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    Kids Use Screens to Cope With a Chaotic World

    Futurity Sep 10, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Morgan Sherburne-Michigan reports that a recent study suggests that kids use screens as a comfortable escape from a chaotic and overwhelming world.  • Is this a new…

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    A Growing Number of Australians Are Going Hungry

    Global Citizen Sep 9, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen reports on a growing hunger crisis in Australia, where more than three million people and 1 in 5 children have been “food insecure” over…

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    Emeril Lagasse’s Foundation Launches Nationwide Culinary Garden & Teaching Kitchen Initiative

    The New Orleans Advocate Sep 9, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Emeril Lagasse Foundation’s new national initiative is designed to educate elementary and middle school children through culinary gardens and teaching kitchens as part of an interactive…

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    Tips from Singapore for Combatting Food Waste

    Causeartist Sep 9, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Last year, the National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore published a guide to help limit household food waste and Causeartist shares some of the main points from…

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    Hotels Are Key In The Fight To End Human Trafficking

    Fast Company Sep 9, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • More hotels are offering trainings to their employees to identify if human trafficking is occurring at their workplace and how to take action against this practice.  •…

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    Study Suggests Adopting Mediterranean Diet in Old Age Can Prolong Life

    The Guardian Sep 9, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: •The results show that the Mediterranean diet almost always remains beneficial but that a rise in saturated fats, or the loss of fish, loss of a moderate…

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    Cuts in Social Security and Medicare Are Inevitable

    Manhattan Institute Sep 9, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: · With US debt rising unsustainably, the need for Social Security and Medicare reform only rises. Here, David Schoenbrod explains the need for lawmakers to stabilize Social Security and Medicare…

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    Why Healthy Humans and Ecosystems Need Healthy Soil

    Food Tank

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Emanuela Pille da Silva and Anabel González Hernández explain how healthy soil supports human health, making it an essential part of hunger and health efforts.  • How…

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    How Mass Incarceration Harms U.S. Health

    The Conversation

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Thomas S. McDonald explains how mass incarceration in the United States harms public health as jailed individuals die at an appalling rate.  • How can philanthropists…

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    Global Warming Could Throw France’s Wine-Making Traditions into Chaos

    The Atlantic Sep 8, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Bordeaux’s climate is steadily getting hotter, making an area that hugs the Atlantic Ocean feel increasingly Mediterranean. To protect their valuable crop and way of life, Bordeaux’s winegrowers…

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    California’s Wildfire Future

    The Guardian Sep 8, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Scientists explain the unprecedented danger facing the western US and call for new solutions to the growing threat of megafires. In the era of megafires, our choice…

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    Print-Your-Own Gun Debate

    The Conversation Sep 8, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Addressing the recent print-your-own gun debate, Lindsay Schakenbach Regele discusses the history of the US government’s involvement in the gun industry and what the future firearms debate should…

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