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  • The Floating Gardens of Bangladesh

    November 18, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Each year the brown waters of the Gumani river swell during the summer monsoon, creeping over the surrounding fields to flood Charbhangura, a village of 2,500 people in the Pabna district of northwest Bangladesh - when the fields flood, the farmers have no work. Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha trains locals to create floating farms and provide work, money, and food in all seasons.

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  • Protecting the Rio Grande Basin's dwindling water

    November 16, 2014 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Elephant Butte, New Mexico

    The El Paso Times reports from the heart of the Rio Grande Basin - where drought has led to dramatic decreases in water supply, and serious changes in management of river resources are called for - on how the region plans to tackle the effects of climate change. Citizens work to increase water regulations and frugality in order to find a solution to the dwindling water problem.

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  • Australia's city dwellers become water conscious

    November 16, 2014 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne, Victoria

    After the drought hit Australia in the early 2000s, city officials had to start thinking seriously about ways to conserve and creatively store their water. External tanks became the solution, storing rain runoff to create an available source of water for Melbourne residents. This solution may not fit every location, but there are other teachable lessons such as taking radically shorter showers.

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  • Life & Liberty

    November 10, 2014 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Veterans who suffer from post traumatic stress disorder number about one-fourth of military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, roughly 500,000 veterans so far. Inmates in prisons nationwide train dogs as companions for these war veterans, providing a sense of healing for all.

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  • A start-up in India treats the poor as discerning customers, not aid recipients

    November 06, 2014 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: India, Tamil Nadu

    Two Americans created a small start-up in rural India to help bring life-sustaining technologies to the poor. But they're not giving away solar lamps and low-power appliances: They're selling them.

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  • Looking a Dangerous Disease in the Mouth

    October 30, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: New Zealand, Wellington

    Tooth decay affects children from all backgrounds, but it’s concentrated among low-income and rural populations, who have the most difficulty accessing and affording dental care. One approach gaining momentum in the United States to extend access to underserved groups is based on an idea that was pioneered in New Zealand 93 years ago, and has been adopted in more than 50 countries - the idea is to train “dental therapists,” who, like dental hygienists, work under the supervision of dentists, but who can also drill teeth and perform non-complex extractions.

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  • A Creative Way to Educate Low-Income Students

    October 16, 2014 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    In Columbus, Ohio, a high school is pooling vouchers, donations, and earnings from its work study program to reach some of the city's students living below the poverty line.

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  • Hit by climate change, Assam river communities bury their pride, move into houses on stilts

    October 13, 2014 |

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    Response Location: India, Dhemaji, Assam

    Building a house on stilts is an age old tradition created by the Mishings, a tribe in India. The practice allowed them to live close to the river, without flooding their homes. In Assam, a state in India, the Mishings are viewed as a lower caste. But, heavy rainfall and flooding is forcing some Assamese to build their own houses on stilts. Still, some Assamese resist because they don’t want to be associated with the Mishings.

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  • MIT D-Lab promotes rural community innovations in Guatemala with Soluciones Comunitarias

    October 10, 2014 |

    MIT News |

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    Response Location: Guatemala, Santa Maria Nebaj, El Quiché

    MIT's D-Lab is supporting individuals in impoverished, rural areas invent low-cost technologies to address the needs of their communities. In 2009, the D-Lab paired with SolCom, a Guatemalan community organizing enterprise, and an international development fund to bring this model to the isolated area of Nebaj, assisting locals in creating a Makerspace for microentrepreneurs. The collaboration has fostered an environment for sustainable grassroots change, in which the social and intellectual capital needed to create the needed innovations and inventions originates in the community itself.

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  • Why Des Moines Can Be a Model for Urban Schools

    October 08, 2014 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Des Moines, Iowa

    In the state of Iowa, refugees come from all over the world and send their children into the public school system. The Des Moines public schools serve many disadvantaged, poverty-stricken children who do not have English language skills. The school district has seen progress by coaching teachers, investing in building renovations, receiving grants for providing students with laptops and iPads, among many other healthy changes to encourage learning.

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