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The vegan leather made from India's waste flowers

Sushmita Pathak

December 19, 2022 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Kanpur

Phool, a startup in India, makes a plant-based leather alternative using flower petals discarded from Hindu temples after rituals to feed microbes that grow the material. The product, named Fleather, keeps flower waste from contaminating rivers and is a sustainable, biodegradable alternative to animal leather.

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Credit Where Credit is Needed

Melanie Lenart

December 19, 2022 |

Native Science Report |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, South Dakota

South Dakota State University's Expanding the Circle program provides online graduate courses and tuition support to help faculty at tribal colleges update their credentials in line with new accreditation requirements. Since the program was rolled out, the retention rate for online graduate coursework has risen by roughly 30 percent.

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A solution to the housing shortage?

Alana Semuels Adrian Ma

December 19, 2022 |

NPR |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Home builders in the United States are producing homes up to 50% quicker with modular housing. This process involves manufacturing different parts of the home in a factory and assembling all of those parts on-site.

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Telehealth offers boost to children with developmental needs

Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe

December 19, 2022 |

ICT News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Anchorage, Alaska

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium provides telehealth services to more than 100,000 Alaska Natives, primarily in small communities with limited access to travel. The organization, along with others like the Indian Health Service, also provide remote care to families with children with developmental needs, like those with autism.

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Wireless hot spots: A pandemic fix yielding lackluster results for rural students

Reyes Mata III

December 19, 2022 |

Carlsbad Current-Argus |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Santa Teresa, New Mexico

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to shift to remote learning, districts issued wireless hot spots to students as a cost-effective solution to help those living in homes without internet access their school work. While hot spots helped a large number of students, a present digital divide — specifically in rural areas — has made connecting harder for others, but government funding is ramping up to expand broadband access.

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Video games can make climate change real for players - here's how

Adam Smith

December 14, 2022 |

Context |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: England, London

Video games are educating players on climate change and its effects while encouraging mitigative behavior through gameplay.

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Youth organizers rallied their peers to vote in the Georgia Senate runoff, building off high voter turnout in the midterms

Shannon Coan

December 10, 2022 |

The Boston Globe |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Georgia

Ahead of Georgia's runoff election, organizations such as Georgia Youth Justice Coalition and Voters of Tomorrow pushed their outreach with Gen Z voters into high gear through text messages, phone calls, in-person conversations, and campaigns to get early voting centers on college campuses. Their efforts helped members of Gen Z outperform voters ages 25 to 40 in early and absentee voting during the runoff election.

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This Group Wants to Teach You How to Get Abortions Even Where They're Banned

Charlotte Alter

December 09, 2022 |

Time Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

Mayday Health is a health-education nonprofit that helps patients in states that have banned abortion figure out how to get abortions anyway. For people living in states where abortion is banned, Mayday provides step-by-step instructions for how to obtain abortion pills, as well as medical information about the safety and reliability of medication abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy.

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A Site That Safeguards Migrants' Educational Credentials

Elizabeth Hewitt

December 09, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Article 26 Backpack is an online storage platform refugees can upload academic transcripts, diplomas, and other important documents to. The platform safeguards the copies in case the originals cannot be kept and allows users to share them with universities and employers.

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San Diego's Frozen Zoo Is Bringing Species Back from the Brink

Michaela Haas

December 08, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

At the Frozen Zoo in San Diego geneticists collect and freeze animal cells, including those of endangered animals, in cryogenic tanks for research and conservation projects.

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