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  • New York's Real Climate Challenge: Fixing Its Aging Buildings

    Patrick Sisson

    December 29, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A housing project in Brooklyn is taking nine apartment buildings and retrofitting them to be more sustainable and cut carbon emissions. Casa Pasiva is a $20 million project that aims to reduce heating and cooling costs because of updated machinery and thick exteriors that will improve air quality. Funding for these types of initiatives is not always certain, but a collaboration between a developer and a nonprofit, with some city financing, made this first-of-a-kind green building renovation in New York possible.

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  • Iranian women's group empowers amid pandemic by making masks

    Vahid Salemi

    December 29, 2020 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: Iran, Tehran

    An organization in Tehran, Iran is helping women "looking for work to make handicrafts" by allowing them to use donated sewing machines as a means of becoming self-sufficient despite high rates of unemployment. When the coronavirus pandemic impacted the market, however, they shifted to making masks. Specific sales figures for the masks aren't available, but participants say they are grateful to be able to learn a new skill for free.

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  • Aid groups aim to bring health care to migrants on way to US

    Julie Watson

    December 28, 2020 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Matamoros

    The Global Response Management is a humanitarian nonprofit led by U.S. military veterans and staffed by U.S. volunteers and "paid asylum seekers who were medical professionals in their homelands" that offers medical help to migrants at two clinics in Matamoros, Mexico – including, most recently, COVID-19 antibody tests. Although the organization's future is uncertain, it is not alone in its efforts, and it and other humanitarian aid organizations plan to continue collecting health data.

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  • Malaria Prevention Pushes Forward in Africa Despite Pandemic

    Ashley Stumvoll

    December 28, 2020 |

    Undark |

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    Response Location: Central African Republic

    When the coronavirus pandemic caused lockdowns in Africa, many community members became hesitant to continue taking part in malaria prevention efforts for fear of contracting COVID-19, so health care workers began visiting people at their own homes to deliver both malaria and coronavirus information. Since the effort started, more people have begun to go back to the hospitals for treatment.

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  • Businesses Adapt Better to Covid-19 After Lessons Learned From Spring Surge

    Paul Hannon Austen Hufford Tom Fairless

    December 27, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States

    As a second surge of the coronavirus pandemic spreads throughout much of the world, some manufacturers in the West have found ways to successfully avoid the economic fallout despite heightened restrictions. In one case, a manufacturing company "began requiring masks, banned employees from congregating during breaks and started checking their temperatures at the door," which initially decreased efficiency and productivity; but, as the employees continued to stay healthy, business returned, and the company is now "on track to meet its most ambitious forecast."

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  • A Bold Plan to Save the Last Whitebark Pines

    Jim Morrison

    December 24, 2020 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    After a fungus has nearly wiped out the whitebark pine species in North America, scientists and conservationists are coming together to restore the species. The trees offer food to various animal species and are important to drinking and agricultural water supplies. A pilot project in Montana has planted up to 125 acres each year of whitebark pines, but the restoration process is expensive and time consuming. By combining traditional seed collecting efforts with gene sequencing, scientists hope to make these trees resistant to the fungus.

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  • Could This Housing Project Be A Model For Addressing Homelessness On Kauai?

    Allan Parachini

    December 24, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Kauai, Hawaii

    Affordable housing and wraparound services are being offered to residents experiencing homelessness in Kauai, Hawaii. A new development constructed from shipping containers isn’t meant to be a permanent solution but it does provide “a place to land with a roof over their heads, paid utilities, a laundry room, and wraparound social services.” Residents, most of whom are working families, can take advantage of help finding and securing a job in addition to credit training.

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  • Small size, big impact: Baltimore nonprofit Next One Up wraps teen boys in supports and watches them fly

    Tatyana Turner

    December 23, 2020 |

    The Baltimore Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    In Baltimore, a non-profit known as the Next One Up program is helping young men who are struggling in school by supporting and advancing their academic, athletic, and social development through small group activities. Although small, the highly-individualized program – which "focuses on students who have attendance issues, have experienced trauma, or need food, clothing, or parental support" – meets every Sunday for class and homework help, followed by a sport of their choice. All who have participated so far have graduated high school on time.

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  • Hurricane Sandy battered NYC 8 years ago. Since then, how has the city shored up against future superstorms? Oyster castles.

    Carmen Russo

    December 22, 2020 |

    The Counter |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    As a way to soften the impacts of a future storm, an artificial oyster reef was installed in New York City. This green infrastructure can absorb the shock of waves and decrease the amount of flooding, as well as build up the shore over time effectively reversing erosion. Environmentalists argue that this type of barrier is more cost-effective than traditional seawalls and will adapt to sea level changes over time.

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  • The Newest Weapon Against Covid-19: AI That Speed-Reads Faxes

    Tom Simonite

    December 22, 2020 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: United States, Contra Costa County, California

    Researchers from Stanford University have developed a software that uses machine-learning algorithms to identify and flag urgent faxes about COVID-19 cases. While the project doesn't have complete accuracy, it has helped overwhelmed and overburdened health care workers at the health department in Contra Costa County, California work more efficiently.

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