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  • Can Flexible Pricing be Fair?

    August 24, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco is using technology to calculate the cost of parking throughout the city, depending on the demand in specific neighborhoods at any given time. While critics were wary of the effect flexible pricing would have on lower-income residents, the pilot program resulted in lower parking costs on average and demonstrated that flexible pricing could promote equity. In other cities around the world, flexible pricing systems implemented through the use of technology have been effective in raising revenue from higher-income people and neighborhoods to reduce prices and reinvest in equitable solutions.

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  • Equity, Health, Resilience, and Jobs: Lessons from the Just Growth Circle

    August 22, 2019 |

    Nonprofit Quarterly |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    A collaboration between an Atlanta-based nonprofit and an international climate organization sparked the Just Growth Circle, an initiative that brings topics like racial equity, economic justice, and climate change to the forefront of urban planning in Atlanta. The organization puts responsibility into the hands of residents and has updated city plans to center around building community trust and long-lasting relationships between locals and city officials.

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  • Colorado's trailblazing Safe2Tell system needs significant upgrades, lawmakers say

    August 20, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    In 2016, Utah debuted SafeUT, a streamlined crisis center with on-call mental health specialists that students can call or text about potential threats to schools or personal mental health concerns. SafeUT was born out of a recognition for more preventative and mental health services, and was inspired by Colorado’s Safe2Tell initiative. Now, as Colorado seeks to iterate on their state initiatives, they’re looking to SafeUT’s streamlined approach as a model for improvement.

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  • Mesa school district rolls out new counselor program for kids' mental health

    August 20, 2019 |

    KPHO-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    The Mesa, Arizona, school district is expanding its mental health care programming in response to a high teen suicide rate in the region. By increasing the number of counselors available, using data to tailor its approach to each individual campus, and connecting students with outside therapy professionals when appropriate, Mesa is hoping to reach more students.

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  • School suicide screening program in Ohio leading to fewer deaths

    August 18, 2019 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    As part of a suicide prevention program in North Central Ohio, middle and high school students take a screening test to assess their mental state and determine if intervention by the school is necessary. Coupled with a hotline and classroom visits, the HelpLine is working to teach community members that it is okay to ask for help.

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  • Watershed moment: How Chesapeake Bay turned its H2O around

    August 15, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Annapolis, Maryland

    After decades of conservation and cleanup, the 42% of the entire Chesapeake Bay meets water quality standards. The Chesapeake Bay Program organized a regional collaboration between nonprofits, the government, and educational institutions, worked together to protect and clean the Bay, which is home to fishing, tourism, and agriculture. While much progress has been made, the group recognizes the amount of work left if they are to ever see a majority clean watershed.

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  • Scientists Discover New Cure for the Deadliest Strain of Tuberculosis

    August 14, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Sizwe, Gauteng

    Drug-resistant cases of tuberculosis have been known to be impossible to cure, but a new drug trial in South Africa has changed the outcome for many suffering from this diagnosis. Although the trial that implements a three-drug regimen over the course of several months is still fairly new to the market, it has already gained approval by the Food and Drug Administration.

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  • Paid Family Leave Is a Game Changer for New Parents' Health, Not Just Their Economic Security

    August 12, 2019 |

    The Nation (New York) |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The United States is the only developed nation to not have a national paid family leave policy, so several states are enacting their own form of the policy in order to better serve families and child development. The handful of states that have implemented a policy that allows for time off work with at least partial pay, have reported a myriad of successful outcomes including a decrease in infant and maternal mortality rates and overall better health of the child.

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  • A tiny garden in Boulder is showing signs of stress from smog. The scientist behind it is thrilled.

    August 12, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    A garden at Boulder, Colorado’s Museum of Natural History is being used to track the effects of smog and educate visitors as well. Called an “ozone garden,” this plot – and other like it around the world – shows researchers and visitors how plants are damaged by ground-level ozone levels. Beyond education, the researchers behind the ozone garden are using it to show how crops and food availability will diminish as climate change continues.

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  • The desert gets a biocrust skin graft

    August 09, 2019 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Alamos, New Mexico

    Scientists in southeast America are trying to rebuild the natural biocrusts that existed centuries ago. The biocrusts, which are concentrations of cyanobacteria, moss, and lichens, are a crucial part of ecosystems in its ability to prevent erosion and soil degradation. Researchers across the region have been growing them in labs, but the implementation into the environment has posed challenges.

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