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  • How cities are searching for solutions among massive mounds of data

    February 20, 2015 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City suffered from fires that erupted in overcrowded, run-down apartments. Then the city sleuthed through residential records and found that landlords who foreclosed let their properties fall apart and ignored safety-code violations. Greater Toronto wants to expand upon New York City’s method by using transportation surveys, census data and computer data to build transit lines.

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  • West Virginians Look Toward The Sun, Say No To Coal, Fracking

    February 19, 2015 |

    MintPress News |

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    Response Location: United States, Morgantown, West Virginia

    Despite a reputation as coal country, West Virginia's communities throughout the state are taking back their energy independence and going solar.

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  • Blood transfusions show early promise as possible Ebola cure

    February 16, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Sierra Leone, Freetown, Western Area

    As trials on blood and plasma progress, researchers ask if they might have happened sooner. In any case, the blood transfusions show early success.

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  • How to Topple a Dictator (Peacefully)

    February 13, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Serbia, Belgrade

    The Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies provides a "blueprint" for peaceful and democratic revolution, busting myths about the process of nonviolent revolt and helping dissidents in countries around the world to accomplish political goals, such as fighting corruption or protecting the environment.

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  • When Life Gives You Saltwater, Make Shrimp Ponds

    February 03, 2015 |

    New Orleans Public Radio (WWNO) |

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    Response Location: Vietnam, Lang Tram

    When the Vietnamese government built a gate in the 1990s to block saltwater from entering a key canal, they hoped it would lead to flourishing, year-round rice crops. Without community buy-in and engagement, the government didn’t have a clear understanding of the needs of local residents. By the time the gate was built, farmers had turned their fields into saltwater ponds to farm shrimp, demonstrating the need for ground-up solutions and deep community listening.

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  • Running on renewable energy, Burlington, Vermont powers green movement forward

    January 31, 2015 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

    Urban areas contain the highest in concentration of burning fossil fuels, which negatively contributes to climate change. Spearheading the green energy movement, Burlington, VT claims that its city uses 100% renewable energy for electricity. Burlington’s efforts pilot a model for larger U.S. cities to follow.

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  • Africa's quiet solar revolution

    January 25, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Arusha, Arusha

    Electricity is hard to come by in much of Africa. Now, skipping over the fossil fuel age, solar panels are bringing a cheap form of electricity to the continent.

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  • Catholic leaders battle against free birth control in the Philippines

    January 22, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    In the Philipines, contraception has been hard to find resulting in many parents without money to feed their children, unsafe abortions, and poor maternal health. A new reproductive law aims to change this by allowing contraception in clinics to help women take control of their reproductive systems.

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  • New Orleans ends veteran homelessness

    January 20, 2015 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    New Orleans implemented an extraordinary 10-year plan that engaged unprecedented cross-sector collaboration between government, non-profit, and private entities to provide housing and housing services to the city's homeless veterans. The city's success in providing homes for every single veteran formerly on their streets motivated cities across the nation to tackle the crises using similar means, leading to a 1/3 decline veteran homelessness since 2010.

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  • For Better Crime Prevention, a Dose of Science

    January 16, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Crime is a result of many underlying social issues, but Crime Lab, a research organization with branches in New York and Chicago, is studying which simple solutions will have the most impact in their city. Cost-effective efforts such as tutoring combined with cognitive behavioral therapy have proven to be successful.

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