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  • FGCU's geothermal air conditioner reduces impact on the environment

    February 06, 2019 |

    Changing Florida |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Myers, Florida

    Florida Gulf Coast University utilizes a cooling plant that serves as the primary air-conditioning unit for multiple buildings on campus. This plant uses geothermal energy, which compared with traditional air conditioning units, has less of an impact on the environment and saves the university money on its power bill. FGCU currently has 146 total thermal storage tanks producing over 23,000 tons of cooling capacity for its academic buildings.

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  • Inside Marygrove College's new direction: How it was saved and where it's going

    February 05, 2019 |

    Model D |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Like many institutions of higher education, Marygrove College in Northwest Detroit has faced significant financial strains in recent years. However, perhaps unique to Marygrove, the college is in the process of transforming the community anchor and asset into a more sustainable educational model -- a cradle-to-career approach that includes a new preschool and K-12 school on the campus. "It's a big leap. The hope is that this is going to become an educational model that can be used in urban areas throughout the country," Marygrove's president Elizabeth Burns said.

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  • This Israeli Facebook group is a lifeline for women caught in a cycle of prostitution

    February 05, 2019 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Israel, Tel Aviv

    An Israeli Facebook group serves as a women's network for current or former prostitutes seeking help and support. The Hebrew-language group, called Lo Omdot Mineged, provides help in many forms, ranging from crowdsourcing money for groceries to building alliances with women struggling to find work outside of prostitution.

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  • Black Lives Matter Is Making Single Moms Homeowners

    February 05, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville

    In West Louisville, the local Black Lives Matter is working and crowdfunding to buy homes for low-income single mothers and and transient families - and offering homeowner, where the only expense is taxes and utilities, to those who might not otherwise have the opportunity to own their homes. The organization hopes to address the the historical and institutionalized racism that has made homeownership a distant dream for many African Americans in the highly segregated city.

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  • No More Shooting Crows. Nampa, Idaho Gets Creative To Solve Bird Problem

    February 05, 2019 |

    Wyoming Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Nampa, Idaho

    In urban centers, crows aggregate in huge numbers, causing headaches for business owners and residents. In Nampa, Idaho, officials are getting creative in dissuading the birds nightly visits. The tactics--from noise guns to laser pointers--are nonlethal, but the crow's renowned intelligence makes these methods more arms race than quick fix.

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  • Denver Pays Homeless Residents to Help Clean Up the City

    February 04, 2019 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    After a highly successful pilot run, Denver formally instituted Denver Day Works, an initiative that pays homeless residents to clean up and landscape the city during the day. So far, the program has helped over 150 people find permanent employment.

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  • One Black Woman's Vision to Save Her Struggling Atlanta Neighborhood Through Greenspace

    February 01, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    A new community center and greenspace are reviving a West Atlanta neighborhood by providing a safe space for children to play. Developers have also received suggestions from community members to expand the greenspace with new additions such as bird habitats, basketball courts, soccer fields, park lights, fountains, and a fully equipped playground.

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  • Sen. Bennet: Collaboration that led to CORE Act could model a cure for “partisan disease” ailing politics

    February 01, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Politicians and community leaders across Colorado take legislative creation out of Washington and into the areas they're trying to protect. Stakeholders around the state, many of whom disagree socially and politically, worked together to create a measure to protect 400,000 acres of public land while factoring in ways to maintain economic success.

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  • The Green New Deal is already at work in one Portland neighborhood

    February 01, 2019 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    A community in Portland, Oregon piloted a sustainable housing initiative that looks a lot like a micro-scale of the touted Green New Deal. While the Cully neighborhood's local sustainability nonprofit, Verde, already trains and employees locals in the field of sustainable landscaping, the organization has bigger goals: building green affordable housing.

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  • On-the-ground pollution data spurred stricter zoning in Los Angeles

    January 31, 2019 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Boyle Heights, California

    In Boyle Heights, a working class neighborhood of Los Angeles, members of the community have taken to the streets armed with clipboards and pens to document environmental hazards, zoning violations, and and other things that endanger their fellow residents. They then took this on-the-ground information, which they called "ground truths," to local politicians to advocate for change.

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