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  • Colorado nonprofit recruits older adults to fill critical positions in early childhood education

    Nicole Brady

    April 02, 2024 |

    KOAA-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Golden, Colorado

    The Early Childhood Service Corps recruits retired adults to fill vacancies in preschools and daycares, allowing retirees to work part time while also helping to address staffing shortages in the industry. So far, the program has trained 110 older adults as part-time substitute teachers, and a few have gone on to take full-time positions.

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  • The Towns Outsmarting Airbnb

    Corey Buhay

    April 02, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Several cities have fully banned or passed ordinances regulating Airbnb and other short-term rentals to prevent the cities from being overrun by tourists and rental properties. These policies combat the “Airbnb effect” that has been seen in cities from Irvine, California all the way to Bed-Stuy in New York. Cities that have passed these ordinances see lower rent rates, more equitable housing markets and a more sustainable tourism economy.

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  • Carmakers give up on software that avoids kangaroos

    Sophie Hartley

    April 02, 2024 |

    Ars Technica |

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    Response Location: Australia, Eurobodalla Shire, New South Wales

    Fence posts that flash blue and yellow lights while emitting a high-pitched noise when they detect oncoming car headlights are preventing car crashes involving kangaroos and wallabies in Australia. The practice is known as virtual fencing.

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  • Bees vs. drones: How tech is tackling crop pollination

    Nita Bhalla Rina Chandran

    April 02, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Australia, Two Wells

    As bee populations decline, farmers who practice covered agriculture are flying drones over their crops — which vibrates the plants' flowers to disperse the pollen — to pollinate them instead.

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  • In Taiwan, a group is battling fake news one conversation at a time — with a focus on seniors

    Huizhong Wu

    April 01, 2024 |

    The Independent |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Fake News Cleaner reaches people most vulnerable to disinformation in Taiwan, including seniors, by engaging with them offline at places like churches, temples, parks, and schools. The organization has hosted more than 500 events with people of all ages since it was founded six years ago.

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  • Managing predators from the sky

    Kylie Mohr

    April 01, 2024 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    Researchers and livestock farmers in Montana are using drones with speakers that play human voices to scare off predators and mitigate conflict between the animals.

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  • Invisible struggles of lower-income Asian Americans gain spotlight

    Amy Yee

    March 31, 2024 |

    Chicago Sun-Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The Chinese American Service League’s (CASL) Change InSight coalition surveys communities in more Asian languages to allow for more inclusive data collection, particularly among low-income AAPIs. Better data collection increases the visibility of the challenges under-resourced AAPIs face, allowing the CASL to launch social service programs to address challenges in the community, like food insecurity.

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  • Volunteers make big impact on African healthcare

    Felix Maringa

    March 31, 2024 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya

    Local community health volunteers make healthcare more accessible in rural areas by providing services like ambulance taxi rides, which quickly transport people in hard-to-reach areas to clinics when there’s an emergency. These volunteers also share medical information to promote healthy behaviors among those living in villages. There are currently about 100,000 volunteers serving rural communities across the country.

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  • Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit' for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change

    Lindsey Byman

    March 29, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Biochar is an organic material that can be mixed with soil to improve soil health, increase crop production, and sequester carbon. To make it, wood or other biomass is heated at high temperatures in an oxygen-deprived environment, like a kiln.

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  • PHA: Tech Community Building Product-Oriented Africans

    Glorious Olajire

    March 29, 2024 |

    African Change Stories |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

    Product Hub Africa (PHA) empowers people interested in tech by providing education, support, professional network connections, mentorship and community to help people blossom in the tech industry. PHA has partnerships with local secondary schools where they mentor youth directly. Outside of their school partnerships, PHA has 5,000 members with plans to continue expanding.

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