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  • The latest YouTube craze? Videos that show you what it's like to live in prison.

    June 03, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Chesapeake, Virginia

    As former inmates face the immense challenge of finding employment post-incarceration, some have turned to YouTube as a way of turning their stories into financial security. With just a handful of prison channels garnering upwards of 2.1 million subscribers, the successful videos give viewers a range of information, including advice on how to survive prison and what their lives have been like after release. Underpinning all of these videos is the desire to have a voice, help others as they try to reintegrate, and humanize the criminal justice system.

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  • How industrial assets became taxpayer liabilities

    June 03, 2019 |

    Republican American |

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    Response Location: United States, Waterbury, Connecticut

    After years of developmental stagnancy, the city of Waterbury, Connecticut puts into action a way for developers to renew buildings without having to take financial responsibility for previous owners' environmental waste. Through a public-private partnership between the city and development investors, developers have begun to break ground on renewing the city's dilapidated factories.

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  • ‘Some river!' The Cuyahoga River, 1969—present

    June 03, 2019 |

    The Devil Strip |

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    Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

    Fifty years ago, Ohio's Cuyahoga River was filthy, so much so that an infamous fire had to help spark the conversation around water pollution and cleanliness. Now, the river is making a comeback after the introduction of federal level legislation and community efforts to make the river cleaner and safer.

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  • Why you want oysters and a salt marsh between you and a hurricane

    June 03, 2019 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, Beaufort, North Carolina

    Instead of building hard seawalls to protect communities from hurricanes, some are turning to “living shorelines.” These are made out of crushed rock or oyster shells that are placed offshore in front of a wetland. There are more than 120 of these types of habitats — including in Beaufort, North Carolina — and they have shown that they can absorb 50 percent of wave energy, which can reduce the risk of loss of human life and property from flooding. This might not work for all coastal communities, but living shorelines are cheaper than the traditional seawalls.

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  • 'Adulting' classes around St. Louis offer life skills not taught in school

    June 03, 2019 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States, Ferguson, Missouri

    As American schools have become increasingly focused on preparing students for higher education and careers, life skills classes like home economics, financial literacy, and wood shop classes have fallen to the wayside. Libraries and other institutions are stepping up to fill this gap by offering free "adulting" classes.

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  • How one utility powers its entire plant from wastewater

    June 02, 2019 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: United States, Downers Grove, Illinois

    A wastewater treatment facility in suburban Chicago has become energy neutral. By accepting waste from oil and other sources not normally treated together, the facility increases biogas that can power the plant. Besides saving energy, it saves the plant almost half a million dollars each year.

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  • She's Giving Every College Student a Life Coach

    June 02, 2019 |

    OZY |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    After her experience arriving woefully unprepared at Dartmouth, Alex Bernadotte started Beyond 12, a tech nonprofit that provides virtual coaching to graduating high school seniors and college students. Beyond 12 has a special focus on first-generation college students and immigrants to help coach them through problems big and small. Beyond 12 now works with 120 high schools nationwide with more than 100,000 undergrad participants.

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  • Palawan's indigenous women lead sustainable upland farming, forest protection

    June 01, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Palawan

    Empowering women to practice sustainable agriculture promotes resilience and enables communities to protect biodiversity. The Kusor Upland Farmer’s Association, sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development, gives farmers an alternative to wildlife poaching and slash-and-burn agriculture by promoting sustainable, organic farming. The KUFA participates in workshops and farming demonstrations to teach women how to grow root vegetables such as yams for additional income as an alternative to more ecologically damaging practices.

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  • These Millennials Got New Roommates. They're Nuns.

    May 31, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Burlingame, California

    For millennials looking to gain a stronger sense of commitment to social justice and service work, religious traditions can provide a helpful framework. The Nuns and Nones program in Burlingame, California, places young participants into convents. In exchange for low-income housing, the young people help provide care and company for the aging sisters, while also drawing lessons from their participation in—and devotion to—service work.

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  • At this L.A. supper club, refugees share food and memories of the lives they left behind

    May 31, 2019 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A monthly supper club in Los Angeles brings refugees together to share meals and stories from their homelands. The supper club is sponsored by an organization called Miry's List, which also helps new arrivals to the United States find housing, community and support through various crowdsourcing efforts.

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