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There's No Business Like Snow Business

Marlene Cimons

October 28, 2016 |

Popular Science |

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Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

Instead of treating fallen snow as waste, several countries are using it as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel for cooling and air conditioning applications. Countries like Japan and Sweden collect snow and use snow cooling systems during warmer months.

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A Shallow Well Full of Hope for Women in Kenya's Lamu County

Sophie Mbugua

October 28, 2016 |

News Deeply |

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Response Location: Kenya, Lamu

The amount of time women spend searching for water in Kenya is debilitating to their life. Shallow water wells closer to living spaces can help them reclaim some time to tend to their own lives.

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How solar power is turning rural India bright and shining

Vikas Dawra

October 27, 2016 |

The Hindu Business Line |

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Response Location: India

India's lack of infrastructure and rapidly growing economy provide an opportunity for solar power. Modular solar products, many subsidized by the government, are helping to solve the lack of access to an electrical grid, and at the same time offering a safer, healthier, cheaper, environmentally friendly alternative.

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The last word: protecting our vanishing languages

Lucy Purdy

October 25, 2016 |

Positive.News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Shropshire

The world is expecting to lose half its languages by the end of the century. People are preserving the ancestral languages by collecting and utilizing the vocabulary within their families and using apps and technologies to learn new languages.

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How Body Cameras Curbed Police Use of Force in Rialto

Alex Sutherland, Barak Ariel

October 19, 2016 |

Zócalo Public Square |

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Response Location: United States, Rialto, California

When researchers studied how body cameras affected law enforcement in Rialto, California, they found dramatic drops in use of force and complaints against police. Researchers replicated these results in other places and found similar results, with some caveats. The technology is most effective if officers always have the cameras on and it can't be left up to the officers to decide on when they'll wear them.

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Massive new solar plot marks big changes in rural Minnesota

Elizabeth Dunbar

October 19, 2016 |

Minnesota Public Radio |

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Response Location: United States, North Branch, Minnesota

A new solar array called North Star in the Twin Cities will soon produce enough energy to power more than 20,000 homes. The project allows landowners to evolve beyond a deteriorating farming industry while maintaining native prairie plants under and around the panels for bees and other pollinators. The project is part of the state's 15-year energy plan to reduce carbon emissions by 60 percent and generate a third of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.

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Milan leads fight against food waste – with ugly fruit and Michelin-starred soup kitchens

Simone D'Antonio

October 16, 2016 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Italy, Milan

Since its 2015 Expo, Milan has continued to foster a number of unique initiatives to combat food waste, promote healthy and sustainable food systems, and ensure that its people never go hungry. Through projects such as collecting unsold food at the end of market day for distribution in soup kitchens, using apps to redirect food waste, implementing new laws to ease the process of food donation, as well as fostering collaboration between cities, Milan is leading the efforts to prioritize food on the New Urban Agenda.

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Silo-Busting Data Analytics Help Mass. Cities Tackle Vacant Properties

Sandra Larson

October 14, 2016 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

To combat blight and vacancies, the Innovation Field Lab at Harvard is leading a project in which graduate students are creating solutions to these all too common problems for urban areas. Specifically, CityNexus is a tool that allows city information to be shared among government departments. This allows local leaders to easily centralize data, better understand problems, and more effectively track their progress.

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How one wealthy Manhattan school is fighting inequality

Bliss Broyard

October 14, 2016 |

Time Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Manhattan’s School 2 School program raises money from wealthy schools to support the schools in low-income communities. Using the crowdfunding site Donors Choose, parents from Manhattan’s PS 87 school raise funds for requests from teachers at different elementary schools in the Bronx.

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How a 27-Year-Old College Dropout Is Simplifying Health Care

Phillip Pantuso

October 13, 2016 |

Fortune |

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Response Location: United States

Navigating the health care industry can be difficult, especially when care is unexpectedly necessary and seeking treatment is reactive instead of proactive. Rally Health, a digital health company, is trying to change this phenomenon by creating better efficiency and patient engagement.

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