of concept, school officials did report increased sense of safety and confidence because of the trainings.

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  • Drone on the range: Farmers take to the skies to save water and money

    December 31, 2019 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Maricopa, Arizona

    In Arizona, the use of drones as farming technology is gaining traction. While still in the early stages, drones have shown to help with field mapping and data collection on things like crop conditions, water quality, and infestations. In an area that has been experiencing a 2-decade drought, these drones are able to help identify more precisely the water needed for soil.

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