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  • Lessons in Transit Innovation

    November 22, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Trenton, New Jersey

    Bus service for people who live outside major cities is either nonexistent or might as well be. But some communities are helping bring mobility to non-drivers with bus service they can really use. This article looks at a variety of places in which public transportation is highly popular and efficient—from Germany to Seattle.

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  • Biogas Offers Poor Countries a Cleaner, Safer Fuel

    October 25, 2011 |

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    Response Location: Nepal

    In developing countries, environmentally friendly and practicality don't always go hand-in-hand. Biogas are changing that. With biogas technology, methane is derived from the feces of humans and animals and is used in place of traditional fuel which improves sanitation across these regions and is a benefit for the environment.

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  • Bringing light to the poor, one liter at a time

    July 11, 2011 |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Manila

    Lack of access to electricity is one of the most serious problems in the third world. Developed by students at MIT, a new way of bringing electricity to the poor involves water and bleach in a 'liter of light'.

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  • On Gay Rights, Moving Real-Life Friends to Action

    July 07, 2011 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The ability of social media and online civic participation to impact law and politics is still developing, but one social media tool - Friendfactor - was used successfully in New York to help bring about the passage of Gay Marriage Equality. It may be an indicator for how powerful platforms like this one will continue to play a role in societal growth and change.

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  • Keeping Artificial Limbs Low-Cost, and High-Quality

    June 28, 2011 |

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    Response Location: Honduras

    A prosthetist from Texas visiting Jaipur Limb workshops in Honduras saw problems with their low-cost prosthetics - the issue wasn't the design of the leg, but the technicians at the Honduras workshops were people completely new to prosthetics who were given just eight weeks of training. Thanks to his research, Jaipur established a research and development unit to improve the limb.

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  • Helping the Lame Walk, Without a Miracle

    June 23, 2011 |

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    Response Location: India, Jaipur, Rajasthan

    The Jaipur Limb organization based in India has developed prostheses at low cost, and services are free for the poor. The organization’s efforts have recently spread to other countries with impoverished people. Jaipur Limb reaches patients through branch clinics, traveling workshops, and limb camps in cities around the world.

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  • The Man Who Had HIV and Now Does Not

    May 29, 2011 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    The medical community had essentially given up hope for a cure for aids and thus little to no money was devoted to the research. A man with aids was cured in Berlin, by an optimistic doctor and a stem-cell transplant, and the medical community has begun researching again to see if the solution is replicable on a larger scale.

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  • Artificial Leaves Might Help Power the World

    May 21, 2011 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    With no system in place for replicating photosynthesis on a commercial level, scientists throughout the U.S. began efforts to create one. What they have come up, in the form of artificial leaves, may be the answer to turning sunlight into useable energy on a scaleable level.

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  • To Survive Famine, Will Work for Insurance

    May 12, 2011 |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia

    Oxfam is working to prevent a drought in Ethiopa by insuring crops of farmers, causing them to have a greater desire to work in the agricultural market.

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  • Doing More Than Praying for Rain

    May 09, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nanyuki, Laikipia

    Most insurance companies avoid insuring poor farmers because the transaction costs are too high, but a non-profit in Kenya created a sustainable way to cover them.

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