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  • Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

    July 11, 2022 |

    KGNU Community Radio |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Canada

    The Canadian company Green Circle Salons collects, cleans, and sends salon waste to be recycled to divert it from landfills.

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  • Yes, data centers use a lot of water. But a Utah company shows it doesn't have to be that way.

    July 11, 2022 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, West Jordan, Utah

    Novva’s data center in West Jordan, Utah, uses recirculating pipes with refrigerant to cool its servers. This method uses significantly less water than the typical method, evaporative cooling.

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  • Is Burying Power Lines Fire-Prevention Magic, or Magical Thinking?

    July 11, 2022 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    Burying electrical lines underground — a process called undergrounding — can prevent wildfires and mass power outages. Most of the country’s existing electric infrastructure is above ground and outdated, which is something cities at risk for wildfires are beginning to address.

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  • One Small Step for Democracy in a ‘Live Free or Die' Town

    July 10, 2022 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Croydon, New Hampshire

    We Stand Up for Croydon Students formed as a backlash to severe school budget cuts that resulted from a lack of civic participation among residents. The nonpartisan group collected enough signatures to set a special meeting to overturn the budget and, to get at least 50% of the town’s residents to participate in order for a new vote to be binding, volunteers organized community members through door knocking, phone banks, and lawn signs.

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  • Hawaii's System Of Public Funding For Elections Doesn't Work

    July 10, 2022 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Seattle’s Democracy Voucher is an effective, yet underutilized, way to publicly fund political campaigns. The city sends four $25 vouchers to each registered voter, who chooses which candidates they want to receive their vouchers, and the city transfers the funds directly to the campaigns. Since the program started the number of donors increased and many candidates who successfully defeated incumbents had benefited from the program.

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  • How trees are helping this war-torn city heal after ISIS

    July 10, 2022 |

    Mic |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Iraq, Mosul

    After years of war left the city of Mosul without the greenery it had come to be known for, an initiative called Green Mosul organized a volunteer tree-planting campaign that aimed to bring together people of different backgrounds and religions and rebuild community bonds. Through the project, volunteers planted roughly 17,000 trees, and plans are in the works to replicate the effort in other post-conflict cities.

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  • Rural Literature Educator Helps Teachers Connect Students to Their Roots

    July 08, 2022 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Literacy In Place provides an online repository of literature resources that expand curriculums to incorporate rural identities, experiences, and cultures. Teachers and students at all levels can access book lists, lesson plans and activities that dispel negative rural stereotypes and assumptions.

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  • The new labor market: No bachelor's required?

    July 08, 2022 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Employers across the United States are dropping the bachelor’s degree requirement from job listings, but workers need an alternative way to build necessary skills. The nonprofit Social Finance helps workers take time for skills training with financial aid for things like child care, rent, and transportation.

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  • VIDIMBWI VYA TIJA SOJO FINAL

    July 08, 2022 |

    Radio Kaya |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya

    Shirika la wanyama pori Kaunti ya Kwale limeanzisha uchimbaji wa vidimbwi vya maji na kuhamasisha wananchi kuhusu tabia za wanyamapori ili kupunguza mizozo kati ya binadamu na wanyamapori.Vidimbwi vinachimbwa kwenye mbuga za wanyamapori na jamii kupewa matangi ya maji. Pia wanaendeleza hamasaha kupitia kwa vyombo vya habari na vijijini.

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  • Farmers are trying new water-saving tech in Utah's drought

    July 07, 2022 |

    KSTU-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Tremonton, Utah

    Farmers are upgrading to automated irrigation systems with 50-50 matching grants from the Utah Department of Agriculture. The systems save farmers’ time and water.

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