Indonesian activist Gita Syahrani wins $3m award for work on sustainable growth (news.mongabay.com)
Novel brain implant helps paralyzed woman speak using a digital avatar (engineering.berkeley.edu)
FDA moves closer to sickle cell cure that uses gene editing (www.nbcnews.com)
A Sydney aquarium is helping endangered zebra sharks bounce back in Indonesia (www.abc.net.au)
Amazing Project Could Reduce Stops at Red Traffic Lights by 30% (www.sciencealert.com)
Single mother with 6 kids gifted car refurbished by high school automotive tech students (www.westernmassnews.com)
Toddlers are put to work spreading cheer at Japanese nursing home (www.nbcnews.com)
Once a week, Rena Shinohara heads off to work, clocking in for a shift at a job one could say she was born to do....
[Brooklyn, NY] Early Childhood Literacy Programs Receive $5.5M Boost (www.bkreader.com)
Minnesota musicians share how disabilities elevate art and culture (www.postbulletin.com)
Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena is the first arena in the world to land Zero Carbon certification (www.geekwire.com)
Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world (apnews.com)
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president will break routine Sunday, putting off his practice of quietly watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains....
Largest School District In Vermont Unanimously Codifies Trans Rights For Students (www.erininthemorning.com)
While school districts grapple with attacks on transgender students, some schools are moving in the other direction. Champlain Valley School District has passed expansive rights for trans students....
The End of Norway's Sole Norwegian-Owned Coal Power Plant (www.highnorthnews.com)
North Atlantic right whale population has steadied, scientists say (www.cbc.ca)
7-year-old speaks out after school bus driver jumps to his aid: 'She's my hero' (www.goodmorningamerica.com)
Raquel Radford Baker, a veteran driver for Dallas Independent School District, had been on a school bus outside Seagoville North Elementary School on the morning of Sept. 29 with several students when one of them began to choke....
Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found. (www.businessinsider.com)
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Poland starts retraining coal workers for burgeoning wind farm industry. (notesfrompoland.com)
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