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  • My Perfect Country: Canada

    February 18, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver

    Canada is paving the way in marine solutions, but they didn't get there without failure first. After decades of overfishing, the country is experimenting with a sustainable commercial fishing catch-share system that has relied on quotas, leading to a full retention, fully monitored fishery.

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  • Whose nature? Colorado leads push to democratize the outdoors.

    February 16, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Those living in low-income neighborhoods and classified as economically disadvantaged are less likely to have the opportunity to spend time in the outdoors. A series of initiatives throughout the state of Colorado aim to change this by expanding access and help get minority and lower-income children into more nature.

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  • At crossroads of policing and murder, a long push for accountability

    February 15, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Criticism and protests led by community activists in NY led to wide scale changes in NYPD’s policing, it resulted in a large decrease at the unequal way the NYPD racially profiled black and latino men. Many of this activism was led by the mothers of young black men killed at the hands of NYPD. In Baltimore, mothers are also coalescing around the same issue, but they’re taking a different approach.

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  • Since 2007, Peru has saved more than 350,000 kids from being stunted

    February 15, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Peru, San Isidro

    Peru formerly had one of the highest rates of stunting in South America, with chronic malnutrition affecting more than 1 in 4 children under five. Thanks to results-based budgeting and a government-wide commitment to fighting child poverty, the country has halved that rate, improving the long-term health and cognitive development of its youngest citizens.

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  • How one community beat the system, and rebuilt their shattered streets

    February 14, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Liverpool

    Eleanor Lee is one of many women leading the charge to restore the Granby neighborhood in Liverpool. The few households that remained inhabited after the neighborhood was forgotten came together and formed a community land trust. This major step allowed them to get private development funding. Now, the Granby area is offering affordable housing and attracting business back to Liverpool.

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  • Offshore wind projects breathe life into struggling UK ports

    February 14, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Grimsby

    In the port of Grimsby in the United Kingdom, the community was struggling to thrive with very few jobs and not much of an industry. Offshore wind power has recently changed that future, however, by not only lowering the cost of energy resources, but bring jobs to the region.

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  • One Fish, Two Fish, Strange Fish, New Fish

    February 13, 2018 |

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    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Maynard, Massachusetts

    Genetically engineered foods have found their place in the world's diet through a variety of means. AquaBounty Technologies has taken this practice and found a successful way to apply it to the engineering of salmon, introducing a means to potentially cut back on overfishing while also supplying a nutritious alternative to more affluent counties and simultaneously help aid the people of the developing world that have little access to meat. Despite facing years of pushback from North America, the company has successfully been selling the salmon in Canadian grocery stores and hopes to expand the sales soon.

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  • A way out of Bozeman's shadow

    February 11, 2018 |

    Bozeman Daily Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Belgrade, Montana

    Belgrade, Montana, a city 12 miles outside of Bozeman, uses creative financing and revitalization to ensure its identity remains independent from its rapidly growing and ever-popular adjacent city. While many residents of Belgrade work in Bozeman, the city has developed "tax-based renewal strategies" and restaurant liquor license regulations to ensure Belgrade stays on the map.

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  • Singapore Is Creating a Subterranean Master Plan

    February 09, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Singapore, Singapore

    Singapore, among other cities around the world, serves as a model in the underground urban planning sphere as local governments combat over-densification. The city has begun expanding their underground network of public transportation, supply storage, and even water reclamation systems.

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  • Taking back control: how a remote island in Alaska tackled domestic abuse

    February 08, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Alaska

    Residents of Alaska's St. Paul Island live through a legacy of generational trauma that includes high rates of domestic violence, child abuse, and alcoholism. However, the Island's political leadership have accomplished financial control and are using the funds for a comprehensive system of services to help their community break the cycle.

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