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LED street lighting kindles interest in Michigan

Kat Friedrich

July 10, 2014 |

Midwest Energy News |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

As the traditional sodium vapor lamps used for decades in street lights begin to burn out and need replacement, many municipalities, like Detroit, are turning to LED lighting - thanks to rebates and conscientious consumer demand. Though they sometimes have higher up-front costs, LEDs have multiple benefits including long-term cost savings (as they require less maintenance), increased energy efficiency, better lighting that can help decrease crime, and less light pollution and glare.

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When Is Health Insurance Too Affordable?

Jordan Rau

July 02, 2014 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

By letting one hospital system be their sole provider and having consumers travel farther for appointments, the Chattanooga health care system can offer consumers bargain-priced policies.

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How Public Markets Support Small Businesses Owned by Women, Minorities and Immigrants

Gregory Scruggs

June 16, 2014 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

The creation, support and development of farmers' markets around the United States lends itself to the economic empowerment of women and minority growers. From Seattle to Philadelphia, these small public markets make breaking into the food business accessible to more people on the economic scale, a hard goal to accomplish for larger grocery store chains.

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From untouchable to organic: Dalit women sow change in India

Jean Friedman-Rudovsky

June 14, 2014 |

Al Jazeera |

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Response Location: India, Erachi, Tamil Nadu

Small-scale women farmers are working together to create a new Green Revolution in southern India, opening a set of pilot farms to empower women and sustainably farm.

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Take This Apartment and Call Me in the Morning

Amanda Aronczyk

June 04, 2014 |

WNYC |

Radio |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Permanent supportive housing in New York City provides more than housing for people experiencing homelessness. Those living in housing at the Brook have access to social workers, a doctor, building security, and an event planner.

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Serving the base of the pyramid: five tips from emerging-market experts

Bruce Watson

May 30, 2014 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Social Innovation Summit, hosted in New York City, examines five key elements that allow the strategy of marketing to the base of the pyramid to actually succeed, and the companies big and small that are leveraging this approach to sustainably break the cycle of poverty in varied industries for communities around the world.

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The Push to End Chronic Homelessness Is Working

David Bornstein

May 28, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

Homelessness is still a rampant problem in the United States. The 100,000 Homes Campaign, an initiative launched four years ago, aims to help communities around the country place 100,000 chronically homeless people into permanent supportive housing

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Tucson's water ethic: Blueprint for Minnesota?

Dan Kraker

May 27, 2014 |

Minnesota Public Radio |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

Forty years ago, Tuscon faced a water crisis. Now, even after decades of population and economic growth, water consumption has been declining and, under much of the city, groundwater levels have been rising, due in equal parts to regulatory, financial, and cultural shifts.

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What Minnesota can learn from Arizona about water

Dan Kraker

May 27, 2014 |

Minnesota Public Radio |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, AZ, adopted measures, such as limiting new wells and making water rights sellable, that have slashed per capita water consumption by 35 percent. It is now considered a national leader in water conservation and perhaps has lessons for Minnesota as it grapples with its own groundwater shortages.

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In Delivery Rooms, Reducing Births of Convenience

Tina Rosenberg

May 07, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The rate of Cesarean sections is on the rise in the United States, despite the higher risks of hysterectomy, hemorrhage, and infection, as well as the elevated expense. San Francisco General’s maternity ward, however, stands as an outlier by following evidence-based medicine that suggests decreasing C-sections and has also shifted from a pay-per-service incentive for the doctors to a salary or shift position.

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