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Ideas from Oklahoma can help NC plan for future of increased flooding

Richard Adkins

September 17, 2019 |

WRAL-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Eastern North Carolina -- an area increasingly affected by flooding from hurricanes -- looks to Tulsa for long-term, financially sustainable solutions to routine flooding. Tulsa's comprehensive approach includes regulating building in floodplains as well as building vast drainage systems in all high-risk flood areas. The city implemented a storm water mitigation fee to residents' water bills in order to make flood insurance among the cheapest in the country.

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Climate Resilience on Detroit's East Side

Nina Misuraca Ignaczak

September 13, 2019 |

Belt Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Working toward environmental justice takes organizing on the community level. In Detroit, the Women of Empowerment promote resilience against the adverse effects of climate change on the city’s east side by spearheading projects that range from legal cases to the installation of solar panels. The group also partners with local nonprofits like the Eastside Community Network and Heatwaves Housing and Health (HHH), to collect data that can inform climate-resilient city planning.

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Can We Turn Down the Temperature on Urban Heat Islands?

Jim Morrison

September 12, 2019 |

Yale Environment 360 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

Researchers are using citizen science volunteers to more accurately identify hot spots in cities, where some temperatures are significantly higher than their surrounding areas. The data has also shown that there is a correlation between lower-income neighborhoods and higher temperatures. Climate change is expected to increase the number of extreme weather events, including heat waves, so mapping these urban heat islands can help cities develop new urban planning strategies.

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Život po uhlí. V čom sa môže horná Nitra inšpirovať príbehom belgického Genku

Michaela Barcíková Ria Gehrerová

September 12, 2019 |

Denník N |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Belgium, Genk

Belgický Genk je vynikajúcim príkladom toho, ako môže Slovensko prejsť k postindustriálnej a ekologickejšej budúcnosti. Mesto "vsadilo na inovácie a kreativitu", aby prinavrátilo pracovné miesta a presvedčilo mladých ľudí, aby zostali v tejto oblasti. Genk vybudoval centrum pre výskum zelenej energie, investoval do startupov v oblasti zelenej ekonomiky, podporoval umelecké inštalácie a zameral sa na poskytovanie kurzov a rekvalifikácie, aby pomohol baníkom zmeniť povolanie.

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A Greener Afterlife

Courtney Duchene

September 11, 2019 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia’s West Laurel Hill Cemetery has gone green. While the burial business may be notoriously filled with chemicals, this cemetery has introduced 50 different sustainability initiatives, including banning machinery use, only allowing biodegradable caskets – or no caskets at all – and keeping the grounds flourishing with native plants instead of manicured lawns. The efforts also include community engagement to bring residents into the environmental shift as part of a larger, cultural trend toward sustainability.

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From Dead Store to Pop-Up 'Social Infrastructure'

John Surico

September 10, 2019 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

A nonprofit organization in Boston utilizes abandoned storefronts as a gathering space to create "social infrastructure," or a way to bring different communities together. The pop-up store fronts host community game nights, shows, and other captivating events - and the best part? The organization works with local landlords to use empty store fronts rent-free.

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Cherries and Snow: Hammana Artist House breathes life back into a small Lebanese village

Aina de Lapparent Alvarez

September 10, 2019 |

Beirut Today |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Lebanon, Hammana

Amplifying local culture, history, and food through the arts increases tourism and can revitalize areas struggling with depopulation. The Hammana Artist House, a collaboration between a philanthropist and Collectif Kahraba, a local theater non-profit in Hammana, Lebanon, has resulted in an arts program that attracts new visitors to the town. In addition to the village’s historic cherry festival, the collaboration has resulted in a new artist residency program and projects that enhance the identity and visibility of the community.

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‘I just want more for them': New program aims to boost families' economic mobility

Lauren Lindstrom

September 09, 2019 |

The Charlotte Observer |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

Economic mobility becomes far more attainable when children grow up in a "high-opportunity" area as opposed to a "low-opportunity" area: housing within the city with access to transportation and amenities, higher-performing schools, and lower crime rates. An enhanced voucher program through the Charlotte Housing Authority offers families housing vouchers to move into high-opportunity areas. They also offer incentives to landlords who accept the vouchers, such as up to $1,000 to repair damage beyond normal wear and tear. The program is still new, and it will take generations to see its affects.

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They were evicted and had to take their homes with them. But they also won something in return.

Cristina Bolling

September 09, 2019 |

La Noticia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

When the mobile park they lived in was sold and evictions were imminent, residents of Oakhaven banded together to demand relocation packages and other rights. While they were eventually forced out, they succeeded in winning more money than they were originally promised, and they credit this to their ability to organize and petition.

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In Chicago, Police Violence Survivors Heal Through Song

Jonita Davis

September 06, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Communal healing represents reparations in action. The Chicago Torture Justice Center, created in 2015 through a Chicago City Council reparations ordinance, advocates for wrongfully imprisoned Black men, as well as for victims of violence and torture at the hands of police. At the community center, area nonprofits like the Old Town School of Folk Music, lead workshops like the Freedom Songbook. The program uses protest songs as a way to encourage resiliency and healing in survivors.

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