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  • More Colorado students are eating school meals now that they're free. The state might cut back.

    After Colorado limited tax deductions for high earners to help fund free school meals, participation in breakfast programs rose 35 percent, while schools saw participation in lunch programs increase by 31 percent. However, the tax changes did not provide enough revenue to fully cover the cost of the free meals, and lawmakers are now considering whether to limit eligibility for the free meals.

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  • Inside the historic student protests for Palestine at UC Davis and Stanford

    In response to Israel’s war on Gaza, student activists at the University of California Davis helped draft and campaign in support of a bill demanding that the university divest from corporations “complicit in human rights violations against Palestinians,” drawing hundreds to speak before the student government. The student senate ultimately passed the bill by a vote of 12-2 and is now in the process of implementing it.

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  • Giving buildings a new, green lease on life

    An architect in Chennai, India, is retrofitting private residences and public buildings to be more sustainable. They make changes like installing energy-efficient upgrades, solar panels, improved ventilation, and low-flow plumbing fixtures to reduce water and energy consumption.

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  • Plastic bag bans have already prevented billions of bags from being used, report finds

    A plastic bag ban in New Jersey helped eliminate more than 5.5 billion plastic bags annually, keeping the single-use plastic out of the environment where it can harm wildlife and contribute to pollution. However, some researchers question whether plastic bags are truly worse for the environment than single-use paper bags or reusable cotton bags, and some states have passed laws preventing local governments from adopting their own bans on plastic bags.

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  • At Sahara's edge, old habits protect crops from new climate

    Farmers in Ndiob, Senegal, have returned to an ancient technique called zaï to combat drought, use less fertilizer, and increase their yields. Zaï involves drilling holes in the soil so rainwater can fill them and soak into the land instead of running off.

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  • Boys Wonder: Montpelier High School Students Dig Into What It Means to Be a Man

    At Montpelier High School in Vermont, students can sign up for Healthy Masculinity, a course focused on exploring traditional ideas and pressures around masculinity and providing a space for boys to be open and vulnerable with their emotions. Enrolled students say the class has shifted their mindset and helped them learn to speak up about harmful stereotypes in their everyday lives.

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  • Houses that breathe: Vietnamese architects turning the tide to tackle climate change 

    Architects in Vietnam are creating climate-resilient buildings with nature-based designs and materials that adapt to the local weather to reduce the building’s emissions throughout its lifespan by naturally regulating the temperature.

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  • Harvesting Amaranth, a Superfood of Indigenous Agriculture

    The Qachuu Aloom Mother Earth Association is a farming collective bringing together the Mayan Achi people in Rabinal, Guatemala, and farmers in Ithaca, New York, to share and preserve ancestral knowledge of growing amaranth. The ancient grain is nutritious and resilient to climate change.

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  • A Surprising Way to Stop Bullying

    Rather than prioritizing punishment, the No-Blame Approach focuses on shifting the social dynamics at the root of bullying, using group interventions to help students communicate and build empathy for one another. One study found the method effective in 87 percent of evaluated bullying cases.

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  • The outliers in urban residential landscaping

    Homeowners in Colorado are replacing their turf with rock and native plants and grasses, to save water and save money on water wills.

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