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First Report on Multifamily Solar with Storage Shows Positive ROI

Kat Friedrich

November 06, 2015 |

Clean Energy Finance Forum |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

As climate change and burgeoning development contribute to more frequent and bigger natural disasters, often senior, disabled, and low-income residents are stranded in their homes after a big storm without power to run elevators or regulate temperatures for medicines. Research is showing that multifamily, renewable energy storage systems provide a viable and reliable source of clean, emergency backup power for these populations in event of an emergency.

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Feature: Giving blind people sight illuminates the brain's secrets

Rhitu Chatterjee

October 22, 2015 |

Science Magazine |

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Response Location: India, New Delhi

Defying expectations, cataract surgery in Indian children is endowing them with vision—and shedding light on how the brain learns to see.

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A Haircut with a Side of Harry Potter: How can we get more boys to read for fun? For one New York-based organization, the answer begins in the barbershop.

Ruben Brosbe

September 17, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Low graduation and literacy rates persist among Black males in New York City. Barbershop Books - a charity that distributes books to Black-owned barbershops - leverages the power of subliminal association: by bringing literature to predominantly Black male spaces, Black masculinity becomes literature friendly.

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'Pay as You Go' Solar Power Rewriting the Book

Adrian Ely

September 14, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Oromia

In so-called 'developing countries,' the focus is often simply on industrializing areas without electricity. In an effort to think beyond this to create sustainable and forward-looking infrastructure, socially- and environmentally-motivated private-sector initiatives have been pioneering off-grid "pay as you go'' solar-home systems. These have brought clean light and basic electricity services to hundreds of thousands of households across Africa.

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Could These Two Environmental Challenges Be the Answer to Each Other?

Gabriella Mulligan

September 14, 2015 |

Ensia |

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Response Location: Kenya, Naivasha, Nakuru County

Sub-Saharan Africa faces significant challenges in two areas that previously may have been considered in separate spheres: lack of access to sanitary waste disposal, and a growing need for clean, affordable energy. Now, several companies are scaling solutions for how each of these issues actually solve the other. In Kenya, they are finding ways to turn human waste into fuel and fertilizer, effectively addressing both issues simultaneously.

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For Teens in Crisis, the Next Text Could Be a Lifesaver

David Bornstein

September 04, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

With pressures of depression, anxiety, and suicide on the rise, teenagers in the United States are challenged to find the comfortable outlet and accessibility for emotional support. The Crisis Text Line offers a counseling service through mobile texting, which reduces the shame that can occur when approaching an in-person counselor, and expands access to professional mental health counseling nationwide.

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Seattle's special-ed mess: Who's in charge of what?

John Higgins

September 01, 2015 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Seattle risks losing about $12 million annually in federal funds unless it fixes problems that include failures to update student learning plans, deliver services outlined in those plans and provide services consistently from school to school.

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Radio Vietnam in America's Heartland Serves Growing Community

Kristi Eaton

September 01, 2015 |

NBC News |

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Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

A woman named MaiLy Do started a Vietnamese-language radio show in Oklahoma City after she realized on Sept. 11, 2001 that her family back home with limited English had no way of finding out if she was okay. Today the station broadcasts for 24 hours across the US and 40 other countries. It offers a voice to the Vietnamese-American population in Oklahoma City and is also essential in disseminating critical information to residents who have limited English skills.

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How to Save a Sinking Coast? Katrina Created a Laboratory

John Schwartz

August 07, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, Louisiana and federal officials launched an audacious $50 billion master plan to rebuild the receding coast in an effort to mitigate the effects future storms. These are expensive and massive in scale, and although success is not guaranteed, they're attracting interest from cities around the U.S., and low-lying countries like Bangladesh and the Netherlands. Moving beyond engineered “solutions” of the past, many of these efforts focus on rebuilding land through methods that mimic natural processes for building land mass and vegetation.

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LA Sheriff plans dramatic expansion of mental health policing

Stephanie O'Neill

July 23, 2015 |

Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The struggle of police in properly dealing with mentally ill citizens has been highlighted in recent news. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department plans to dramatically beef up its mental health policing capabilities, according to a newly-released report that provides a county-wide roadmap for county law enforcement's handling of suspects experiencing a mental health crisis.

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