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  • Better Hand-Washing Through Technology

    Tina Rosenberg

    April 25, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    Washing hands in between contact with patients is one of the most important things a healthcare worker can do to prevent the spread of disease and reduce the rise of superbugs like MRSA. A new technology is increasing rates of hand washing by displaying, via a sensor in an employee's badge, whether the healthcare provider has washed their hands recently.

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  • Green Strategies for the Poorest

    Tina Rosenberg

    November 19, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Elgeyo Marakwet

    The company that manufactures Lifestraw, a water purification device, has found a way to distribute their product to impoverished Kenyan families for free, while still making a profit. In the global carbon credit market, businesses receive carbon credits for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These credits can then be sold to companies who need to offset their carbon emissions, allowing green companies to make a profit off of their small ecological footprint.

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  • Clean Water at No Cost? Just Add Carbon Credits

    Tina Rosenberg

    November 15, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    The company that manufactures Lifestraw, a water purification device, has found a way to distribute their product to impoverished Kenyan families for free, while still making a profit. In the global carbon credit market, businesses receive carbon credits for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These credits can then be sold to companies who need to offset their carbon emissions, allowing green companies to make a profit off of their small ecological footprint.

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  • The Burden of Thirst

    Tina Rosenberg

    April 01, 2010 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia, Foro, Konso

    Foro, a village in southwestern Ethiopia, has suffered from drought conditions for years, leaving the little water the communities can access polluted with waste. While various water projects have been attempted only to be abandoned, groups are working to restore some of these projects by combining technologies with community involvement.

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  • Social Entrepreneur Peru: Albina Ruiz and the Ciudad Saludable

    Matthias Kopp

    September 02, 2008 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Peru, Pucallpa

    Albina Ruiz, founder of the social enterprise Ciudad Saludable, works with people living in areas dominated by the trash dump to create a more formal system of waste removal for their health and the wider city's cleanliness. Workers who collect and recycle the waste are now employed by the city, own a micro-business, and no longer work under a social stigma. At the same time their efforts to clean up the city are working well, and the model is spreading to other Peruvian cities.

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