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  • The Bicycle Revolution in Paris, Five Years Later

    Julio Godoy

    July 18, 2012 |

    Inter Press Service News Agency |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Paris is a city plagued by traffic jams and air pollution. In 2007, the local government created a public bicycle sharing program called Velib that has drastically reduced the number of cars on the roadways and parking lots. During five years, over a hundred million people have used the program and it has a quarter of a million subscribers.

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  • Moving Beyond the Cold War Coach

    David Bornstein

    October 25, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    When adults are asked what values they think youth sports actually reinforce most, they say competitiveness and the importance of winning. The Positive Coaching Alliance provides teaching tools that help coaches redefine the idea of “winning” from something that is reflected on a scoreboard to something that is reflected in a child’s character.

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  • The Power of Positive Coaching

    David Bornstein

    October 20, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    A group called Positive Coaching Alliance is training thousands of coaches and parents to change to culture of youth sports for the better, using a "relentlessly positive" approach, and trading out the win-at-all-costs ethos of professional sports for evidence-based, age-appropriate guidance to players.

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