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Houston's Learning Curve

Patrick Michels

May 21, 2015 |

Politico |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

When immigrant children come to America, they are faced with culture shock, language barriers, and a system of education different from where their original country. Houston’s Las Americas Newcomer School is designed to ease the adjustment of immigrant and refugee children as they enter the American educational system. Las Americas offers competitive wages for teachers, teaching in several different languages, and preparation for the SAT as the school has the highest rate of minority participation.

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How to grow food in a slum: lessons from the sack farmers of Kibera

Patrick Mayoyo

May 18, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Kibera, Nairobi Area

A Kenyan government initiative is helping a growing community of residents to tackle food insecurity in one of the largest slum areas in Africa, championing an unusual form of urban farming: sack gardens.

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Fish Net Fashion

Gelareh Darabi

May 18, 2015 |

Al Jazeera |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Slovenia, Ajdovščina, Municipality of Ajdovščina

"Ghost gear" are nylon nets and other waste left behind in our oceans by fishing boats - they cause massive environmental damage, releasing toxins in the water, ensnaring wildlife, and clogging up beaches. Now one organisation, the Healthy Seas Initiative, is working with fishermen and a sportswear company called ECONYL to retrieve abandoned nets from out of the ocean and convert the materials into clothing, carpets, and more.

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Why A Philadelphia Grocery Chain Is Thriving In Food Deserts

Maanvi Singh

May 14, 2015 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Brown's Super Stores operates seven profitable supermarkets in traditionally food desert neighborhoods in Philadelphia. The founder says it's because they brought together a group of community leaders and asked them exactly what they were looking for in a neighborhood grocery store, and used the information to truly create a space for the broader community that often includes health care clinics, banking services, event space, and more.

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Myanmar's Smart Farmers & Saving Mozambique's Forests

Russell Beard Ndoni Khanyile

May 13, 2015 |

Al Jazeera |

Broadcast TV News |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon, Yangon Region

The effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and hotter global temperatures, are already having drastic impact on many communities, especially the rural, agricultural regions of countries such as Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Mozambique. Earthrise explores how people in these communities are learning new skills, implementing new techniques, and are striving in every way possible to adapt to these environmental changes while creating hope for sustainable growth in the future.

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Showing doctors the way to lower cost, improved care

Rebecca Plevin

May 06, 2015 |

Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

The United States health care system is expensive and enables doctors to prescribe costly brand name medication instead of generic versions. Sutter Health assembles its doctors a few times a week to review with electronic records the prescribing of brand name drugs and the necessity of procedures as an effort to reduce health care costs and to reduce unnecessary tests. In two years, the initiative has saved $30 million.

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The Secret Lives of Homeless Students

Jessica Sutherland

May 05, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Homeless and impoverished kids still have the chance to receive a college education, they just need to have the confidence that they can do so and a little pushing from outside forces. The author shares her own story of accomplishing just that.

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Can mobile homes save home ownership?

Lane Anderson

April 27, 2015 |

Deseret News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Thirty-five percent of Americans will never own their home and risk a rent increase or eviction. Owned Communities USA enables working-class families to become home owners through manufactured homes, loans, and legal aid.

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After the Wars, Common Ground in Oregon's Forests

Ben DeJarnette

April 27, 2015 |

InvestigateWest |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Ashland, Oregon

Summer in the Northwest presents a great risk of wildfires. A pile burning operation, just one facet of the strategy that Oregon has enacted to conserve its forests, clears undergrowth to lessen the risk of mega-fire. The work stimulates the local economy and provides employment, but it's also a very small part of what needs to be done.

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In India, Profitable Farming With Fewer Chemicals

Sylvia Rowley

April 24, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Telangana

In India, many farmers, especially women farmers, have transitioned to organic farming. While it requires a serious set of skills and knowledge, organic farming increases yields and decreases costs by eliminating the need to buy pesticides. The move is both ecological and economical, and the Indian government is trying to spread the solution.

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