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  • Climate change crusade goes local

    August 09, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami Beach, Florida

    Around the globe, countries have taken actions that have helped reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of renewable energy. Although the state of Florida feels the effects of climate change, its state representatives have not produced policy addressing it. Local policy makers and organizers have made the biggest difference in the state.

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  • Eliminating Bail for Nonviolent Crimes

    August 05, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Philadelphia's criminal justice system is overwhelmed. New York is allowing judges to release low-risk defendants accused of non-violent crimes with the goal of saving money, reducing prison overcrowding, and cutting down on prison violence.

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  • In Cambodia, Rats Are Being Trained To Sniff Out Land Mines And Save Lives

    July 31, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Cambodia, Krong Siem Reap

    In Cambodia, demining rats have been trained to detect TNT in the ground, effectively identifying unexploded materials like landmines, bombs, and grenades. These two-feet-long Gambian pouched rats have an excellent sense of smell and are trained by Apopo – an international nonprofit – using bananas as a reward for finding TNT. While they are highly effective, they are just one way the region, hit hard by conflict, is attempting to demine its land.

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  • Scavengers Are India's Real Recyclers

    July 29, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Bhalswa, Delhi

    As Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to tackle the mounting trash problem in India, millions of unacknowledged urban poor – known as scavengers and ragpickers to the locals – have been making their livelihood identifying resources from what others have deemed trash. If brought into the nation-wide effort, India may see a cleaner future at a faster rate.

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  • Under the Knife

    July 27, 2015 |

    Foreign Affairs |

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    Response Location: Iraq

    After pressure from activists, a slew of countries have passed laws that ban female genital mutilation, the practice of cutting of a girl’s external genitalia. However, in some places like the Iraqi Kurdistan region, the law was not enforced and was met with stiff opposition from religious leaders. “When it comes to FGM and child marriage, you’re changing perceptions so it takes a while, and these practices have been going on for generation after generation so it takes time to end them.”

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  • An Artificial Limb Can Bring Hope — But Who's Going To Make It?

    July 23, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

    Prosthetics can change lives, but in some countries there aren't enough people trained to make the needed limbs, braces and splints. To address the shortage in Bangladesh, the Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed is partnering with Red Cross and international donors to offer free training for local clinicians, and free treatment for patients.

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  • The $50 billion plan to save Louisiana's wetlands

    July 19, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The state of Louisiana is disappearing at an incredible rate, and its sinking deltas threaten some of the nation's crucial oil, gas, and fisheries industries. Industry and government have created an unprecedented plan to save and rebuild these wetlands over the next 50 years — and say failure is not an option.

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  • Minneapolis uses citywide plan to reduce youth violence

    July 18, 2015 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    After a rampant problem of violence among youths, Minneapolis enacted a violence-prevention plan which focused on collective action and stemming the causes at their source, resulting in nonfatal shootings involving youths drop by 72%. Now, other cities with similar problems are trying to follow suit.

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  • Planting Exotic Crops for the Sake of the Local Economy

    July 12, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Immigrants to St. Louis are capitalizing on urban gardens and helping to revitalize the city by repopulating it. The program enrolled 31 refugees and their families who plant food for their own household and to sell them. While the profits aren't huge, the entrepreneurial program offers refugees who may speak little or no English a chance to learn how to operate in the local economy.

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  • Colorado's Effort Against Teenage Pregnancies Is a Startling Success

    July 05, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Walsenburg, Colorado

    Colorado causes a large decline in teen pregnancy and abortions by implementing free, long-term birth control to prevent pregnancy. While demonstrating massive success, its continuity is in the air considering the ongoing fight over health insurance at the federal level.

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