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  • In Grizzly country, what do you do with a dead cow?

    February 10, 2014 |

    Modern Farmer |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    When cattle die on ranches in Montana, they can attract grizzly bears that can come dangerously close landowners, ranches, and living livestock. Blackfoot Challenge, a coalition of ranchers and landowners who work with the government, collects and composts dead cattle into odorless woodchips. These woodchips are effective at repurposing carcasses into high-way side revegetation projects.

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  • A Small West Virginia Town Rallies For Better Health

    February 05, 2014 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Williamson, West Virginia

    “Sustainable Williamson” combined ideas and initiatives from local officials, community members, nonprofit organizations to address both the economy and the well-being of a community where unemployment and drug use were climbing.

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  • In World's Best-Run Economy, House Prices Keep Falling - Because That's What House Prices Are Supposed To Do

    February 02, 2014 |

    Forbes |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    More than many countries in the world, the German government steps in to regulate housing in order to ensure housing remains affordable while the economy booms. Local officials monitor housing scams and unfair selling prices, making it easier - and cheaper - for residents to rent and buy homes.

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  • Eastport, Maine: The Little Town That Might

    January 31, 2014 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Eastport, Maine

    The small town of Eastport, Maine turned its economy around by tuning in to and making use of its unique geographical features, like being the eastern-most point in the country. The town has reinvigorated its port to take advantage of its close (relative to other US ports) proximity to Europe and its ability to create electricity from the power of the tides.

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  • Refurbished Wind Turbines to Power the Developing World at a Profit

    January 30, 2014 |

    Triple Pundit |

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    Response Location: United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

    The commercially-based Wind for Prosperity initiative may have devised a solution to meet growing demands for electricity in developing economies, where fossil fuels are expensive, difficult to access, and take a toll on environmental and human health. The venture works to refurbish wind turbines from Europe and re-deploy them in the developing world, providing clean and affordable power where it’s needed most.

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  • Playing With Toys and Saving Lives

    January 29, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Nicaragua, Jinotepe, Carazo

    Many different people are inventing health devices for resource-poor settings, but some organizations - like M.I.T.’s Little Devices group - are empowering developing communities and increasing access to healthcare by building medical devices that nurses and doctors in very poor settings can adapt themselves — or kits for making their own, often harvesting parts from toys to cleverly rig up medical equipment. It’s part of a major idea shift, one that’s transforming the design of foreign aid.

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  • School ditches rules and loses bullies

    January 26, 2014 |

    Stuff |

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    Response Location: New Zealand, Auckland, Auckland

    A school in New Zealand took the rules out of recess. They found that when the kids were mentally engaged during play time activities they were less likely to have problems, such as bullying within the classroom.

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  • How India became polio-free

    January 15, 2014 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi, Delhi

    India has been able to eradicate polio through large-scale logistics, highly organized vaccine teams, proper funding, and accountability of health officials and front-line workers.

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  • Dropouts flooding Kent's second-change iGrad school

    January 12, 2014 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Kent, Washington

    Cities save money and help kids by connecting them with diploma programs. In Washington, iGrad is helping students do just this – and seeing results.

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  • With White Bear as poster child, Minnesota tests new approach to limited water supplies

    January 08, 2014 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

    Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    A new effort involving just about anyone who flushes a toilet from Lino Lakes to Woodbury is about to eclipse the scattered sprinkling limits and water-saving campaigns to rescue a shrinking White Bear Lake.

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