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  • Outdoor Afro: Busting Stereotypes That Black People Don't Hike Or Camp

    July 12, 2015 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    In 2009, a woman in Oakland, California realized that there was a lack of African Americans in the outdoors. Tired of being the "only one," she created an online social space via blogging and Facebook called Outdoor Afro to connect African-Americans with other African-Americans that wanted to enhance their time in nature. Six years later, this group has grown to international status with 7,000 members and 30 trained leaders that join together to get out in nature.

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  • This hidden farm under London might radically change how we grow food

    July 11, 2015 |

    Digital Trends |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    More than 30-meters below the busy London streets, there is an eco-farm called Growing Underground that's part innovative agri-tech project and part sci-fi inspired netherworld. Created to provide increased food security and combat the environmental degradation caused by mass agriculture, this self-contained, zero-emissions, fully functioning farm provides an exciting opportunity as the world's population grows and food demands increase.

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  • The Best Way to End Homelessness

    July 11, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    America has the largest number of homeless women and children in the industrialized world - it’s a depressing statistic exacerbated by a housing crisis that forced thousands of families out onto the street. The first-ever large-scale study on the topic finds that permanent, stable housing can be more cost-effective than shelters.

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  • Berlin's New Rent Control Laws Are Already Working

    July 09, 2015 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    To address the increasing unaffordability of housing in Berlin, the city introduced a new rent control law to prevent rates from exponential growth. The city has also outlawed vacation rentals in certain zones of the city and created a program that aims to have 30,000 new rental properties available over the next decade.

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  • Do no harm: There's an infection hospitals can nearly always prevent. Why don't they?

    July 09, 2015 |

    Vox |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Roseville, California

    Even though most central line infections are preventable, they are a leading cause of death in the United States. The core of the problem resides in a hospital's approach, whether they put the effort into treating patients like they are in a car crash or a plane crash. Roseville Medical Center looked at the mistakes of other hospitals and have revolutionized how they treat central lines with a new checklist, a specialized vascular team tasked with the central lines, and annual competency tests for contract nurses.

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  • Do no harm: Some hospitals let a preventable infection kill their patients

    July 09, 2015 |

    Vox |

    Documentary |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Roseville, California

    Central line infections can be a death sentence to a patient, so hospitals have been trying to determine how to reduce this likelihood. The solution appears to be in the difference between hospitals willing to learn from failures compared to those that continue to use standard practices.

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  • Beer and business: the unexpected benefits of water access in Cameroon

    July 07, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Cameroon

    Cameroon was plagued by droughts, water-related illnesses, and an influx of refugees--all of which required a surplus of clean water. The government devised solar panel water distribution systems, which brought fresh water for irrigation. The surplus also inspired citizens of Cameroon to start small businesses that used the water, including brewing beer.

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  • Putting Fewer Innocents Behind Bars

    July 03, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Pre-trial detention for non-risk offenders has proven to be socially harmful, costly, and actually increases the crime rate. The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative is a national program that aims to decrease pre-trial detentions based upon individual merit, and provides ways that a newly released offender can be surveilled, have mentoring, and receive treatment for mental health or substance abuse. The initiative has effectively helped to keep low-level offenders out of jail.

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  • A College in Maine That Tackles Climate Change, One Class at a Time

    June 30, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Bar Harbor, Maine

    As institutions look for ways to fight climate change, the College of the Atlantic has made the search for solutions a central part of its curriculum.

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  • Why police don't pull guns in many countries

    June 28, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Selm, North Rhine-Westphalia

    More-rigorous police training, changing the way officers interact with residents, and requiring more education for cops has helped limit police shootings in Germany, Britain, Canada, and other nations. Their approaches may serve as a model the United States, which grapples with a number of police shootings that vastly and exponentially outnumber that of other industrialized countries.

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