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  • This African city is turning a mountain of trash into energy

    May 09, 2018 |

    World Economic Forum |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

    A growing population has led to a growing mountain of trash for Africa. One city is taking control of the issue by turning that trash into energy which not only reduces the amount of physical rubbish by 80 percent, but also powers 30 percent of the city's household energy needs.

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  • These Citywide Behavioral Science Experiments Are Paying Off

    May 08, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Ideas42, a nonprofit behavioral design firm, has advised cities such as New York and Chicago on creative ways to use behavioral design to improve the quality of city life. From helping students sign up for financial aid to decreasing traffic after a sporting event, these creative design tweaks are inexpensive and have clear benefits. If the cities can continue to improve their design successes, other cities will soon follow their lead.

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  • Months after Maria, Puerto Ricans take recovery into their own hands

    May 07, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico, Las Carolinas

    Prior to Hurricane Maria, it was not uncommon for Puerto Ricans to consider leaving the area to pursue careers elsewhere. Months after, however, as the wreckage from the disaster is far from remedied, the community members of Las Carolinas and neighboring towns are finding empowerment and strength by working together and sharing resources as they create Centers of Mutual Support throughout the island.

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  • How Artists and Neighbors Turned a Bomb Site Into a Medicine Garden

    May 07, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: England, London

    A team of London artists revitalized a town by turning an old World War II bomb site into a community garden. They joined forces with locals, who saw the garden as an opportunity to protect the space from being developed. “The borough has the highest poverty rate in London, yet, at the same time, property values and rents have been going up.” The garden offers more than 30 varieties of medicine plants, and provides sanctuary for bats and newts.

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  • How Detroiters Are Shaping a Post-Industrial Riverfront Park

    May 02, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In an effort to brainstorm ideas to revitalize Detroit's West Riverfront Park, the city sent community members around the country to see what's working in other cities. After coming back with ideas, the community members worked with world-class architects to draw up plans for community improvement in the riverfront development.

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  • On Binghamton's North Side, community members seek support for food co-op

    May 02, 2018 |

    Pipe Dream |

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    Response Location: United States, Binghamton, New York

    On the North Side of Binghamton, engaged citizens are fighting food insecurity in the wake of several chain grocery stores closing. Since for-profit developers have not followed through on promises to build new grocery stores, the Many Hands Food Co-op was created. Though still in its fundraising stages, the steering committee continues to overcome obstacles on its path to providing accessible, healthy food to the neighborhood.

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  • Chicago's South Side Finally Has an Adult Trauma Center Again

    May 01, 2018 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    In 2018, years of community activism resulted in the opening of the first advanced emergency trauma care center on Chicago’s South Side since the 1990s. One study showed gun assaults taking place more than five miles from a trauma center disproportionately affected Black victims and caused higher death rates because of delays in reaching adequate care. One such fatal incident prompted protests and community organizing around demands for a Level 1 adult trauma center at University of Chicago Medical Center, which finally were successful eight years later.

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  • East L.A., 1968: ‘Walkout!' The day high school students helped ignite the Chicano power movement

    May 01, 2018 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In 1968 Mexican students organized one of the largest high school walkouts in U.S. history, demanding better education and equal treatment. There efforts proved successful and lead to administrative changes. “A year after the walkouts, UCLA’s enrollment of Mexican Americans soared from 100 to 1,900. Over the decades, college enrollment increased from 2% to 25% nationwide. Chicano studies programs were founded at colleges and universities across the nation. More Mexican Americans also entered the ranks of vice principals and principals in the Los Angeles Unified School District."

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  • Copenhagen Mastermind Jan Gehl Isn't Sold on 'Smart' Cities

    April 30, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    Copenhagen is a highly livable city, thanks to policies that focus on making streets safe and convenient to walk. The bigger the city, the worse it is to design urban spaces only with cars in mind, says planner and architect Jan Gehl. His top advice is to gather data about people and their movements, making pedestrians as visible in city planning as automobile traffic.

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  • Stuck in traffic? These folks found a solution by joining a vanpool

    April 28, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    When public transportation is not an option and commuting alone is undesirable, vanpools are a great option for shared commuting. Seattle’s vanpool program is the largest in the country, with 1,469 vanpools, followed by Los Angeles and San Diego. Company buy-in helps, such as when Boeing and Microsoft offered subsidies to those using vanpools. The goal is to decrease costs and drive-alone rates in major cities.

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