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Denmark May Hold the Key to Integrating Large Amounts of Intermittent Renewables

Silvio Marcacci

July 27, 2016 |

Green Tech Media |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

Denmark has consistently maintained a commitment to energy independence since the 1970s when their first policies were put in place. Through collaborations among government actors, grid operators, and utilities, it has built one of the most reliable sustainable energy grids, most notably with 40% of its electricity powered by wind.

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Taking a conservative approach to clean energy

Elizabeth Dunbar

July 25, 2016 |

Minnesota Public Radio |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

As consumers across the country increasingly demand access to cleaner, more affordable energy and traditional coal plants become more expensive to operate, a new group is working to give conservatives a voice in natural gas, wind, and solar energy policies. Though any bi-partisan agreement on climate change has so far seemed impossible to broach, a growing number of Republicans are in agreement about clean energy, and aim to reframe the debate to get conservatives back to the table.

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How a new source of water is helping reduce conflict in the Middle East

Rowan Jacobson

July 19, 2016 |

Ensia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Israel, Tel Aviv-Yafo

Israel experienced extreme drought a few years ago and its water supply was very low. National campaigns to install desalination plants have helped Israel turnaround its inadequate water supply into a surplus. The water scientists who have helped make this surplus see an opportunity for water diplomacy and the de-politicization of water in the Middle East so that more of it can be shared with other geographies.

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Beirut Madinati has set its sights on Lebanon national politics

Thanassis Cambanis

July 19, 2016 |

Ya Libnan |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

Arab governments have expended a lot of energy keeping politics of any stripe out of the public sphere. With a few hundred volunteers and hardly any money, an upstart campaign called Beirut Madinati — “Beirut Is My City” — is challenging the status quo, displaying the kind of savvy civic politics promised by the Arab Spring.

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Connecting for rural health

JR Logan

July 18, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Santa Rosa, New Mexico

Rural hospitals in New Mexico are isolated and scattered across the state, struggling to support low-income communities who have a difficult time getting access to their health care. In 2014, six hospitals banded together to create the New Mexico Rural Hospital Network, a cooperative effort to improve medical care across the small hospitals in the state. The Network has since scaled to ten hospitals and its system has benefited from the exchanges of ideas and an improvement in administrative efficiency.

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Ogaden, Wicihitowin working with other grassroots groups on economic development, public safety

Roberta Bell

July 10, 2016 |

CBC |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Canada, Edmonton, Alberta

Racism, poverty, gang violence and drugs — to tackle these issues among others the Indigenous and Somali communities are teaming up. Their goal? To make downtown Edmonton safer.

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How 5 local farms are banding together to help an Iraqi refugee in Tompkins County

Melissa Whitworth

July 10, 2016 |

The Ithaca Voice |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

Groundswell's Farm Business Incubator Program, along with the help of five other local Ithaca farms, is working to help refugees start their own small farming businesses as they settle into their new lives in the United States. A new farmer can apply to Groundswell for farmer or business training classes, or to lease land at the organization’s incubator farm. The program has mentored and developed sustainable farms with six farmers.

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For Nonprofits Tackling Poverty, Collaboration Remains Important Hurdle

Kavitha Cardoza

June 30, 2016 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Fort Worth, Texas

Padua Project is an innovative program that has a goal of getting poor people out of poverty in three years with a job, three months’ savings and off government assistance. Its unusual success involved a collaboration with other social services organizations. Overcoming the big challenge of this collaboration is an important learning tool to scale similar initiatives.

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Refugees Encounter a Foreign Word: Welcome

Jodi Kantor Catrin Einhorn

June 30, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Toronto

Fueled by xenophobia, many countries around the world are refusing refugees at the border. But Canadian hockey moms, poker buddies, and neighbors are personally resettling Syrians, one family at a time.

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Why Summer Vacation Can Mean Empty Plates for 4,000 Seattle-Area Kids

Nancy Schatz Alton

June 29, 2016 |

ParentMap |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Food insecure children in Seattle amount to the hundreds of thousands in number. Local nonprofit, Food Lifeline’s Kids Café, has become an accessible option for poor children to receive free nutritious meals and snacks. The operation has expanded to 18 different branches across Seattle in locations where children go for enrichment and is currently looking into establishing locations in rural areas.

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