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  • Our drinking water systems are a disaster. What can we do?

    April 11, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States

    The water system in the United States is beginning to be in need of replacement. In order to facilitate this infrastructure project and prevent it from becoming overwhelming, technology such as water sensors and software are being used to monitor water usage and replace the pipes that are most dire as they degrade.

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  • Drones Marshaled to Drop Lifesaving Supplies Over Rwandan Terrain

    April 04, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Half Moon Bay, California

    Zipline, a start-up based in California, raised $18 million and partnered with the small African country to shuttle packages of blood and emergency medicine.

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  • The innovators: the smart systems driving motorists towards smarter cities

    April 03, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Cambridge

    How can traffic efficiency be improved? A Cambridge-based tech firm is pioneering apps that let drivers quickly find available parking spaces (helping save fuel by preventing them from circling the block while they look), alerting local councils when roads are icy, or even increasing the lighting on particular roads when there's an emergency.

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  • New App Helps Undocumented Immigrants Find College Scholarships

    April 03, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Many undocumented students are often encumbered when seeking prosperous avenues to college affordability and DREAMer’s Roadmap app is changing that. The app, founded by Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca—an undocumented immigrant—works to help connect other undocumented students with scholarship opportunities by letting students search through a free database of scholarships, and sending users alerts via text, email or social media when new scholarships are added to the system.

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  • Coexisting with Carnivores

    April 01, 2016 |

    OR Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Wolves and ranchers have a long history of conflict. Today, wolves are back in Oregon, and ranchers are learning how to coexist with them, using an array of nonviolent techniques to protect both their herds and the predators.

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  • How New York Gets Its Water

    March 30, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Nine and a half million people consume what has been called the champagne of drinking water. We took a look at its journey from source to tap.

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  • Could Harvesting Fog Help Solve the World's Water Crisis?

    March 22, 2016 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: Morocco, Aït Baâmrane

    The demand for clean water around the world continues to grow. In arid southwest Morocco, the region may only see “a few hundredths of an inch of rain per year,” which contributes to poor human health, as well as environmental, and economic conditions. A global collaboration with a Moroccan N.G.O. and German organizations have helped to bring clean water to the region with the use of CloudFisher technology that converts sea fog into water.

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  • Finding common ground in the debate about African agriculture

    March 17, 2016 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    How might African farmers enhance their productivity and increase their resilience to climate change without compromising the health of their land? How might American companies play a role without short-term gains standing in the way of long-term sustainability? The two are coming together to create a solution for a sustainable future for the African continent.

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  • Communities step up for kids' mental health

    March 17, 2016 |

    The Post Crescent |

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    Response Location: United States, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

    After shortages of mental health options for kids and untold grief, counties in Wisconsin have responded with new kinds of support for at-risk youth. Wisconsin communities have increased access with reduced wait time, and have used horse therapy, support groups, charity golf that raises awareness, school-group therapy, as well as mobile live chat sessions, among others.

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  • Telepsychiatry spreading mental health help

    March 17, 2016 |

    The Post Crescent |

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    Response Location: United States, Marshfield, Wisconsin

    Fifty-one counties in the state of Wisconsin do not have child psychiatrists to provide counseling because most of them live in widely populated urban areas. Wisconsin psychiatrists now are offering telepsychiatry, which enables young people to do video conferencing and live chatting with a psychiatrist even if they are in rural areas. The program has shown that it is just as effective as in-person treatment; however, Wisconsin does not allow private insurers to pay for telemedicine services so the reimbursement for telepsychiatrists is still problematic.

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