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  • It's still hard for some to access COVID-19 testing; are pop-up test sites the answer?

    July 14, 2020 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    A new initiative in Cleveland, Ohio aims to increase Covid-19 testing access in communities where social determinants of health pose a barrier to accessing testing sites. The initiative, which complements other city-wide efforts to increase testing, is facilitated by a partnership between 17 local churches and the County Board of Health.

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  • Blockchain technology to boost power access in rural areas

    July 14, 2020 |

    Nation Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    A micro-grid system has been paired with blockchain technology to easily sell and buy affordable and clean energy in rural Kenya. Residents living in the countryside don't generally have access to reliable and affordable electricity but this new technology allows rural Kenyans to install solar panels on their homes and easily sell surplus electricity to neighbors. The pilot program is a result of a collaboration between an NGO and a local tech company.

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  • Cracking the transportation bottleneck

    July 14, 2020 |

    The Boulder Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Whitehall, Montana

    In Whitehall, Montana, a senior center and a nonprofit that helps rehabilitate individuals with brain injuries joined together to enhance public transportation services for "multiple constiuencies," including rural, elderly populations and for those who are living with a disability. Although Whitehall Public Transportation was not immediately popular, in 2019, over 27,000 riders utilized this new, free service to run errands, travel to appointments and local events or just to meet other community members.

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  • Going ‘Deep Green,' Office Buildings Give Back to the Planet

    July 14, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    More and more commercial real estate projects are popping up around the United States that are focused on “deep green” building. This movement suggests that it’s not enough to just make a building out of renewable materials, but they can also be self-sustaining. For example, the Watershed, an office building in Seattle, has a slanted roof that collects rainwater that is then used in toilets. These types of projects can be more complicated and expensive to build, but developers can save money in the long run with the improvements.

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  • Will Your Next Salmon Come from a Massive Land Tank in Florida?

    July 14, 2020 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Homestead, Florida

    A Norwegian firm has built a land-based fish farm – which is "a supersized aquatic version of greenhouse agriculture that aims to solve a host of environmental problems plaguing conventional salmon farms in coastal waters" – near the tip of the Florida peninsula. Although it's yet to be seen if demand will be to the scale necessary to deem the endeavor financially viable, in Denmark where this concept was initially piloted, more than 25 generations of salmon have already been harvested.

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  • O movimento de mulheres indígenas para reflorestar o Xingu

    July 14, 2020 |

    Nexo Jornal |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Mato Grosso

    Grupo de mulheres indígenas Ikpeng completa dez anos coletando sementes para o plantio de árvores em áreas desmatadas na região dos rios Xingu e Araguaia. Neste período, as mulheres coletaram 3,2 toneladas de sementes florestais nativas usadas para o plantio de cerca de um milhão de árvores.

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  • Community peacemakers in Chicago offer a proven alternative to policing

    July 14, 2020 |

    Waging Nonviolence |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Nonviolence Chicago uses street-outreach workers to mediate disputes and connect residents of violence-prone neighborhoods to needed services. Its work, amounting to tens of thousands of contacts per year with people involved in violence, has contributed to efforts that reduced homicides and nonfatal shootings in the Austin neighborhood by nearly half from 2016 to 2019. By replacing the police with former gang members and others with street credibility, and working with both victims and shooters, Nonviolence Chicago wins the trust of residents.

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  • How the University of Dayton divested from fossil fuels — and what happened to its bottom line

    July 14, 2020 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, Dayton, Ohio

    In 2014, the University of Dayton, a Catholic institution, made a public commitment to divest its investment portfolio from any fossil fuel funding. The university has since fulfilled and stayed strong on its commitment, but the process involved putting together committees to identify and replace fossil fuel companies in its portfolio, looking for more environmentally ethical companies, and investing in more sustainable companies and practices.

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  • Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need

    July 13, 2020 |

    Pressenza |

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    Response Location: Finland

    Finland, the only EU country with declining homelessness, uses a “Housing First” program to provide homes for people living on the streets with no preconditions. Nonprofits manage long-term housing and, once in homes, individuals receive a rental agreement and pay rent and expenses. Social workers provide services from offices in residential buildings and the state helps financially. The program provided 4,600 homes in the past decade and costs less than accepting the status quo of homelessness. About 20% drop out and around 1,900 people still live on the streets, but emergency shelters can accommodate them.

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  • How Teacher Looping Can Ease the Learning Disruptions Caused by Coronavirus Audio icon

    July 13, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

    Educators in California are exploring "looping" as a way to offer students and families some semblance of stability and continuity as schools prepare for what's to come amid the pandemic. Looping means a teacher, or a set of teachers, stays with the same group of students from one grade to the next. This method helps teachers "dive-in deeper", and explore their students' strengths, allows students to create stronger bonds with teachers and other students, as well as foster a larger sense of community.

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