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  • Water: Lessons in survival from a bone-dry land

    September 01, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Jordan

    Facing constant water shortages has led locals to innovate and find new methods of survival from pursuing water delivery business ventures to digging rainwater wells for families in need as an act of charity. These practices, particularly digging wells, allows residents to become more independent and grants the ability for community growth through sharing critical water resources.

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  • ‘Life changing': Collaborative effort brings free solar panels to low-income families in Greensboro

    September 01, 2022 |

    Triad City Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Greensboro, North Carolina

    A collaborative partnership among local and national organizations made it possible to install solar panels on 10 Greensboro homes for free. Because of this effort, many low-income families have seen a significant decrease in their energy bills and an increase in value of their homes. Although convincing people to install the panels was a challenge, organizers are now figuring out how to scale the initiative and make it sustainable in the longterm.

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  • Germany's €9 train tickets scheme ‘saved 1.8m tons of CO2 emissions'

    August 30, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Germany’s three-month experiment with €9 tickets for a month of unlimited travel on public transportation saved about 1.8 metric tons of CO2 emissions. The experiment was launched in an effort to cut fuel consumption and relieve a cost of living crisis and sold about 52 million tickets.

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  • Gun Buybacks Are Popular. But Are They Effective?

    August 30, 2022 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    Gun buyback programs through organizations like the Robby Poblete Foundation help get unwanted firearms out of households and off the streets. Recently, the Foundation’s first gun buyback program received 474 firearms from residents, as more gun buyback programs have been popping up across the country.

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  • A reason to trust: Sacramento Community Land Trust aims to put people over profit

    August 26, 2022 |

    Sacramento Business Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    The Sacramento Community Land Trust helps people gain more access to permanently affordable housing while simultaneously working to prevent displacement. Through its work, the Community Land Trust preserves affordability and stability, expands home ownership, and grows community wealth.

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  • A New Jersey city achieved 0 traffic deaths in 4 years with quick, high impact ideas

    August 25, 2022 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Hoboken, New Jersey

    By implementing quick, high-impact solutions like improving sight lines at intersections and allowing pedestrians more time to cross the street at crosswalks, Hoboken hasn't seen a single traffic death in four years.

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  • Could a vacancy tax help housing affordability in Sacramento?

    August 23, 2022 |

    The Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    After Oakland instituted a vacant property tax for residential units and parcels, the city collected roughly $8 million in tax revenue in 2020 to support homeless services, blight remediation, and stemming illegal dumping. The number of vacant properties in Oakland also decreased.

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  • How a high-risk California town learned to live with fire

    August 22, 2022 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: United States, Topanga, California

    Residents of a California town with a high fire risk collectively increased the fire resistance of their homes through actions like brush removal, landscaping, and renovations.

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  • A model for neighborhood renewal

    August 18, 2022 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    The New Markets Tax Credits program provides affordable housing by selling homes with mortgages as low as $550. Since the program gained more traction, the number of owner-occupied buildings in the area has more than doubled to 26% from 12%.

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  • Can Denmark Save Every Smørrebrød?

    August 18, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    Too Good To Go offers a digital platform where food businesses can offer food approaching its expiration date at a third of its original cost. Too Good To Go helps supermarkets recover costs, connects people with cheap food and reduces food waste. Since launching in 2016, the program has saved more than 11 million meals in Denmark alone and the company has now expanded across 17 countries in Europe and North America.

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