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Digital Debris: How an App Is Changing the Trajectory of Athens' Litter Abatement

Reed Winckler

November 15, 2021 |

Grady Newsource |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Athe, Georgia

Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful uses the Marine Debris Tracker app to motivate locals to reduce and clean up litter. The app collects information from locals about the type and location of litter they see to inform what abatement efforts are needed there.

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The Anti-Displacement Repair Team of Portland

Hannah Wallace

November 12, 2021 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

Taking Ownership PDX helps Black homeowners to age in place by helping with maintenance to keep their homes livable, like making long-needed repairs and renovations. Since launching in 2020, the group has helped over 50 Black homeowners, raised over half a million dollars and maintains a database of 250 local volunteers who are eager to pitch in on the projects whenever they arise.

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From Heaps of Garbage, Lagos Improves on Waste Disposal, Sanitation

Charles Ajunwa

November 10, 2021 |

This Day Live |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The Cleaner Lagos project works to clean up the state, aiming toward maintaining a clean and healthy environment at all times. From waste management services to incentivized waste sorting and stricter regulations, the project has helped to reduce the spread of diseases caused by poor sanitation across the state.

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Después de un fracaso, nuevo impulso abre puertas a la educación temprana en Tucsón

Emily Bregel

October 20, 2021 |

La Estrella de Tucsón |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

Una iniciativa para invertir en educación temprana en Tucson fracasó en las urnas. A pesar de esa limitación, un consorcio público-privado ha logrado expandir el acceso a programas como Head Start.

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Sanitation solutions: How giving people trash bins made Baltimore cleaner

Meir Rinde

October 20, 2021 |

WHYY |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore’s green bin program shows there are relatively simple steps cities can take to tangibly improve the cleanliness of neighborhoods. The solution is also working in Philadelphia, through which people who live in the city are lidded trash cans and bins to store their garbage.

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Sanitation Solutions: How hidden cameras became Philly's fiercest weapon in the war on dumping

Meir Rinde

October 19, 2021 |

WHYY |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia has 300 surveillance cameras and, increasingly, sees them as central to its strategy of holding individuals accountable for illegal dumping. This has led to empty lots remaining garbage free, and setting examples of those who are caught and prosecuted.

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Sanitation Solutions: When the city let them down, Philly rose up — with orange trash cans

Meir Rinde

October 18, 2021 |

WHYY |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A Philadelphia-based program called I Love Thy Hood's stepped up to help attack the city's dirty streets problem. Fueled entirely by volunteer efforts, the program has placed more than 106 cans on blocks around the city and collected over 100,000 pounds of trash.

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Community land trusts: What are they and how do they work?

Nadeen Yanes

September 20, 2021 |

WKMG-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Winter Park, Florida

To help families achieve home ownership in a volatile real estate market, the Hannibal Square Community Land Trust acquires land in Winter Park, Fla., and the surrounding area and then builds or renovates homes on the properties to sell to qualified buyers. The program allows families to purchase homes at an affordable price that is not typically available in the current market because buyers are responsible only for the cost of the house, with the land itself remaining in the trust's ownership.

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Wer baut uns die besten Wohnungen?

Torben Ostermann Sebastian Manz Antonia Lilly Schanze

September 16, 2021 |

ZDF |

Broadcast TV Programs |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Germany

Neue Genossenschaften bauen auch in teuren Vierteln bezahlbare Wohnungen mit vielen gemeinschaftlichen Elementen; KoDörfer locken Städter mit besonderen Angeboten auf's Land; und auch der soziale Wohnungsbau geht neue Wege und versucht, die Fehler der Vergangenheit hinter sich zu lassen: Drei Beispiele, wie sich bezahlbarer Wohnraum samt Lebensqualität schaffen lässt.

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The library where the books are people

Claire Bates

September 07, 2021 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

The Human Library hosts one-on-one conversations between people who have faced prejudice (they're the "books" that get borrowed) and "readers" who yearn to ask awkward questions that they've never been comfortable asking. "Books" tell about being transgender, an immigrant, polyamorous, a wheelchair user, a former gang member, and more. The events spread to dozens of countries, funded by corporations that hire The Human Library to help their employees learn about diversity in its many forms. Both the "readers" and the "books" can experience deep connections in only a half-hour encounter.

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