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  • One, two, tree: how AI helped find millions of trees in the Sahara

    January 15, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Algeria

    Tree mapping helps researchers understand deforestation and climate change, however the technologies used often miss trees that aren’t clustered. Researchers, in collaboration with NASA, used high-resolution satellite images, previously only available to commercial entities, to find a surprisingly large number of trees in the Sahara Desert. Using AI deep learning and one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers at the University of Illinois, they identified more than 1.8 billion trees, manually marking nearly 90,000 so the computer could “learn” which shapes and shadows indicated the presence of trees.

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  • How Californians are resorting to crowdsourcing to get their Covid-19 vaccine

    January 15, 2021 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Residents of California are working together to crowdsource where COVID-19 vaccinations are being offered, and who they're being offered to. While the state has failed to implement a transparent dissemination strategy, 70 volunteers joined forces to create a spreadsheet that keeps track of what clinics are offering the shot and what parameters must be met to receive it. Users have reported that they were able to schedule an appointment because of this effort.

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  • How 'emancipatory sex-ed' can help prevent rape

    January 14, 2021 |

    Maclean's Magazine |

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    Response Location: Canada, Windsor, Ontario

    Flip the Script is a course that teaches rape prevention without the usual blame-the-victim undertones. While teaching college-age women to assess and avoid risks, it places the responsibility squarely on the people who rape, not on women's behavior. The approach, also called Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act Sexual Assault Resistance Program (EAAA) is sex-positive, encouraging women to think about their own pleasure as much as guarding against victimization. It has been shown to reduce rape and lower women's feelings of self-blame.

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  • At 80, She Is the Defiant Editor of ‘The Buzz'

    January 14, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    To address the need and want for increased access to information, an 80-year-old woman living in a retirement home in New York City rallied her fellow residents and launched a newsletter to provide relevant news during the coronavirus pandemic. It has not only helped to hold management accountable, but has also provided a reprieve from the isolation that many in the institution were feeling.

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  • Helping Summit County's 90,000 older adults stay safe in their homes

    January 14, 2021 |

    The Devil Strip |

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    Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

    Senior citizens are getting the home renovations they need to make their homes accessible and safe. These renovations allow them to remain safe and comfortable in their homes, where they have made a lifetime of memories.

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  • Pandemic Boosts Effort to Improve Inmates' Welfare

    January 14, 2021 |

    Global Press Journal |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe

    As part of the coronavirus lockdown in Zimbabwe, people were banned from visiting prisons, but a mobile app has allowed relatives to send supplies to those who are incarcerated via their cellphone. This newest initiative in the succession to reform the prison system uses mobile money to send supplemental goods from the prison’s tuck shop to relatives who are incarcerated.

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  • An Algorithm Is Helping a Community Detect Lead Pipes

    January 14, 2021 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

    BlueConduit, an analytics startup, applies statistical models to identify neighborhoods and households that might have lead pipes. The models include dozens of factors, such as the age of the home and proximity of other homes where lead has been found, to help predict likely locations of lead pipes and create a ranking by likelihood that cities can use to prioritize which pipes to examine. In Flint, MI, about 70% of the homes identified using the models had lead pipes, compared to about 15% of homes where excavations did not use the model. The company is working with organizations in dozens of other cities.

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  • How Bison Are Saving America's Lost Prairie

    January 14, 2021 |

    PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma

    Tall grass prairie used to span across 13 states in North America. However, after settlers arrived grassland prairies were decimated. By reintroducing bison to the land along with seasonal fires, the nature conservancy, which manages the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in northeastern Oklahoma, resuscitated the prairie. The preserve is the largest tract of grassland prairie remaining in the world.

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  • The simple reason West Virginia leads the nation in vaccinating nursing home residents

    January 14, 2021 |

    The Conversation |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    Most states in the U.S. are struggling to effectively and efficiently distribute the COVID-19 vaccine, while "West Virginia became the first state to finish round one of the two-dose vaccine series in nursing homes." The key to the state's success included preemptively preparing a vaccination dissemination plan and partnering with independent and chain pharmacies.

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  • Give Housing, Save Money

    January 14, 2021 |

    Eugene Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Providing people with housing and then giving them the services they need to stay housed is also a very effective way to save tax-payer money. Reducing chronic homeless through programs like The Madrone Project helps keep the unhoused healthier, reducing their trips to the ER, and also saves tax dollars that go into policing those living on the streets. Spending money on housing and services can be considered an investment that helps get people housed and healthy again, as well as a financial strategy to reduce government and hospital costs.

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