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Green movement pivots toward minorities

Elizabeth Miller

September 26, 2017 |

Great Lakes Today |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

The largely homogenous demographic of those working in conservation contributes to disparities in representation, which in turn can lead to issues like the Flint water crises. Now several organizations, including the Alliance for the Great Lakes in Cleveland and the Environmental Fellows program at the University of Michigan, are working to include the diverse voices of different races, ages, and backgrounds in the conversation.

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Paris offers a model to bring swimming to Charles River

Matt Rocheleau

June 18, 2017 |

The Boston Globe |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: France, Paris

In many places, polluted water deters people from enjoying nature or treating waterways as spaces for community recreation. Even when the water is clean, this aversion persists. In Paris, the reveal of three public swimming pools in a once-contaminated canal is being treated as a model for other urban waterways in cities like Boston.

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"Boots On The Ground" For Backcountry Conservation

Chad Reich

June 09, 2017 |

KBUT Community Radio |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Crested Butte, Colorado

As tourism activity increases on the trails throughout Colorado and crowds of mountain bikers flock to the Gunnison Valley area, a group born out of the Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association has formed to act as a boots on the ground type of coalition. From trail maintenance to educating newcomers on proper trail etiquette, the Crested Butte Conservation Corps have taken matters into their own hands.

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The Transformative Power of Play in Urban India

Priti Salian

May 03, 2017 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India

Safe play spaces are few and far between in India's rapidly growing urban centers. One organization is making the most of limited open areas to teach kids a range of life skills.

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An Outside-the-Doctor's-Office Approach to Health Care

Daphne Miller

March 27, 2017 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Pensacola, Florida

In addition to providing tradition primary care service, clinics in Pensacola and New Orleans are working to improve community health and promote health as well as treat illness. Initiatives—identified and developed in collaboration with residents—include building safe places to play and increasing access to fresh produce.

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Essen's award-winning blueprint for greening the postindustrial city

Simone D'Antonio

February 16, 2017 |

Citiscope |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany, Essen

Essen has a very industrial past but due to private and public efforts it has become Europe's 2017 "green capital". The city has converted industrial buildings into places for art, wastewater is being diverted from the river, bike mobility has been increased, and trees have been planted.

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Changing the Face of National Parks

Tik Root

January 02, 2017 |

National Geographic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

At the vanguard of initiatives to increase diversity among visitors to the National Parks are groups like Oakland-based H.E.A.T. (Hiking Every Available Trail), which uses social media and group expeditions to increase minority groups' awareness, use, trust and enjoyment of the outdoors. Emerging alongside changes in policy, such as the Park Services' creation of a Diversity and Inclusion Office, H.E.A.T. demonstrates how local organizers in minority and, often, urban regions around the United States are moving the needle on diversity within the National Park system.

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Outside Boston, Park Offers Multisensory Experience for All

Sandra Larson

November 07, 2016 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Watertown, Massachusetts

The Braille Trail is a $1.5 million riverfront park renovation project in a town outside of Boston that is completely accessible “for people of all ages and abilities.” Over ten years in the making, the project finally came together with support from foundations, government grants, and the nearby Perkins School for the Blind. Providing a multisensory experience for all visitors, the trail has been uploaded since its opening as an inclusive design success.

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Designing a Garden for Singapore's Elderly

Pooja Makhijani

November 02, 2016 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Singapore

HortPark is a pilot for a therapeutic garden in Singapore that aims to help the aging population through horticultural training. Horticultural work has facilitated overcoming some of the elders' diseases such as dementia and mental illness, as well as an improvement to their well-being.

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

Nathan Kensinger

September 15, 2016 |

Curbed New York |

Photojournalism |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

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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