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Solar to the people: This Detroiter is making solar technology accessible to all

David Sands

June 05, 2018 |

Model D |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Solar power has found its way to Detroit thanks in part to one man's efforts to make the resource more available to community members. Through the power of connections and cross sector collaboration, Ali Dirul's project management company has implemented a series of clean energy projects throughout the city.

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They Make Gourmet Products and Pull Women Out of Poverty. Meet the Women's Bean Project.

Jennifer Oldham

May 22, 2018 |

Slate |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver

The Women's Bean Project is a successful social enterprise that helps women experiencing poverty - for whatever reason - to gain the skills necessary to retain jobs through classes and experience on an assembly line. Approximately 93% of program graduates have retained a job after a year, an impressive statistic for most social enterprises.

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British chefs cook up food waste solutions

Umberto Macchi

May 22, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: England

A vacuum in government leadership means that entrepreneurs, restauranteurs, and social leaders have stepped up to find creative solutions for food waste in Britain. Some of those solutions include restaurants that are committed to creating minimal food waste, nonprofits and grocery stores that work together to distribute food, and Britain's first pay-what-you-like market.

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An Unusual Way to Rescue a City From Blight—Bees

J. Gabriel Ware

May 17, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Detroit Hives has a twofold mission of reducing urban blight and protecting bees. The nonprofit organization purchases low-cost vacant lots and transforms them into farms for bee hives. Its creative partnerships with local businesses have provided honey for restaurants and flowerbeds to the farm, all while making Detroit more beautiful.

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The All-Woman Team Building and Selling Toilets in Cambodia

Didem Tali

May 17, 2018 |

News Deeply |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Cambodia, Pursat

To combat potentially fatal hygiene practices, women in Cambodia have learned how to build and sell toilets, breaking into a historically male-dominated field. The small businesses have resulted in hundreds of sales with improves the livelihoods for both the buyer and seller.

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Library of Things: borrow power tools, ukuleles, and ice cream makers alongside books

Lucy Purdy

May 10, 2018 |

Positive.News |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: England, London

In south London, a crowdfunded campaign by residents has brought a "Library of Things" to the neighborhood where people can rent out items like lawn mowers and pressure cookers for affordable rates. The project began in 2014 and also offers skill-sharing events and volunteer opportunities.

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Special delivery: Text messages bring courses to disconnected students

Stacy Teicher Khadaroo

May 09, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Yemen

A group of college students has developed a text-message based entrepreneurship course designed for students in locations where "phones are common, but internet access is not," including in Yemen. The founders hope that their curriculum will help to close the persistent "social-capital gap" in business education.

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The shopping centre where the currency is hope

Aditya Chakrabortty

May 09, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Newcastle-under-Lyme

York Place is one of a growing number of shopping centers that are closing down as trends like online retail and changing consumer habits mean fewer people going to shopping malls. But York Place is doing things differently: the shopping center’s main tenant is the YMCA, which sells crafts by local artists. The local cafe is a social enterprise, and residents can earn “CounterCoins,” essentially rewards points, for volunteering. A UK-based professor said, “It’s no ordinary shopping center. It’s a laboratory.”

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Solutions for Peace

Harriet Noble Elizabeth Davies

April 21, 2018 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Israel, Jerusalem

As the Palestinian-Israeli conflict continues, peace and hope breaks out in unexpected places. People are bridging religious and cultural divides at a backgammon parlor, a school, a fashion company, and during peace talk simulations.

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Can entrepreneurship empower Zanzibar's young women?

Ann Babe

April 06, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Zanzibar

In Zanzibar, young women are overwhelmingly becoming entrepreneurs in order to combat the high rates of unemployment. “Women's increasing interest in self-employment is more pronounced than men’s: 20.8 compared to 12.7 percent.”

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