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  • Cities are getting more crowded: better design could stop violence

    June 15, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: United States

    Researchers found that more greenery in urban spaces reduces crime and this idea of combatting crime with good design is part of a discipline called Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, or CPTED. It spread around the world, but there also downsides. A new generation of CPTED advocates are expanding the field to consider social factors underlying crime and engage with local communities when designing projects because just discouraging crime is not enough to make spaces inviting.

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  • High Schoolers Bring Their Love of Culinary Arts to Feed Local Homeless

    June 15, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    In Portland, Oregon, high schoolers are taking a program that donates food from their culinary classes to the homeless and turning it into a Homeless Solutions Incubator to provide a more systemic solution for homelessness in the area. With grant funding from local non-profits and support from schools, they hope the program continues to grow and spread.

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  • How a Low-Tech Solution Helped Anchorage, Alaska's Gardeners

    June 13, 2018 |

    Slate |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    Starting small has had a big impact in Anchorage, Alaska as the city looks at low-tech composting solutions that could alleviate their growing landfill problem. By revisiting a once-failed attempt to encourage composting, the local government found a way to not only build trust with the community, but also increase sustainability and resiliency efforts city-wide.

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  • Making business democratic: The Cooperation Group gives Detroiters avenues for collective ownership

    June 12, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Cooperation Group is a Detroit-based nonprofit that consults for worker-owned cooperatives. They also give advice to organizations even if they think a cooperative is not the best model, as they did with the nonprofit Soulardarity. Either way, they want what is best for the business and the people who work there. The Cooperation Group has mobilized a lot of support in Detroit for cooperatives, including foundations and local government.

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  • How Kayakers Saved a River and Started a Movement

    June 08, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Albright, West Virginia

    The Cheat River spans roughly 78 miles, running through eastern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania. It was once regarded as one of the most polluted rivers in America due to consequences of heavy mining in the region. As the whitewater adventure industry increased, however, so did the desire to clean up the river, which was how a group of kayakers formed what is now known as Friends of the Cheat.

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  • Schools Lead the Way to Zero-Energy Buildings, and Use Them for Student Learning

    June 08, 2018 |

    Washington Monthly |

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    Response Location: United States, Arlington, Virginia

    At Virginia's Discovery Elementary, students learn in a unique environment - one of the 89 "net-zero" schools in the country. Instructors creatively incorporate the building's data, on different energy-saving functions, into state standard lesson plans.

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  • Mexican women drivers' collective aims to eliminate risks to drivers, passengers

    June 08, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Tuxtla Guitierrez, Chiapas

    Safe Drivers, or Choferas Seguras, is a collective of women drivers that offer secure rides to “family members and friends who need to get to school, work, doctor’s appointments and other places.” The collective helps both the drivers and the women get around in a state where driving around can sometimes be dangerous.

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  • Three ways cities remodelled their streets for people, not cars

    June 08, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Pedestrian-oriented development takes many forms, but three cities have demonstrated success. In New York City, a local transit commissioner convinced the city to pedestrianize parts of Times Square using data to make the case. In San Paulo, local officials simply repainted streets to test redesign efforts. Finally, Barcelona is becoming known for its superblocks, which decrease car use by redesigning large city blocks.

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  • From Trash to Table: A Viable Food Ecosystem

    June 07, 2018 |

    University of Oregon |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Composting reduces the waste that fill landfills, but it's not always a common practice. Food For Lane County and Compost Crew are two operations in Oregon that are working to change this through local control operations that help the environment and get food into the hands of those that need it.

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  • 'Fresh, free and beautiful': the rise of urban gardening

    June 07, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Orange, Connecticut

    Urban gardens are helping increase access to fresh produce in Connecticut and Dallas. The program in Orange, Connecticut is unique because not only does the urban garden provide fresh produce to local food banks, but it also hosts programming for kids on the Autism spectrum. The program teaches about healthy eating and cooking, and kids, families, and the elderly can all benefit.

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