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  • Refugee camp in Nepal adopts eco ethos

    March 13, 2015 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Damak

    A Bhutanese refugee camp in Damak, Nepal is giving its displaced inhabitants a brighter future thanks to green investment through sustainable, eco-friendly projects that respond to refugees needs.

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  • Syria's next generation

    March 12, 2015 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Syria, Damascus

    The refugee crisis in Syria is one of modern society's greatest diasporas. Syria's refugee children are not a lost generation, but the country's next generation, according to volunteers who want to prepare them for the future.

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  • Looks swell

    March 12, 2015 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Australia, Perth

    Carnegie Wave Energy created a system to generate electricity from the ocean’s waves to power Australia’s largest naval base. The system, known as CETO 5, has buoys bobbing up and down below the ocean’s surface that drives a pump attached to the seafloor and pushes water through a pipe to the power station. Each buoy can create 240 kilowatts, and all together the system produces about 5 percent of the base’s electricity. The system will need to be upgraded if they plan to put buoys further at sea where the swells are greater.

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  • Reviving the Library in Greece: The Future Is Now for the Future Library Network and the INELI-Balkans Project

    March 04, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: Greece

    The Future Library Network has revitalized Greece’s community library system through collaboration, sharing of resources, and investment in technology for patrons to use such as recording studios, maker spaces, and robotics.

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  • Closing the digital divide on the inside

    February 23, 2015 |

    Marketplace |

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    Response Location: United States, Sheridan, Wyoming

    A new juvenile justice center in Wyoming begins the movement to bring greater technological advancements to the education of the girls living there. The Wyoming Girls' School provides them with the state of the art tools they need to not fall behind while they fulfill their sentence.

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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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  • Restaurant Day Has Become a Big Deal, Just Not in the U.S.

    February 12, 2015 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

    Bureaucratic impediments previously blocked Timo Santala from opening a mobile bicycle bar, but he used this barrier to establish 'Restaurant Day' which has now spread worldwide. On these days people sign-up to open a temporary eatery, bringing the community together and helping spark entrepreneurship.

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  • Can grains of the past help us weather storms of the future?

    February 09, 2015 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: India, Sundarbans

    After a devastating cyclone changed the nature of local soil, NGOs preserved Indian rice crops by reintroducing traditional rice varieties that can be cultivated even in salt-ridden earth. Although some first met this idea with skepticism, many farmers have now adopted the practice after witnessing the success of the crops.

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  • How police can get it right

    February 08, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Atlanta Police Chief George Turner is building a diversified department that's less reactive and more humane. It could offer lessons after Ferguson.

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  • As climate changes, cities grapple with big rains

    February 04, 2015 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Duluth, Minnesota

    While some parts of the United States struggle with drought, others are faced with more water than they know what to do with. Minnesota reconstructs roads and drainage systems in order to be more prepared for the large amounts of rain fall they have received, largely due to climate change.

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