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2 minutes: 10-year old Lucas made a video about the devastating earthquake in Nepal where where he lives

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Like mother, like son.

Lucas Zutt is the 10-year-old son of journalist Donatella Lorch, who frequently contributes to Goats and Soda. They've lived in Kathmandu since June 2013.

Lucas shared his impressions of the earthquake with NPR after it struck. And now he's made a video.

"My mum has told me that the news stays on a country for only a short time," he says. And he's worried that "the world news is forgetting Nepal."

So Lucas used his mother's iPhone to show the earthquake scenes that have had an impact on him. Some of the video was shot in Kathmandu. Some parts show scenes from the village of Kot Danda, about 9 miles away. That's where the family's driver, Keshav Thapa Magar, lives.

"They haven't gotten any help," he says about the people in Kot Danda. "Seventy-six houses have collapsed. People are living in greenhouses or just under any sort of covering - a tarp, a sheet of iron. I want them to have proper shelter."

Lucas is especially worried because the monsoon season starts in a few weeks; rains have already begun. "You get wet all the time," he says. "It is miserable."

Lucas loves Nepal. "It's my home, and I don't want to leave," he says. "This is where I belong."

But the earthquake has definitely changed things. "Outside Kathmandu Valley, there is nothing but destruction. It makes me really sad," he says. "Earthquakes are scary as can be. I am scared of standing near leaning buildings. When night comes I worry about other earthquakes."

Lucas hopes his video "goes a long way and sends its message out clear: Don't forget Nepal."

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A 10-Year-Old Makes A Video So We 'Don't Forget Nepal'

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Like mother, like son. Lucas Zutt is the 10-year-old son of journalist Donatella Lorch, who frequently contributes to Goats and Soda. They've lived in Kathmandu since June 2013. Lucas shared his impressions of the earthquake with NPR after it struck. And now he's made a video.

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2 minutes: Animated video about the population of earth and our future population growth by NPR's greay Goats and Soda blog.

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Future Humans: How Many Of Us Will There Be? | Goats & Soda | NPR

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Over half of the 7.5 billion humans on Earth live in just seven countries. Sixty percent of us live in Asia. And population growth will probably stop around the year 2100. Watch to find out more facts about humans from NPR's resident astronaut puppets.

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4 minutes: An introduction to the mass death of bees globally: Colony Collapse Disorder

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What's the Deadliest Animal in the World?

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What's the Deadliest Animal in the World?

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What's The Deadliest Animal In The World?

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7 minutes: He is a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust and she is an African survivor of the Rwandan genocide and then they met.

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He is 78; she is 22. He is Jewish; she is Christian. He survived the Holocaust in Poland; she, the genocide in Rwanda. Both experienced the loss of family and friends. David Gewirtzman was an 11-year old boy when th eNazis occupied his hometown of Losice.

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2 minutes: Heifer International gives Chasha's goats and it changed her life

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No Longer a Beggar: How Goats Changed Chasha's Life

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Watch as Chasha Veronica, a Heifer project participant, explains how becoming a goat farmer allowed her to stop begging in order to provide her family basic needs and instead become her own provider of food and income. Visit www.heifer.org to learn how you can give goats and other life-changing animals to people in need around the world.

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3 minutes: Cool animated video shows how really really really deep the ocean is.

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This Incredible Animation Shows How Deep The Ocean Really Is

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6 minutes: Animated video that explains global warming for young children

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Global Warming | #aumsum #kids #science #education #children

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6 minutes: Take a tour of Norway's Seed Vault where they store million of seeds underground

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Exploring the Arctic's Global Seed Vault

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21 minutes: Annie Leonard narrates an animated video on mass production, the environment, and consumerism. Check out all of Leonard's videos on Youtube.

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3 minutes: The great oceanographer Sylvia Earle tells us how awesome and important our oceans are

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Inspiring Stories: Dr. Sylvia Earle | In Partnership with Rolex

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In an exclusive interview, Dr. Earle talks about the magic of being hundreds of feet under water. SUBSCRIBE to ELLE http://bit.ly/SubscribeToELLE

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3 minutes: How cost and amount of food differs around the world.

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5 short videos (and a Tribune article) about urban farms in Chicago.  Did you know they grow 140,000 pounds of produce a year in Chicago?

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Come spring, a new urban farm is expected to take root in Lawndale with a groundbreaking for a $3.5 million year-round facility.

The Farm on Ogden, as it will be called, is a partnership between Lawndale Christian Health Center and Windy City Harvest, Chicago Botanic Garden's urban farming program that grows more than 100,000 pounds of produce a year in addition to training low-income people of color how to farm.

Like a tomato plant bursting from a pothole, Chicago's urban farming scene is a tiny hope-filled industry in a tough city, steadily growing as a source of jobs, economic development and food in some of the poorest neighborhoods on the South and West sides. That growth will continue with an assortment of new projects and expansions in 2017.

The Lawndale neighborhood farm, at 3555 W. Ogden Ave., will provide a needed boost to Windy City Harvest, allowing it to double its training capacity and increase overall production, said Angela Mason, associate vice president of the urban farming program.

"This will be a really warm and welcoming space when we're through," Mason said, standing in the cavernous vacant building that will be transformed into an indoor farm and community center.

There's still another $395,000 left to raise, but the plan is to continue fundraising while building the project, Mason said.

The roughly 30,000-square-foot facility will house a 50,000-gallon aquaponic system, a greenhouse, cold storage area and - facing West Ogden - a "healthy corner store," Mason said. It also will feature a commercial kitchen for making "value-added" products like salsa and for hosting cooking classes.

The health center will own the facility; Windy City will be the tenant. Rent will be paid in the form of produce for the fledgling VeggieRx program, in which health care providers "prescribe" boxes of produce for people with chronic health conditions, Mason said.

Produce grown at Windy City's 13 other sites also will be aggregated at and distributed from The Farm on Ogden. Currently, about half of the program's produce is sold to restaurants through a produce wholesaler - an important source of revenue that helps support services that generate less money. The rest of the produce is sold at a lower price in low-income communities.

Part of the goal, Mason said, is to make the program more self-sufficient by eventually increasing the earned revenue into a 50-50 split with raised revenue. Once the Lawndale facility is operational, Windy City will be able to grow more produce make more money, and rely less on grants.

But equally important to Windy City, the indoor farm will broaden the program's impact. Currently, the initiative trains about 200 people per year - a mix of community college students, at-risk youth and nonviolent criminal offenders in separate programs. After the Lawndale farm is built, that number will more than double.

Rosario Maldonado manages and coordinates sales for Windy City in addition to farming her own quarter-acre plot of land as part of Windy City's incubator program. The Farm on Ogden will help provide more income for her and other farmers in the winter because they'll be able to make products like salsas, jellies and teas in the commercial kitchen, she said.

"We need to become more self-sustainable as a city, so we need to find ways to do more year-round production all around," Maldonado said.

Windy City Harvest isn't the only farm in town. Here are other urban ag projects happening in 2017.
City of Chicago
The city is jumping into the urban farming game, aided by a $1 million federal grant, one of 45 projects awarded a total of $26.6 million this year through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual Conservation Innovation Grants.

Through its "Growing for Chicago" initiative, the city plans to promote and coordinate urban farming efforts, provide microgrants and training through partnerships with existing nonprofits, and prepare vacant land in the Englewood neighborhood for farming, said Chris Wheat, chief sustainability officer for Chicago.

The first order of business will hiring the city's first full-time urban agriculture coordinator, who will serve as a liaison of sorts between city departments and the various nonprofits and businesses doing the farming, Wheat said. One of the goals is to streamline the bureaucratic process for those wishing to farm to obtain the necessary permits, he said.

The city is also in the process of acquiring and remediating land near the long-awaited Englewood Line rail trail, and will eventually coordinate with public trusts and nonprofits to place farmers on the land, Wheat said.

"Urban farming in Chicago in 10 years looks to be an important element of economic development and important in terms of how communities come together," Wheat said.
Growing Home
Growing Home, an Englewood-based urban farm and job training nonprofit, has its own expansion plans. Currently, Growing Home grows about 30,000 pounds of produce on about 1 acre.

Within the next five years, the plan is to expand the farming operations onto two nearby parcels of donated land, more than doubling the operation, said Executive Director Harry Rhodes.

Accomplishing that will take more money. Growing Home is conducting a feasibility study, which could lead to a fundraising campaign in the next couple of years, Rhodes said.

Job training is the top priority of Growing Home. This year, 52 people enrolled in Growing Home's 14-week work training program and most of them later secured full-time jobs, Rhodes said. After the planned expansion, Growing Home's goal would be to triple that impact by training between 150 and 200 people a year.

"You hear about the shootings," Rhodes said. "You don't hear enough about the good things happening in Englewood."
Urban Canopy
Alex Poltorak is building his own urban farming dream in Englewood.

This year, Urban Canopy grew about 10,000 pounds of produce on about 1.25 acres of farmland established on top of a parking lot in Englewood, as well as microgreens inside a former meatpacking plant in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Unlike both Windy City Harvest and Growing Home, Urban Canopy is a for-profit company but measures success in terms of jobs provided and environmental impact - not just its bottom line, said Poltorak, its founder, who declined to discuss specific revenue and profit figures.

In the spring, Urban Canopy received a $12,000 grant from the Frontera Farmer Foundation and used the money to expand the farm, Poltorak said.

The plan for the year ahead is to build the farm out more, hire more people and continue to prove the business model, Poltorak said.
Advocates for Urban Agriculture
Not all farming involves digging in the dirt. Billy Burdett, executive director of Advocates for Urban Agriculture, is trying to cultivate a garden of data that will help Chicago's urban farming movement coalesce.

In a partnership with NeighborSpace and DePaul University, Burdett's organization is building an interactive online map of all the urban farms in the city, the Chicago Urban Agriculture Mapping Project.

Currently, the map shows 66 urban farms in Chicago - a definition that includes nonprofits and commercial enterprises alike - up from 50 when the mapping project launched in March of last year.

But Burdett acknowledged the map needs some updating. At least one farm on the map is no longer in business.

In a few months, Burdett's group will hire some college students to update the data, he said.

In time, the mapping project also will include data such as the number of people employed and the amount of produce grown at each farm, he said. The point is to become a more organized and formalized industry in Chicago, which will help with advocacy efforts.

"We want to make sure this is as up-to-date as possible and we're really excited to expand the information that it covers," he said.
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Five urban farming projects in Chicago to watch in 2017

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Come spring, a new urban farm is expected to take root in Lawndale with a groundbreaking for a $3.5 million year-round facility. The Farm on Ogden, as it will be called, is a partnership between Lawndale Christian Health Center and Windy City Harvest, Chicago Botanic Garden's urban farming program that grows more than 100,000 pounds of produce a year in addition to training low-income people of color how to farm.

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22 minutes: a remarkable video by the New York Times when they had refugees meet European tourists. Watch this!

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Lesbos is a popular vacation destination. When refugees began streaming onto the island, a Dutch couple decided to pair them with tourists for conversations about the journeys that brought them there.

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6 minutes: Outstanding animated video on wealth inequality in America

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3 minutes: An overview of the 2017 Global Happiness Report

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The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness. The World Happiness Report 2017, which ranks 155 countries by their happiness levels, will be released today at the United Nations at an event celebrating International Day of Happiness.

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Drone footage of the destruction in Syria

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Drone footage of the destruction in Syria

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2 minutes: the title says it all

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Shocking drone footage shows Aleppo destruction

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Drone footage filmed in rebel-held eastern Aleppo shows the extent of damage resulting from heavy bombardments on the city since the breakdown of a ceasefire in Syria last week. What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe!

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3 minutes: Part 1 of Planet Money's awesome 5-part short videos on their global trek to make a t-shirt

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COTTON: Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt (Part 1)

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Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt: Introduction

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Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt: Introduction

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This is the 1-minute Introduction to the fantastic NPR blog and podcast Planet Money as they travel the globe to make a t-shirt. Search for all of the 5 parts on YouTube.

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Introducing: Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt

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How does a simple T-shirt get made? To find out, we decided to make one -- and track every step of production. Turns out, there's nothing ordinary about a simple shirt. Get the full story at planetmoney.com/shirt.

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NOW THIS: Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans

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NOW THIS: Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans

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5 minutes: One of the many NOW THIS videos. Check out many others on YouTube.

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Plastic Pollution is Causing Problems in Our Oceans | NowThis

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There are over 5 Trillion pieces of plastic in the ocean, including a huge mass called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that's currently floating in the Pacific and is roughly the size of Texas.

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2 minutes: Animated video showing global statistics as if the world had 100 people

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If The World Were 100 People | GOOD Data

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NOW THIS WORLD: Most Powerful Countries in the World

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NOW THIS WORLD: Most Powerful Countries in the World

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4 minutes: One of the many NOW THIS WORLD videos. This one looks at the countries with the most power (United States) and the most with social progress (Denmark!). Check out their other videos on YouTune

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What are the most powerful countries in the world today? What makes a country powerful in the 21st century? Here's a look at the top countries that hold the most power in social significance, economic dominance, and military strength.

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9 minutes: YA author John Green's fast-paced video on the refugee crisis

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Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World

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7 minutes: Video version of James Mollison's photojournalism project of where children around the world sleep

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Video made from the book "Where Children Sleep", by James Mollison. Music: Return to Innocence - Enigma

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20 minutes: James Mollison's TED Talk on his Where Children Sleep photojournalism

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7 minutes: Part 2 of an excellent video on the work to get clean water in a village in Ethiopia

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The Journey Episode 2: Life without Clean Water | charity: water

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6 minutes: Part 1 of a great series

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The Journey Episode 1: Seven Things to Know About Ethiopia

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In Episode 1 - before we get too far into our trip to Ethiopia, there are a few things you need to know. Here are some tips to kick off the adventure. Learn more at http://cwtr.org/2jmAZ38 The Journey is a video series that shows charity: water supporters how their donations get put to work in the field.

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2 minutes: a young girl makes an 8 mile walk every day to get a bucket of water

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5 minutes: Great video on what plastic is and who it ends up in the ocean and much much is IN the ocean!

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4 minutes: Video shows how plastic is made and where it ends up in the environment

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What really happens to the plastic you throw away - Emma Bryce

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8 minutes: Annie Leonard narrates an animation on the dangers of bottled water

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Emma Watson interviews Malala Yousafzai Nobel Peace Prize

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3 minutes: a second excellent animated video on the power of educating girls.

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2 minutes: Amazing animated video on the power of educating girls in developing countries.

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How We Can Make the World a Better Place by 2030

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How We Can Make the World a Better Place by 2030

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15 minutes: Social progress expert Michael Greene's TED talk on how the UN SDGs can be acheived

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How We Can Make the World a Better Place by 2030 | Michael Green | TED Talks

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6 minutes: Malala Yousafzai uses animation to introduce the UN SDGs

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The World's Largest Lesson Introduced by Malala Yousafzai

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5 minutes: Emma Watson uses an animated video to introduce the UN SDGs.

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3 minute video that introduces the Un SDGs

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'We The People' for The Global Goals | Global Goals

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10 minute TED talk: Hans Rosling explains -- with boxes from Ikea -- the great challenges of global population growth.

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Hans Rosling: Global population growth, box by box

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5 minutes: The amazing Hans Rosling explains how global health has improved.

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Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC