Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
19 March 2021
Portland, Oregon, United States
Broadcast TV Talk Show
Over 15 Minutes
In its first month of operation, Portland Street Response Team began intervening with people on the streets who are experiencing substance abuse or mental health problems. The program, modeled on Eugene, Oregon's CAHO...
8 March 2021
United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
States are creating microgrids with the use of large batteries and solar panels in an effort to fortify their utilities infrastructure against extreme weather. Such investments enable communities to prevent prolonged ...
7 March 2021
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
As a way to combat climate change, scientists are experimenting with genetically modified trees as a way to draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to store in its leaves, roots, and trunk. The startup Living Carbon...
1 March 2021
New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Frustrated with the Covid-19 vaccination system in New York, a local software engineer created a "much-needed vaccination appointment-finding bot" that shares available times and locations on a website and Twitter. Al...
23 February 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Universities are breeding grounds for COVID-19. In August and September they had to figure out the best way to test, control, and contain a virus on campus. Across the country universities launched a plethora of metho...
23 February 2021
United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
To prevent concussions during sports, some conferences are changing rules, while others are turning to technology to create new kinds of helmets and mouth guards that do a better job at protecting the brain. The innov...
11 February 2021
New York, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
An early-stage startup with big plans to change bicycling culture and commuting habits has notched one victory already, with its first secure-parking pods in New York City: Out of 60,000 times they've been used, the p...
11 February 2021
United Kingdom
Text
800-1500 Words
Pet cats kill about 100 million animals a year in the United Kingdom, so to discourage the behavior, and protect mice, rabbits, and birds, scientists conducted an experiment with over 300 household cats. They found th...
10 February 2021
Samalout, Egypt
Text
800-1500 Words
A new government pilot program in Egypt is allowing farmers to use technology to tell them when their soil is dry and how much water it needs, which can aid the country as it navigates its water crisis. Sensors buried...
9 February 2021
Fairfield, Maine, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Stonyfield, an organic dairy company, is working with six of its suppliers to pilot how farms can measure the amount of carbon it’s trapping in soil through regenerative farming practices as a way for the company to a...
8 February 2021
Gothenburg, Sweden
Text
800-1500 Words
A pop-up public space was installed in Gothenburg, the latest in a Swedish experiment that’s looking at how to transform parking spaces on city streets into community areas. Previous installations of the experiment, k...
8 February 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The digital divide has exacerbated the challenge of virtual schooling and has spurred communities to provide affordable internet access. Local governments, nonprofits, and school districts are piloting initiatives to ...
7 February 2021
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Since June 2019, Chicago's Grounds for Peace pilot project has begun cleaning up vacant, city-owned lots using an approach to urban beautification that has been shown in other cities, and in one Chicago neighborhood, ...
5 February 2021
Greensboro, Georgia, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Greene County High School is Georgia has turned to using Canvas, a learning management system, during the coronavirus pandemic to not only deliver educational instruction, but to also help students take part in school...
The Current
Nicole Mistretta
4 February 2021
Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Hospitals in Louisiana are using a monoclonal antibody infusion treatment to help the most at-risk patients recover from Covid-19. Although this treatment comes with limitations – including a 10-day window of when it...
1 February 2021
Wales
Text
1500-3000 Words
A housing initiative in Wales is combining affordable housing with ecological sustainability. The One Planet Development policy (OPD) gives residents an exemption to stringent countryside planning laws if they commit ...
South Dakota News Watch
Bart Pfankuch
28 January 2021
South Dakota, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A new therapeutic treatment known as a monoclonal antibody infusion has been made available across the U.S. for Covid-19 patients who are most at-risk of being hospitalized for the virus. In South Dakota, one of the ...
FreshWater Cleveland
Cindy Hill
21 January 2021
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
When the coronavirus pandemic impeded how home care professionals could perform their jobs, many organizations had to adapt to new protocols. In Ohio, the Visiting Nurses Association pivoted to create a COVID-19 “SWAT...
21 January 2021
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
To counteract learning loss imposed by the pandemic, San Antonio teachers are focusing on the most essential skills- reading and math for kindergartners through second graders. By prioritizing a specific set of skills...
19 January 2021
Fresno, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Educators at the Lighthouse for Children Child Development Center piloted a 45-minute, weekly, math zoom session for toddlers. Parents attend the zoom lesson, and they are taught by educators. The program can offer so...
18 January 2021
Seattle, Washington, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In order to mitigate the “pandemic slide,” a term that describes the educational loss that happened during the pandemic, Highline Public Schools implemented a strategy known as “acceleration.” The strategy is often ...
13 January 2021
Wisconsin, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The state of Wisconsin has launched a pilot initiative that aims to help farmers who are dealing with job stressors access mental health services including "a 24-hour wellness hotline, tele-counseling sessions and vou...
11 January 2021
California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A new app is helping communities facing food insecurity in California. Forage Grocery finds the best bargains for SNAP recipients in their local grocery stores. Users upload their grocery list, select the stores they ...
5 January 2021
Mountain View, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Across the U.S. an influx of new mental health facilities are being designed through a lens of "evidence-based" architecture that aims to use the design itself as a means of treatment. With studies indicating that acc...
4 January 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Universal Basic Income is gaining popularity across the United States where 11 cities in 2021 are either extending or piloting new programs that provide cash payments without any conditions on how to spend the money. ...
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