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Could modular housing be a quick fix for the affordability crisis?

Josh Sherman

February 22, 2022 |

TVO |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Cambridge, Ontario

Ontario’s lack of housing supply has inspired the construction of modular housing: repurposed shipping containers that people now call home. Shipping containers can be converted into homes faster than traditional homes can be built. The approach is saving time and is meant to eventually bring down the soaring cost of housing.

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The Little Schooner That Might

Lissa Harris

February 21, 2022 |

The River |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

The Apollonia, a sail freight ship, carries a variety of cargoes on the Hudson River to waterfront markets and places where individual customers can pick up pre-ordered goods without burning fossil fuels. Much of the transportation involves transporting goods from local farms to local small businesses, all aimed at building a zero-carbon economy. The Appolonia uses fuel less than 5% of the time, consuming less than 20 gallons of fuel to move over 2619.99 ton-miles of major cargoes.

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Utah bucked alcohol industry with its tougher DUI law. A new study shows it made roads safer.

Michael Laris

February 19, 2022 |

The Washington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

In an attempt to reduce fatal car crashes, Utah lowered the legal blood alcohol content limit to .05% and saw a dramatic decrease in fatal crashes. The state’s fatal crash rate dropped 19.8% from 2016 to 2019 and in 2019 deaths on the road fell to 248, compared to 281 in 2016.

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Cooperating to make a difference

Baha Okar

February 18, 2022 |

Inside Turkey |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Turkey, Izmir

The Alternative Education Association provides students with more individualized, dynamic educational opportunities, combatting the disappointment with the current education system. Since forming, the Association has established a preschool, kindergarten, and primary school for young students in the area.

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South Africa Is Pioneering a Better World for Domestic Workers

Tolu Olasoji

February 10, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: South Africa

Domestic workers in South Africa fought for many worker protections by banding together and demanding change. The racial inequity of apartheid left many domestic workers unprotected and exploited. Now, short-term unemployment aid, minimum wages, and other legal protections have been implemented.

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More youths are becoming home caregivers. Experts say they need more help and support

April Franklin

February 07, 2022 |

WXXI |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Palm Beach County, Florida

Programs like the American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY) advocate for and provide support to youth caregivers who are responsible for caring for sick, elderly, or adults with disabilities at home. AACY’s Youth Caregiver Project provides support in school and at home by offering customized services based on each student’s needs, including tutoring, counseling and even connections to food resources or school supplies. AACY serves about 600 students in 30 schools each year. Since the Youth Caregiver Project began in the late 1990s, about 2,000 youth have completed the program.

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¿Cómo lograr que una ciudad sea amigable con envejecer?

Mónica Quesada Cordero

February 04, 2022 |

El Colectivo 506 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Costa Rica

Una alianza público-privada entre organizaciones no gubernamentales y gobiernos locales está fomentando la transformación de las ciudades en Costa Rica para que sean amigables con las personas mayores y consecuentemente promotoras del envejecimiento saludable.

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The Forgotten Answer to the Affordable Housing Crisis

Cole Sinanian

February 03, 2022 |

Eugene Weekly |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

Housing cooperatives were once a successful strategy for creating affordable housing. The method has been traced back to the 19th century in New York City and is now making a comeback. Limited equity cooperatives are owned by multiple people who make a payment for buy-in and create a board that makes collective decisions about the property and how it’s run. Unlike other coops, residents can’t decide to sell and make a large profit which maintains the affordability over time.

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To save South Island forests, community support is critical, and not enough

Shalu Mehta

February 02, 2022 |

The Discourse |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Victoria, British Columbia

After millions of dollars, community campaigns and intense grassroots efforts, conservationists were able to save a beloved forest, Mountain Road Forest, one of few forested parcels left. The parcel, which is 50 acres, is on Vancouver Island, where land is "heavily privatised" and it takes an intense amount of effort from community members to save these properties from being bought up by developers.

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Cleveland's reforesting efforts take root in once-redlined neighborhoods

Jen Jones Donatelli

February 02, 2022 |

Planet Detroit |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Activists in Cleveland, Ohio are reforesting the city's vacant lots one community garden at a time. Gwen Garth, a local activist in the city, partnered up with churches, in order to create a long-term plan to plant gardens to also increase tree canopy in the city in a more equitable approach by focusing on historically redlined neighborhoods. The plan includes reaching 30% tree canopy by 2040, which means planting 361,000 new trees.

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