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ArticleIf you pay them, they will come: the US city giving tourists cash to visit
Read about how some US cities are boosting their post-pandemic tourism by giving visitors money.
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Lesson Share: Discourse Markers
Stephanie Valerio wins this month’s Lesson Share with a lesson introducing adult learners to the use of discourse markers.
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Business News Lessons: Putting people above profits
We have all shown how grateful we are for those working In the pandemic but have companies been grateful enough?
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Stoked! Surfboard lost in Tasmania turns up 2,700km away in Queensland
Read about how a surfboard managed to travel 2,700km all by itself and, eventually, back to its owner.
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‘It’s radical’: the Ugandan city built on solar, shea butter and people power
Can the perfect city grow from a nut? Read how the people of Okere City are transforming their hometown.
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The funds that maintain the White House’s ‘museum quality’
How is the White House maintained and renovated and who pays for all of this work?
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‘A role model’: how Seville is turning leftover oranges into electricity
Seville creates a whole new kind of juice from waste oranges—electricity! Read how the city uses fruit for power.
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Business News Lessons: Coffee shops take a hit in Silicon Valley
Our new virtual world hurts the tech community as it loses physical places to meet, present, make deals, and brainstorm.
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Lesson Share: Talking about Money
Michael Bishop wins this month’s Lesson Share with a lesson introducing adult learners to the language of money.
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‘When I tell people, they might laugh’ – George Clooney and the men who sew
More and more men are using their time in lockdown to start the hobby of sewing—George Clooney included!
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New rewilding project teaches tour guides to offer fresh look at travel
Want to explore somewhere new? By reintroducing animals to the wilds of Europe, this project introduces tourists to unseen sights.
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Off-road, off-grid: the modern nomads wandering America’s back country
More and more Americans are moving into their vehicles and becoming nomads.
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Business News Lessons: Can we save the environment with economics?
If nature is given a financial value, do people start to believe that it is worth protecting?
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How creating wildlife crossings can help reindeer, bears – and even crabs
Different countries around the world are reconnecting animal habitats by building ways for wildlife to cross our roads.
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Turkey embarks on cultural mission to preserve its fairy tales
Once upon a time, the people of Turkey sent fairytales to academics so they could organize the stories and help them live happily ever after.
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‘Lived experience’: finally, a disability reporter who has a disability
A television company has made a key change—reporters whose connection to race or disability helps viewers truly understand the story.
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Business News Lessons: Air travel—the shape of things to come
What will the planes of the future look like?
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Milan’s bicycling bookseller takes on the online giants
A former bookshop owner keeps his business alive, and fights online booksellers, with a personalized delivery service.
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New demand for TV presenters to include climate in forecasts
Australian TV presenters could lead the way in making the public aware of how climate change affects our weather.
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Zacharias not Zeppelin: Germany to scrap Nazi-era phonetic table
For over 80 years, most Germans have been using a Nazi-era spelling system without knowing its dark history. Not any more.
