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  • A year later, how this grassroots effort to help elders live at home is snowballing

    December 25, 2015 |

    Bangor Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Blue Hill, Maine

    As the traditional family structure changes and the elderly population of the United States grows, options for independent living grow challenging for the aged, who struggle with issues like loneliness, transportation to medical appointments, and carrying groceries. A grassroots effort called At Home is working to bring together community services, medical providers, and volunteers to provide assistance to seniors and afford them the opportunity to live independently in their own houses.

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  • This One-Man NGO Is Saving Water One Drop at a Time

    December 08, 2015 |

    TakePart |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    The Drop Dead Foundation, founded and headed up by an 80-year-old man in Mumbai, India, is fighting water waste by fixing leaks, one home at a time. With the world's most precious resource going to waste, lower-income homes in India simply do not have the resources to pay for plumbing services. This is where the foundation steps in.

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  • Another Giant Leap

    December 04, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Sukhrali, Haryana

    The rapid development of emerging economies across Asia and Africa is lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty - but there is much debate as to how to best structure this growth. If these economies evolve in the same way as in the West - with unchecked, excessive resource consumption and heavy pollution - the planet may be on the fast track to disaster. Earthrise explores how these nations can grow sustainably using improved, eco-conscious technologies like renewable energy and eco-friendly farming practices.

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  • Seaweed cultivation ushers waves of change in the Sundarbans

    November 25, 2015 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: India, Jharkhali, West Bengal

    Algaculture offers a sustainable and empowering alternative to rice farming in coastal areas of India threatened by sea level rise. With the assistance of The Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research and the South Asian Forum for Environment, women engage in algae farming training workshops. Harvesting algae like a crop provides a vital source of additional income to women, who are often the caretakers of their family.

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  • With a solar oven, Kenyan women bake their way to a better life

    November 19, 2015 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Msumarini

    In the rural Kenyan village of Msumarini, women are empowered to become business leaders. Imani Women Group runs a thriving bakery using the simple resources available in the village.

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  • Unmasked! The Mexico City superhero wrestling for pedestrians' rights

    November 09, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

    Clogged with traffic, crippled by poor infrastructure – the capital is notoriously hard to navigate on foot. Enter Peatónito, the activist fighting for safer streets.

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  • Trafficking: One woman's journey from Staten Island slavery to her own boss

    November 02, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Staten Island, New York

    Part 2 of a series on solutions to freeing victims of labor trafficking around the globe. With the help of organizations like Damayan Migrant Workers Association in New York, former victims who have been freed from labor trafficking become advocates for others, demanding changes and becoming part of the solution to a vicious cycle of worker victimization.

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  • More Schools Serving Locally Grown Food, USDA Says

    October 20, 2015 |

    Education Writers Association |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Students in public schools are eating healthier cafeteria meals made from an increasing array of locally sourced food, according to new federal data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Nearly $600 million in locally produced food was purchased by schools in the 2013-14 academic year, a 55 percent increase over 2011-12. However, new studies on school nutrition have yielded mixed results about the impact of new federal regulations.

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  • Kenya's Water Women

    September 22, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kakamega, Kakamega

    Kenya's female water tank masons are delivering measurable benefits to their communities and empowering other women to take up leadership roles.

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  • Most Bangladeshi garment workers are women, but their union leaders weren't. Until now.

    September 16, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka, Dhaka Division

    After years of banning labor unions in Bangladesh, garment workers unionized to fight for higher wages and safer working conditions. For women, this isn't traditionally a space they were welcomed in, but now they’re holding their own meetings to ensure women’s safety is ensured on the job.

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