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Children all over a colorful classroom

This Massachusetts school district focuses on the well-being of homeless immigrant students

Education

Massachusetts is seeing the arrival of more migrants, and many of them have no place to live. Because it’s a “right to shelter” state, officials are providing temporary housing, often in hotels. New England Public Media’s Jill Kaufman reports that school districts, such as West Springfield, have geared up to help the new arrivals.

Hampshire solar power

Here comes the sun: How Hampshire College moved to 100 percent solar energy

Environment

U.S. Congress reopens debate over replacing dollar bills with coins

Global Politics

University students organize protests to call for divestment from fossil fuels

Environment

Live in a cold state? Here’s an easy way to cut your winter electric bill

Environment
The World

Two Rivers Run Amok

In recent decades the General Electric Corporation has polluted both the Housatonic River in western Massachusetts and New York’s Hudson River with cancer-causing chemicals. GE is spending millions to deal with PCB pollution in the Housatonic, but has so far been able to resist calls for a similar clean-up of the Hudson. Amy Eddings says […]

Northeast Old Growth

Steve travels into the forest of western Massachusetts with old-growth hunter Bob Leverette. Leverette is documenting the large and small old-growth stands that remain in the northeastern U.S. (Encore)

Pick Your Own Pesto

Host Steve Curwood returns to the Caretaker Farm in Western Massachusetts for the fall harvest season as the third part in a series on “community sustainable agriculture.” The Anderson family have paid shares in the farm, and Curwood is invited back to their kitchen to sample some homemade pesto they’re preparing for the winter ahead.

The World

Farming Fish for the Future

With fish stocks plummeting in oceans around the world, some entrepreneurs say “aqua-culture” can help fill the gap. Reporter Pippin Ross of WFCR visits an organic fish farm in western Massachusetts, which tries to mimic natural ecological cycles in their facility. They use fish excrement to fertilize basil plants, which in turn filter the water […]

The World

Farming Fish for the Future

With fish stocks plummeting in oceans around the world, some entrepreneurs say “aqua-culture” can help fill the gap. Reporter Pippin Ross of WFCR visits an organic fish farm in western Massachusetts, which tries to mimic natural ecological cycles in their facility. They use fish excrement to fertilize basil plants, which in turn filter the water […]