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A Tiny House To Help With Boston's Big Housing Costs

Anthony Flint

May 11, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

In Boston, one solution to homelessness could be as simple as the new Plugin House, a prototype of a tiny house that is affordable and easy to assemble. As cities across the country struggle to provide enough affordable housing, Boston is taking a step forward with a pilot program to test the concept of small affordable housing units.

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Only City In California To Solve Veteran Homelessness Is On A Mission To Go Bigger

Amita Sharma

May 10, 2018 |

KPBS Public Media |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Riverside, California

Riverside is the only city in California to solve veteran homelessness. The approach, called Housing First, works by placing vets into subsidized housing and then proceeding with support services like finding employment or rehabilitating from drugs/alcohol dependence. Now that Riverside has housed all of its 89 homeless vets, it is moving on to apply the same approach to their 400 chronically homeless citizens.

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What Nairobi hotel businesses can learn from South Africa's water crisis

Graham Kajilwa

May 09, 2018 |

The Standard |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

With water scarcity a very real concept in South Africa, the hotels in the country may be able to learn how to survive by looking to Nairobi's various water conservation methods.

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This African city is turning a mountain of trash into energy

Alex Gray

May 09, 2018 |

World Economic Forum |

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Under 800 Words

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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The Importance of Beauty in Affordable Housing

Emily Nonko

May 09, 2018 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Changes in zoning laws as well as the promotion of guiding principles and successful case studies has led to well designed, environmentally efficient, and beautiful supportive housing. Well-designed housing has lessened stigmas and provided residents with a sense of dignity about where they live.

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How the growing “One Water” movement is not only helping the environment but also saving millions of dollars

Erica Gies

May 08, 2018 |

Ensia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

In response to the growing concern about the world's water supply, a movement known in the United States as "One Water" has taken shape and is gathering momentum on a mission to halt floods, droughts and water pollution.

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Farm to Reef

Bryn Nelson

May 08, 2018 |

bioGraphic |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Cuba

The demise of coral reefs has made headlines recently as conservationists face the challenge of trying to save what is left of them from global warming, ocean acidification, pollution, overfishing – to name just a few of the threats. Gardens of the Queen National Park in the Caribbean may hold some answers. From a pro-environmental government philosophy to a reduction in nitrogen- and phosphorus-rich farm runoff, there are more than a few practices that have culminated into a solution to keep Cuba's coral reef healthy.

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Cities are crowdfunding more. But is it fair to ask the people to pay?

Anoush Darabi

May 08, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Brighton and Hove

Governments in the United Kingdom, the United States, and elsewhere use crowdfunded donations to restore historic areas and fund new developments. The approach can build democratic participation and community cohesion while plugging budgetary holes from falling tax revenue.

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How Cape Town was saved from running out of water

Krista Mahr

May 04, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

In late 2017, Cape Town announced “day zero,” the projected date when water supplies would be so low that the city would turn off the taps. It was a bold move and people listened. Water use fell.

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#MeToo sex scandals spur interest in standards for the aid sector

Ben Parker

May 02, 2018 |

The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom

There is no international watchdog monitoring the estimated 450,000 humanitarian aid workers operating worldwide. After sex-for-aid abuses in West Africa became high-profile news in 2002, initiatives were established to regulate the sector. But without third-party enforcement, these initiatives continue to rely on the voluntary buy-in of NGOs and IOs, allowing sexual abuse and other malpractice to continue.

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