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  • Why aren't we mining landfills for valuable materials like metals and soil?

    October 16, 2018 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Cantonment, Florida

    Across the country, projects that mine landfills for reusable metals and soils are underway. Can such mining prove profitable enough to spur similar efforts on a grand scale? So far, some projects have seen profits while others have not. But as society increasingly values pollution and greenhouse gas reduction, incentives for refuse mining can only grow.

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  • Taking Steps Toward a Community-Controlled Economy in Boston

    October 12, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    The Boston Ujima Project is on “a mission to create an alternative economy,” one that is inclusive on all measures. The main initiative is a community capital fund, which is considering foregoing collateral on loans in exchange for other creative metrics, in the hopes of extending loans to those often excluding from traditional banking and investment. They are also creating a timebanking initiative, where labor that benefits the community can be used as a form of currency. An accessible Boston workshop cemented the group’s commitment to being community-driven.

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  • West Virginia's Small-Town Revival

    October 09, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    Small towns in West Virginia are a natural oasis for adventure lovers from urban and rural areas alike; towns like Davis and Fayetteville are succesfully capitalizing on their natural resources to increase tourism and contribute to their economic development.

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  • Every employee at this grilled cheese restaurant has a criminal record

    October 05, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Emily Turner, an attorney-turned-activist, runs the restaurant All Square, which only employs people with a criminal record. After years working in the field of prisoner reentry for the government, she decided to create a solution that would directly help people: providing jobs. By paying a living wage, providing mental health support, and teaching business skills, the “fellows,” as they are called, are finding a sustainable way to bounce back.

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  • How Coal Country Is Cleaning Up Its Act

    October 05, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Hazard, Kentucky

    In eastern Kentucky, where the coal industry is struggling and workers are finding themselves out of work, a six-month internship program is helping workers re-train into jobs that ensure energy efficiency in homes and communities in the region. The program trains former coal workers and pairs them with local organizations, just one of many similar efforts to help workers find new careers.

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  • Pot luck: the paint recyclers who put leftover litres to good use

    October 01, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Home improvement projects often start with paint, but what happens when all of the purchased paint doesn't get used? Typically, it sits in someone's basement or storage closet with no plan for further use in sight. Community Repaint in the United Kingdom is committed to promoting the recycling of this paint, however, and has implemented 74 projects that work to re-sell or re-color unused paint, thus reducing the amount that's sent to landfills after it molds.

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  • Worker Co-ops Catch on in Philadelphia

    October 01, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Worker co-ops, a business model that many people are not aware of, are gaining momentum in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Cooperative Alliance (PACA) has helped push more education and funding around co-ops to come to the city. Specifically, 20/20 is a program that invited 20 groups interested in working as co-ops to learn together. The co-op model has the potential to help immigrants, women, and people of color who are traditionally underrepresented in business.

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  • Here's What Investing in Economic Justice Looks Like

    September 28, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

    Hope Credit Union has a mission: serving mostly black, marginalized communities in the South whose capital was historically displaced through slavery. In 2017, the credit union gave out $100 million in loans. ‘That total includes 61 business loans, 2,825 consumer loans, and 287 home mortgages, of which 87 percent went to first-time homebuyers.”

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  • The town that gave the world Spam is proud to be ‘autism-friendly'

    September 23, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Minnesota

    In order to reduce autism stigma, the city of Austin, Minn., became an autism-friendly town. A system was created to label businesses as autism-friendly, if they implement specific requirements that reduce autism triggers like lowering the lights and diminishing loud noises, among others. Employees must also go through educational training's. So far, 15 businesses are designated as autism-friendly. The move, was “a grass-roots effort to improve our community. “Having this autism-friendly movement — it’s incredible to have people who want to understand.”

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  • 320,000 High Schoolers to Get Free Water Bottles. The Goal? 54 Million Fewer Single-Use Drinks

    September 23, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    S’Well, the namesake of trendy water bottles, was founded on the environmental principle of reducing single-use plastic bottles throughout the world. As part of their mission, the company is donating a water bottle to every New York City high school student in order to promote this environmental awareness.

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