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  • 2 immigrant journeys of hope, spanning a border and a century

    Population decline is on the rise in many rural communities. Canada allows communities to sponsor refugees, allowing communities to grow their numbers through refugee resettlement. Sponsoring entails providing some or all of the initial expenses and practical support for refugee families for their first year. Some in the communities express anti-immigrant ideologies and are against these programs. However, immigration has allowed for community revitalization in several communities, including filling essential jobs.

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  • An earthquake worse than the ‘Big One'? Shattered New Zealand city shows danger of Seattle's fault

    Seattle doesn’t need to experience a major earthquake to predict and prepare for its effects. The comparable city of Christchurch, New Zealand, was hit with a big one in 2011. Buildings collapsed. 185 people died. A key factor in the devastation? Unreinforced brick, something that Seattle lawmakers haven’t successfully addressed either.

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  • Lessons from Christchurch: 4 key ways Seattle can prepare for earthquake devastation

    A magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011 laid waste to much of the city and killed 185 people. Although on the opposite side of the world, Seattle is home to strikingly similar buildings and structures that have been identified as at-risk to the shallow faults under them. There is opportunity for the Washington city to learn from the disaster in New Zealand - before it's too late.

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  • Between Opportunity and Frustration As a Refugee In Uganda

    Uganda's open policy allows refugees to start a new life – and even a new business. But not all of them thrive due to governmental restrictions and limited cash flow.

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  • Can Metro Detroit's municipalities cooperate?

    Faced with insufficient revenue to fund key services like fire departments thanks to state laws limiting tax rates, two communities in Southeast Michigan used another state law to form a regional services authority that levies a property tax to fully fund both cities' fire departments. The authority is looking to mentor other communities on how to do this. Similar regional cooperative agreements are in place at a larger scale in Minneapolis/St. Paul and Pittsburgh addressing things like transportation, regional planning and affordable housing.

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  • Entrepreneurs help rebuild Nepal amid quake recovery delays

    After an earthquake hit Nepal, the government and NGOs struggled to respond fast enough, so local entrepreneurs stepped up to respond in efficient, creative ways. A Nepalese architect designed homes that would withstand future earthquakes. An engineer made a solar light that could help year-round.

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  • Australia's Lesson for a Thirsty California

    In Australia, an impending drought demanded urgent changes. Addressing these needs, various government agencies launched innovative campaigns to establish new norms around collaboration and conservancy.

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  • Earthbags Are Harnessing Soil to House the Nepalese

    In an effort to rebuild after Nepal’s devastating 2015 earthquake, Earthbags have become a growing method of sustainable, affordable construction. These bags are carefully filled with soil, and stacked on one another to build structures like homes and schools. Across the country, officials, local residents, and non-profits like Good Earth Nepal have embraced the method in a grassroots push to rebuild the country for and by themselves.

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  • Inside the fight to save Gabler's Creek, a hidden Queens waterway

    Gabler Creek is located at the edges of Queens New York and its natural habitat has been saved from developers through the work of community organizations. Generations of volunteers have turned what could have been an industrial wasteland into a healthy marsh and park.

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  • Singapore-designed weatherHyde tent for those made homeless a hit on Internet

    A weatherproof tent for homeless families performed well in a pilot, winning design awards and public praise, even before becoming commercially available. The tent requires no tools to set up and can fit two adults and three children. For one family, it was their first home together after six years of living separately in single-gender shelters.

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