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  • How Forensics Are Boosting the Battle Against the Wildlife Trade

    November 08, 2016 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Mombasa

    In recent years, advances in technologies such as genetics testing, forensic sciences, and online database management have allowed governments and organizations to tackle poaching and the illegal trade of wildlife at a whole new level. Where before law enforcement generally focused on capturing poachers and traders red-handed - usually resulting in the arrest of players low down on the chain - technology is helping investigators target the ringleaders and instigate preventative, rather than reactionary, measures.

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  • Cash and Tech Replace Bags of Rice in Urban Humanitarian Aid

    November 04, 2016 |

    Diplomatic Courier |

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    Response Location: Jordan, Amman

    Refugees often find cold cash far more helpful than bags of rice or other products foundations provide. Iris scanners can make identity verification much easier for refugees to access money that is distributed to them at banks.

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  • A Renewable Energy Revolution in Small-Town America

    November 03, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Spearville, Kansas

    Small towns across America are leading the shift towards renewable energy. Part of a series called "American Futures", this video visits Kansas, Pennsylvania, and California to learn more about green initiatives in biofuel, wind, and solar power. Although each solution is different, each are a new way of generating income for the residents of the towns and often comes with societal acceptance as well.

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  • Australia's Lesson for a Thirsty California

    November 01, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Australia

    In Australia, an impending drought demanded urgent changes. Addressing these needs, various government agencies launched innovative campaigns to establish new norms around collaboration and conservancy.

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  • How One University Used Big Data To Boost Graduation Rates

    October 30, 2016 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Georgia State University in Atlanta is using a predictive analytics model to identify red flags that can stop students from graduation. With this system, the university advisors can intervene early on and help students graduate.

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

    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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  • Estonia ditches paper with model e-governance services

    October 28, 2016 |

    Kyiv Post |

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    Response Location: Estonia

    Through the Estonian government's e-services, which include digital options for voting, paying taxes, storing identification, and more, the country saved roughly €280 million over the span of a decade thanks to the lower cost of collecting digital signatures.

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  • There's No Business Like Snow Business

    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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  • How solar power is turning rural India bright and shining

    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

    October 25, 2016 |

    Positive.News |

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    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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