In rural Carter County, Tenn., health officials have embraced a strategy for stemming addiction: Teaching children as young as 6 how to administer Narcan, a nasal spray that can stop an opioid overdose from being fatal. THE NEW YORK TIMES
Read MoreThe Resilient Energy Collective, created by the cofounder of Atlassian, is quickly spinning up clean power solutions in places where the regular grid is taking weeks to get back online. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreFor decades, the way we farm has been degrading land and destroying wildlife. Now thereās a revolution coming ā but is it going to create more problems than it solves? THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreThe NHS in England is hiring 10,000 school leavers given training by the Prince's Trust charity. The new staff will go some way towards solving the shortage caused by rising demands on the service and falling EU migration. BBC NEWS
Read MoreSome educators are experimenting with their approaches to teaching to make course materials more relevant to various cultures and communities. THE NEW YORK TIMES
Read MoreInstead of an abundance of material goods, we want an abundance of time, meaningful relationships, and passionate pursuits. We want an abundance of creativity, experiences, and freedom. How do we get there? FAST COMPANY
Read MoreCalifornia's homeless population soared 16% last year to around 151,000 with a statewide scarcity of affordable housing one of the root causes. PLACE
Read MorePenzance, a coastal town in England, achieved "plastic free" accreditation in 2017, since then more than 100 other communities have done the same. HUFFPOST
Read MoreOver the past five years, āmindfulnessā programs have exploded in popularity. In Grand Blanc, Mich., first-graders are breathing to the sound of Tibetan music before class. In Albuquerque, second-graders sniff and speak about raisins before eating them. In Yellow Springs, Ohio, students can choose yoga as an alternative to detention. THE WASHINGTON POST
Read MoreAmericans waste a lot of food. As much as 40 percent of the country's food supply gets thrown out, according to federal data. Keeping it out of the trash has become a priority in Massachusetts. And for some local farmers, all that discarded food has also become a valuable commodity. NBC BOSTON
Read MoreDemocrat Beto O'Rourke lost his Senate bid in 2018, but his failed campaign led to a major overhaul of the criminal justice system in Texas's largest city, writes The Marshall Project's Keri Blakinger. BBC NEWS
Read MoreIf bacon is the food you crave the most after giving up meat, Prime Roots has something for you. In its Berkeley headquarters, the company grows the fungi in fermentation vats, in the same type of process as brewing beer or sake. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreNagaland farmers are bringing back the ancient crop ā said to have near-miraculous powers ā as a less water-intensive alternative to rice. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreNews literacy instruction is flourishing in the wake of the 2016 election as worries about fake news grow. THE NEW YORK TIMES
Read MoreDino Impagliazzo cooks up meals from donated food to serve to homeless people near St Peter's Square and the city's train stations. REUTERS
Read MoreTrained to sniff out the pathogen that causes citrus greening, these USDA-trained canines are helping track down the destructive disease to help farmers stop the bacteria before it destroys their farms. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreYou can only live in this block of flats if you are under 25 or a pensioner - and you have to socialise. It's all part of a plan to help tackle loneliness. BBC NEWS
Read MoreHow a chance encounter on the high seas between scientists and an IMF economist led to a trillion-dollar epiphany about earthās largest creature. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read MoreBuying hybrids and solar panels persuades other people to buy them. That dynamic can help stop climate change. THE WASHINGTON POST
Read MoreA cancer scanner could be used to identify some of the earliest and most difficult to diagnose forms of dementia, scientists have said. Positron emission tomography (PET) scans - using a radioactive tracer drug - reveal how your tissues and organs are functioning. BBC NEWS
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