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  • Tribes Use Western and Indigenous Science to Prepare for Climate Change

    February 21, 2019 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    The University of Washington and Northwestern tribes have partnered to use their collective knowledge to create an online tool that helps regional tribes prepare for the effects of climate change. The tools uses climate forecasting that depicts how different resources in the region will be affected at a hyper-local level. The tool itself is a result of Western science, but researchers say the inputted data and information would not have been possible without the nuanced Indigenous knowledge.

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  • Working Solutions: Recruiting Veterans to Healthcare

    February 21, 2019 |

    WGME-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, South Paris, Maine

    The Maine Department of Labor and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services have joined forces in Oxford County with the hopes of recruiting veterans with medical skills training to the healthcare field. Known as the Expediting Healthcare Employment for Veterans Project, the aim is to make the certification and hiring process more efficient, while also promoting more individuals to join the dwindling medical professional field.

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  • Shipping industry takes a page from bitcoin to clean up its act

    February 21, 2019 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    As part of a larger shift toward transparency, the shipping industry is exploring blockchain technology through a collaboration between Blockchain Labs for Open Collaboration and Frontier Sky. Together, they applied blockchain technology – in this case, apps on their smartphones – at every step of the shipping process, to verify the contents, contracts, and delivery of the process. The industry moves around $4 trillion in cargo annually, and in the global shift to decrease emissions, such technology may be a way forward.

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  • A Comeback for African National Parks

    February 20, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Mozambique, Gorongosa, Sofala Province

    The Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has repopulated its large mammals by over 700 percent through collaborations between wildlife authorities and nonprofits. With millions of dollars in philanthropic assistance, the park’s revival is made possible by supporting and using local and indigenous knowledge, as well as taking a whole-community approach that provides services for those towns around African national parks. Such philanthropic approaches to conservation are part of a larger, global trend taking place in countries around the world.

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  • The Medical Tech That Helps You When Your Doctor Can't

    February 20, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Technology is being used in the medical industry to bridge gaps often created by health insurance companies' reliance on reactive rather than proactive care. From hearing loss to family planning, entrepreneurs are finding success in "walking the line between medical firm and tech start-up."

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  • On these remote Pacific islands, children now get life-saving vaccines from drones

    February 20, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Vanuatu

    Vaccines delivered by done offer dependable access to healthcare in remote areas. On the island nation of Vanuatu, tech companies are partnering with the nation’s government, and UNICEF, to test drone deliveries. Similar technology has been used in Ghana, and has so far served several dozen children in Vanuatu.

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  • Coded by Kids

    February 20, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    School districts can help students qualify for high-tech careers, regardless of their zip code, through investments in networking and mentoring. Coded by Kids was founded in Philadelphia in 2014 to teach underprivileged students computer skills, such as programming and design. Within five years, Coded by Kids has expanded into New Jersey and Delaware, reaching hundreds of kids. The organization has also launched a student-led design firm, Draft Studios.

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  • For a Warming World, A New Strategy for Protecting Watersheds

    February 19, 2019 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    As climate change alters environments across the United States, it has become increasingly important to manage watersheds as a preventative measure to wildfires. Amid responses across the country, one private-public partnership, the Rio Grande Water Fund, is leading the way, demonstrating enough success that the model has become federal policy. The Fund brings together government agencies, NGOs, businesses, and residents to fund watershed restoration which, in turn, creates jobs and build more resilient ecosystems.

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  • Gig economy platform Thumbtack is helping its users get benefits

    February 19, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The National Domestic Workers Alliance created a platform called Alia to deliver job benefits to home cleaners. Now, the NDWA is partnering with Thumbtack, a gig economy platform, in order to deliver this service to thousands more workers around the country. Alia allows employers to pay into a portable benefits fund for each cleaning session, funding paid time off and other job benefits.

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  • Battling concussions: Where's the trainer?

    February 15, 2019 |

    Portland Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    In Oregon, school are required by law to remove a child from play if they have been concussed, but not all schools have athletic trainers to assess the situation. Although it's still up to each individual school district to make the decision about hiring athletic trainers, the schools that have chosen to do so, have found success through creating partnerships.

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