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  • Battle Creek groups and employers work together to make getting a GED easier for workers

    November 14, 2019 |

    Second Wave Michigan |

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    Response Location: United States, Battle Creek, Michigan

    In Michigan, the lack of a GED or high school diploma is often what is standing between motivated workers and good jobs. A partnership between Battle Creek Public Schools, community organizations, and local employers is working to address common barriers, such as transportation, that prevent people from obtaining GEDs.

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  • High-tech mapping, apps fight deadly dengue outbreak in Honduras

    November 14, 2019 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Honduras

    Mobile phone apps allow NGOs to track public health threats. In Honduras, the medical charity, Medicine Sans Frontiers (MSF) uses GIS technology and mobile phone apps to assist in their efforts against dengue fever outbreaks. Apps allow residents to report outbreaks, which helps the charity apply its efforts where they are most needed. MSF also uses apps to learn about conditions in the communities it serves.

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  • Could 'invisible barcodes' revolutionise recycling?

    November 14, 2019 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Germany, Andernach

    A pilot recycling sorting method hosted in Germany has created an easier way for recyclable and non-recyclable products to be separated. Designers printed invisible digital codes - much like invisible barcodes that can be picked up by a grocery store scanner - onto a myriad of products for a sensor machine to be able to sort products by material; the sorting machine saw over 90% success in correct allocation. Now, some of the largest food companies in the world are working together to use this technology on a wider scale.

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  • Some building works threaten Turkish antiquities. Others save them

    November 14, 2019 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Antakya

    After discovering historic artifacts on land preparing to become a hotel in Antakya, Turkey, owners chose to develop a combined hotel and history museum, a rare act of collaboration between preservationists and developers. The developers, who incorporated ancient relics like a bathhouse and the world's largest mosaic floor, work consciously to preserve and memorialize the land they are building on to ensure culture significance is not lost among new developments.

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  • A Wasteful Life: Rethinking Sustainabilty

    November 13, 2019 |

    The Daily Evergreen |

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    Response Location: United States, Kooskia, Idaho

    In Kooskia, a rural area in Idaho, local farmers are finding success in working with residents to make sure produce is being used to its fullest. From using the leftover apple chunks from cider-making to feed livestock to relying on neighbor's produce to provide for local businesses, sustainable homesteads are gaining popularity amongst communities.

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  • Housing initiative for LGBTQ young people strives to create a ‘family bond'

    November 13, 2019 |

    Philadelphia Gay News |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    For LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness and/or with a foster placement history, barriers to education, work, health, and general safety are a common experience. The Quads on Lancaster supportive housing program in Philadelphia offers a small amount of transition housing for LGBTQ youth who have aged out of the system, establishing personal connections and providing services to help participants prepare for adulthood.

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  • Can the Paris Metro Make Room for More Riders?

    November 13, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Although Paris public transportation ridership is booming - a goal of the city's to make a positive impact on "green" development - city officials are now looking to expand the metro lines to be able to fit the demand of residents and tourists. Developers have broken ground on a metro project that aims to encircle the city, making it easier for suburb dwellers to get around the region without having to enter Paris itself.

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  • The College Campuses That Moonlight as Wedding Venues

    November 13, 2019 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    As colleges struggle to remain financially sustainable, they are looking to alternative revenue sources. On some campuses, this increasingly means renting out their facilities for weddings.

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  • One Woman's $5 Vegan Meals Are Served in an Unexpected Place: The Bodega

    November 13, 2019 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Westlake, California

    Improving community nutrition requires making healthy food accessible and affordable. In Westlake, California, LaRayia’s Bodega provides healthy food at a convenience store price point of five dollars or less. Donations of misshapen fruit help to reduce costs. The bodega operates as part of the Love Without Reason nonprofit, which operates a meal program.

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  • There's No App for Getting People Out of Their Cars

    November 13, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Though apps that provide a common platform to view various transit, bike, and pedestrian routes have become more popular, they're not the only way to get people out of their cars and onto more sustainable transportation modes. This story addresses the limitations of mobile apps as well as the successes of integrating more reliable and frequent transit methods in reducing regular car use.

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