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  • As with birth control, Colorado makes anti-smoking drugs available at pharmacies — no doctor visit required

    September 19, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    With a new prescribing protocol in place, drug store pharmacists can prescribe anti-smoking medications. People often visit a pharmacy more than their doctor, and the new protocol allows greater access to necessary medications for those wishing to quit.

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  • Like Uber, but for Cartographers

    September 19, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Streetcred is entering the realm of crowdsourced maps with a twist. The blockchain-based app will pay mappers across the globe in the form of ether, a cryptocurrency. Another differentiator is that the data will be open and available to anyone, an essential factor as Google Maps recently upped their prices. Though still in the early stages, Streetcred hopes to disrupt the map industry by making map data more accessible than ever before.

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  • Lango women find wealth in shea tree

    September 19, 2018 |

    Daily Monitor |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Otuke

    In a town in Uganda, women are taking control of their financial stability by joining together to market shea butter. Through a team effort, the women are able to make and sell lotion, bathing soap, edible oil and jelly from the shea butter they harvest from the local forest. This has allowed the women to both educate and provide housing for their families.

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  • How a pastor improved his west side neighborhood one house at a time

    September 19, 2018 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

    Reverend Welch moved to Montgomery in 1985 and sparked a decades-long fight to revitalize the neighborhood surrounding his church in an affordable and inclusive manner. Since then, the Greater Washington Park neighborhood has been transformed. Families are moving back, and people who previously couldn’t own a home now have the chance to achieve that milestone. Though there’s still work to be done, the neighborhood achieved what many others can’t: rebuilding without displacement.

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  • As legal cannabis comes to Canada, communities welcome accompanying job boom

    September 19, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Canada, Kincardine, Ontario

    In Canada, where the legalization of marijuana will become official in mid-October, some towns are gearing up by creating employment opportunities related to the now burgeoning industry. The so-called "green rush" is expected to lift up a new class of entrepreneurs and investors, but there are still many unknowns that might hinder success.

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  • Arizona's malt house saves water and helps local brewers

    September 19, 2018 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Camp Verde, Arizona

    Swapping out water-intensive crops for barley alleviates demand on rivers like the Salt and Verde, which supply Phoenix, Arizona. A collaboration between the Nature Conservancy, an environmental nonprofit, and farmers in the Verde Valley helped to save millions of gallons of water by encouraging the farmers to plant barley instead of corn. The farmers can sell their barley crop to a newly established malt house, Sinagua Malt. The malt house operates with the help of the Nature Conservancy, which has invested in the project.

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  • Citizen Engagement 101

    September 19, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Citizens Planning Institute has equipped 500 residents with the relationships and the know-how to make a difference at the local level in their communities. The institute is a seven-week course supported by a city’s Planning Commission, and these institutes now exist across the U.S. and even are spreading as far as Australia. By engaging with local civic leaders, ordinary citizens have a chance to learn and then make improvements that are meaningful to themselves and their neighborhoods.

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  • Meet the robots and other contraptions making Colorado's recycling more efficient

    September 19, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Technological innovations are making single stream recycling more efficient. Allowing consumers to place their recyclable waste into a single container for disposal increases participation in recycling programs, but adds pressure on processing plants. Using AI vision technology allows machines to learn, identify, and sort materials efficiently.

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  • Africa's Fastest-Growing City Sees Benefits From More Female Engineers

    September 19, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

    In Dar es Salaam, the percentage of female engineers has leaped from 4% to 9% after the creation of a program providing mentorship opportunities and a monthly grant to encourage women to join the field. The program, partially funded by the Norwegian government, might also help the economy and Tanzania's infrastructure by creating a "more sustainable force of engineers."

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  • Rooftop farming: why vertical gardening is blooming in Kampala

    September 19, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    As the population of urban areas in Uganda grows, many farmers are finding that they are running out of space to cultivate successful business in agriculture. One solution that has surfaced has been to build up instead of out.

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