Lower carbon emissions all over the place — Hal Harvey, chief government of Power Innovation
Success begins with chopping emissions within the 4 vitality sectors: electrical utilities, automobiles, buildings and business. All have a path to zero carbon, and none should entail sacrifice, however every requires a nationwide dedication. There’s a standard expression: “The easiest way to foretell your future is to create it.” Let’s get going.
Let psychological well being specialists reply 911 calls — Chris Magnus, police chief of Tucson, Ariz.
Appropriately triaged calls involving psychological well being crises coming into an emergency dispatch heart can guarantee “the best work in the best fingers” and assist 911 heart name takers, law enforcement officials and psychological well being personnel work collectively to offer individuals in disaster with the absolute best care.
Consider schooling as extra than simply faculty — Kwame Owusu-Kesse and Geoffrey Canada, chief government and president of Harlem Youngsters’s Zone
An rising subject of follow centered on the place a baby grows up has championed the offering of complete companies to neighborhoods to successfully fight poverty. These companies embrace prime quality schooling and cradle-to-career youth programming, bodily and psychological well being assist, work pressure improvement, inexpensive housing and group management improvement.
Create paid internships for each school graduate — Félix Matos Rodríguez, chancellor of the Metropolis College of New York
Internships present college students with real-world alternatives that match their aspirations, complement their educational work and turn out to be integral to their school expertise. Paid internships additionally put cash in college students’ pockets, helping with meals, transportation and housing wants. These alternatives are pivotal for college kids who can’t afford to take unpaid internships.
Ban share buttons on social media — Kevin Roose, The Instances’s know-how columnist
Share buttons deprive us of the chance to make that means out of what we share — including the poignant caption, the humorous apart, the personal touch. They make us conduits for different folks’s tastes, reasonably than curators of our personal. By sharing much less, we’d really discover ourselves sharing extra.
That’s it for this briefing. Have a restful weekend.
— Natasha
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