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  • Homeless, But Part of Civic and Social Life in Montreal

    Sophia Chang

    September 11, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

    In Montreal, the city's multi-million dollar plan to combat homelessness includes a concerted effort to center homeless people as citizens first and foremost, deserving of social inclusion and community. To do this, Montreal has offered programs and workshops connecting the homeless to art, parks, and civic events -- but concerns about discrimination and criminalization remain.

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  • Scotland tries to combat poverty by providing free menstrual products

    Marco Werman

    August 28, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Scotland

    The #FreePeriodScotland campaign is giving more women access to menstrual supplies and starting a conversation about women’s health and biology. Now Scotland is fighting what’s known as “period poverty”—when women don’t have access to hygienic supplies.

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  • Empowering black moms to say: 'I want to breastfeed'

    Priska Neely

    August 27, 2018 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) Centers in Los Angeles are holding breastfeeding support groups targeted specifically for black mothers. Since its inception 3 years, it has encouraged and assisted more than 500 moms acclimate to breastfeeding. Similar models are now popping up all over the country as well.

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  • Global initiatives focus on child-friendly spaces

    Beth Amato

    August 24, 2018 |

    Business Day |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

    Some urban planners argue that urban spaces should be designed around children because that makes a livable, walkable space for everyone, and also contributes to healthy early brain development. Several initiatives are underway in and around Johannesburg, South Africa to redesign public spaces and make them more welcoming. At least one community group is working with children, teenagers and people who work with children to identify places that could be improved for better child protection.

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  • A major US city will start drinking its own sewage. Others need to follow.

    Zoë Schlanger

    August 23, 2018 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    As water shortages continue to be on the rise, so are water expenses. El Paso, Texas is more familiar with this than many other cities due to it's serious lack of rainfall and historically rapid consumption of water. The city's newest approach, however, utilizes a closed-loop water system that cleans and recycles sewage water, making it ready for public consumption.

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  • Dams and reservoirs can't save us. This is the new future of water infrastructure.

    Zoë Schlanger

    August 22, 2018 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    El Paso, Texas only gets about 10 inches of rainfall per year, which doesn't help the water shortage the city is facing. Faced with no other choice but to seek solutions, the city has already implemented rainwater catchment systems, but is now looking to other countries as they turn their focus to toilet-to-tap practices.

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  • Can dogfish save Cape Cod fisheries?

    Eva Botkin-Kowacki

    August 20, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Chatham, Massachusetts

    Cape Cod is losing its namesake fish to climate change and overfishing, which is in turn hurting the profits of local fisherman. Adapting to the circumstances, fisherman have begun catching and marketing dogfish as the sustainable alternative, but their appeal, or lack thereof, has been slow to catch on in the United States. To promote the change in fish, the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance is working to fight stereotypes at a local level.

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  • New Orleans floods with heavy rainstorms. Magnolias could be part of the solution

    Joseph Darius Jaafari

    August 17, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    New Orleans, Louisiana is infamously known as a place of cultural celebration and community, but it's also a city plagued by consistent flooding. To reduce the impacts of heavy rainfall, one city-backed initiative is incentivizing people to replace their anti-absorbent concrete with plants and flowers that are designed to take in large amounts of water.

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  • Saving the world, one painting at a time: How public art can revitalize a city

    Brittany Schock

    August 16, 2018 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    Mankind Murals Inc. began with the goal of “a colorful revitalization of the city.” Luke Beekman, founder of Mankind Murals, was inspired to use public art to change the way residents as well as visitors experience a place. He realized art coupled with architecture and walkability is the perfect combination: get people to physically engage by walking more, spurred by nearby art to make walking more exciting.

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  • The man who is fervent about feeding hungry kids, but hates food banks

    Aditya Chakrabortty

    August 15, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: England, Liverpool, Merseyside

    A social enterprise in England is tackling the issue of so-called holiday hunger for children who go days without full meals during breaks from school. Named Can Cook, this organization makes over 37,000 meals around the county of Merseyside alone for the 13 weeks a year that school is out. Can Cook is also part of a broader movement to make food banks— a once ad-hoc solution that is now industrialized — obsolete.

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