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A 'game changer' for immigrants: Job-ready college classes in their native language

Debbie Truong Jeong Park Selene Rivera

April 03, 2023 |

Los Angeles Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles Community Colleges are now offering subject-matter courses taught in students’ native languages, including Spanish, Russian, and Korean. The tuition-free vocational classes allow students to earn certificates in a trade or work toward a GED, all while learning in the language they’re most comfortable speaking.

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Detroit's WSU makes it easier for former students to return, finish degree

Mark Richardson

March 30, 2023 |

Detroit Metro Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Wayne State University’s Warrior Way Back program allows former students who left college without a diploma to re-enroll and have up to $4,000 of their student debt forgiven.

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Has the heat pump's era arrived? What Michiganders need to know.

Britny Cordera

March 23, 2023 |

Planet Detroit |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Michigan

Depending on the swap, switching a home’s heating and cooling system for a residential heat pump can produce less greenhouse gas emissions and result in cost savings down the line.

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How do wildlife habitat and agricultural lands coexist? The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust says quite well

Caitlin Tan

March 17, 2023 |

Wyoming Public Media |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Wyoming

The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust uses conservation easements to conserve agricultural land in the state. These agreements happen when a landowner sells or donates the development rights to their land to the trust forever. They are allowed to keep farming the land, but it must remain undeveloped.

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A New Hampshire in-home energy storage program saved money and helped the grid

Sarah Shemkus

March 16, 2023 |

Energy News Network |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

A pilot program in New Hampshire provided residents with home batteries that can be charged during lower-cost electricity hours and used later during higher-cost hours to reduce energy costs. Stored energy could also be sent back to the grid for use during peak hours.

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Can the Increase in Higher Education Diversity and Inclusion Efforts Solve Health Disparities?

Margo Snipe

March 15, 2023 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

Medical schools and public health programs have shifted some of their practices in an effort to attract more Black students, such as by removing GRE requirements and recruiting more Black faculty, and these schools have seen an influx of applications during the pandemic. One example is Brown University's Health Equity Scholars program, which offers tuition support, a paid research assistantship, and formalized mentorship to a diverse cohort each year.

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Too Good to Go

Anna Lionas

March 14, 2023 |

The Food Fix |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Denmark

Restaurants, grocers, and cafes can put together surprise bags of surplus food that would have otherwise been thrown out and sell it for a third of the original cost to users on the Too Good to Go app. The app was designed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that accompany food waste while giving businesses a way to recoup losses and consumers a less expensive way to access good food.

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In these NH communities, you pay for how much trash you send to the landfill

Hadley Barndollar

March 13, 2023 |

New Hampshire Bulletin |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Concord, New Hampshire

Communities across New Hampshire are implementing “pay as you throw” trash-collection systems to reduce the garbage sent to landfills and increase the use of alternative options like recycling. The programs use several different methods like special bags, stickers, or punch cards, but all require some form of payment per collected trash bag.

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How Tokyo's Farms Have Survived for Centuries

Klaus Sieg

March 10, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

To protect local farms, Tokyo’s Law on Productive Green Areas allows farmers to register their inner-city urban farms as Productive Green Areas and receive a property tax break. In return, landowners agree not to sell or develop the land. The law allowed 1,240 small farms to survive and was recently extended for another 10 years.

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Women Farmers in India Are Shifting to Natural Farming

Kavitha Yarlagadda

March 10, 2023 |

Women's Media Center |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: India, Chevuturu, Andhra Pradesh

Female farmers in India are leading the transition to natural farming. They improve soil and plant health by using indigenous seeds and not using chemicals or pesticides. The practice increases yields and decreases costs.

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