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  • What Can Cities Learn from Kansas City's Fare-Free Transit Program?

    November 29, 2022 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    The Kansas City Streetcar provides fare-free transportation for residents, which helps to get them downtown and promote more economic development. The fare-free streetcar also makes transit more equitable by removing barriers for low-income passengers and improving mobility for people with disabilities.

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  • Eating Crayfish

    November 29, 2022 |

    The Food Fix |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Northern Waters Crayfish LLC. catches the invasive rusty crayfish in Minnesota and sells it for consumption to control the growing population.

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  • Tucson students help create solutions with invention education

    November 29, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    At Carden of Tuscon, teachers have implemented “invention education” to help students learn STEM concepts in a more engaging and accessible way. The framework emphasizes creative problem-solving and critical thinking skills and has resulted in innovative student projects, including a worm counting jar for fishers and a shower-stream soap dispenser.

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  • In-jail mental health treatment producing a ‘night and day' difference for some in Forsyth County

    November 29, 2022 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Forsyth County, North Carolina

    The eight-week program at the Forsyth County detention center’s Behavioral Health Unit has served 117 men experiencing mental illness — something that is typically underserved in jails. The behavioral health unit provides counseling and mental health services to individuals in the jail who need it and also includes courses on coping, dealing with stress, practicing mindfulness, and preparing for various life transitions.

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  • Peru is tackling water scarcity with nature-based solutions, leading the way in Latin America

    November 29, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Peru, Moyobamba

    Cities in Peru are adopting a nature-based solution project in which they charge residents one Peruvian sol with their water bill each month to fund local watershed and rainforest conservation.

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  • What If Donated Food Was Delightful?

    November 29, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Dion’s Chicago Dream addresses food insecurity through a community fridge filled with fresh produce and weekly home deliveries of fresh, healthy foods.

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  • Felled City Trees Could Grow a New Lumber Economy

    November 29, 2022 |

    Pew Charitable Trusts |

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    Response Location: United States

    Groups and businesses across the country are encouraging cities to sell or recycle urban wood instead of sending it to a landfill. Many have started small businesses that turn the wood into products like furniture.

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  • Is Sausage the Missing Link in the Great Bait Debate?

    November 29, 2022 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: Canada, Prince Edward Island

    Sausages made of fish processing waste and other bait alternatives are under development in Canada as members of the fishing industry work to save the declining populations of popular lobster bait fish like mackerel and herring.

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  • Reviving old strip malls: What can Mansfield learn from Woburn, Mass.?

    November 29, 2022 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    As strip malls continue to decline, some urban planning and real estate experts are advocating to turn the spaces into mixed-use developments with both residential and commercial spaces. This redevelopment is an opportunity to revitalize and enrich a community by creating a village-like setting, like Woburn Village, with its 175,000 square-feet of commercial space and 350 housing units.

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  • A Pellet That Stops Cows From Burping Climate-Warming Methane

    November 29, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: Australia, Perth

    Australian company Rumin8 is creating feed additives containing bromoform to reduce methane emissions from livestock without depending on seaweed farming.

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