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  • Wilmington's Solution to the Opioid Crisis

    September 01, 2017 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Wilmington, North Carolina

    The opioid crisis has resulted in numerous addictions, overdoses and deaths, leading North Carolina to reassess how they are handling the crisis. A rapid-response team checks on users after being given naloxone, health-care navigators will help users get treatment, and individuals will be sent to treatment instead of prison.

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  • This All-Amputee Softball Team is Changing the Way We Think About Treating Trauma

    August 31, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    As the number of veterans with both physical and psychological injuries balloons, this softball team of 11 wounded warriors wards helps one another deal with war trauma and combat isolation by playing a little ball.

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  • Malawian Farmers Adapt in the Face of Climate Change

    August 31, 2017 |

    Earth Island |

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    Response Location: Malawi, Lunzu

    Malawian farmers have been hit hard by climate change over the last two farming seasons, and have thus seen a drop in agricultural production. To combat these losses, agriculture experts have begun implementing climate-smart farming practices that allow them to "sustainably increase productivity, enhance resilience (adaptation), reduce greenhouse gas emissions where possible, and help with achievement of national food security and development goals" according to the Food and Agricultural Organization.

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  • How Ireland became a hub for female entrepreneurs

    August 31, 2017 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Ireland, Dublin

    Ireland has grown over 500 hundred small companies run by women owners and managers through a simple but effective peer mentoring scheme. Female entrepreneurs participate in monthly roundtable sessions led by some of Ireland’s most successful businesswomen. Last years’ participants had remarkable combined sales growth of 28% in six months. The idea is to expand women’s aspirations for their businesses, generate solidarity, and provide results-driven support from peers with proven success.

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  • How Cities Say No to Military Equipment for Their Police

    August 31, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States

    Putting more military weapons and other tactical gear in the hands of local law enforcement has little or no effect on crime, but does make police violence more likely. After the Trump administration lifted a loophole-ridden Obama-era policy restricting the distribution of such gear to local agencies, some local lawmakers sought to impose their own restrictions. But police continue to find ways to arm themselves as if for war, making them more likely to overreact to routine problems, with predictably violent outcomes.

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  • New Zealand Tries a Different Kind of Private Prison

    August 31, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: New Zealand, Auckland

    The privatized prison system is largely skewed against inmates, as most are funded based on the number of individuals incarcerated, creating a disincentive to invest in the rehabilitation and comprehensive treatment of inmates. But the Wiri prison in Auckland is piloting a new approach that focuses on the greater good: the government pays the prison for positive results based on recidivism rates and improved outcomes for inmates, especially the Maori minority.

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  • How Startups and Nonprofits Are Collaborating to Build the “Clean Meat” Industry

    August 30, 2017 |

    Conscious Company Media |

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    Response Location: United States

    When scientists, startups and non-profits team up, everyone benefits - or so it seems in the case of creating clean meat. While there has been a push to focus on reinventing meat due to animal farming's impact on the environment as well as questionable ethical practices, funding such research isn't always the most practical. New York City-based non-profit, New Harvest, however, is changing that practice by "funding open-source university research that for-profit ventures and other scientists can build on."

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  • The low-cost device saving newborns in India

    August 30, 2017 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Indore

    A neonatal hospital in Indore, India has been using a device called a MiraCradle that is showing success in treating birth asphyxia. This low-cost solution is helping to address a significant problem of neonatal deaths in the country and is also now being used in South Africa.

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  • While Pa. debates merits of Pre-K, Ontario goes all-in

    August 30, 2017 |

    Keystone Crossroads |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    Part 4 of the "Equity or Bust: Are Ontario's Public Schools a Model for Pennsylvania" Series: Ontario is widely lauded for its education system. But, like Pennsylvania, evidence in Toronto suggests that Ontario has struggled to close achievement gaps between historically underserved minorities and their peers. Many believe universal pre-K will prove to be the decisive factor in bridging that gap.

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  • The Power Plants That May Save a Park, and Aid a Country

    August 30, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

    In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Virunga National Park is facing a crisis of deforestation amid the backdrop of the war-torn country. In this same region, power plants stand as a semblance of hope, offering the prospect of both jobs and electricity. It hasn't been an easy journey, and many obstacles are on the horizon, but much has already been learned from trial and error.

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