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  • Refugees find temporary havens on Airbnb

    July 11, 2017 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Airbnb hosts are offering free short-term rentals to refugees. The option, called Open House, has attracted new hosts to the Airbnb platform and has given refugee families independence, privacy, and a sense of home while they find more permanent housing.

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  • Land-conflict mediation in the Great Lakes region

    July 11, 2017 |

    Impact Storytelling |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Rwanda

    In the Great Lakes region of Africa, land disputes can escalate to violence. Subsistence agriculture is the dominant source of income, making land precious, and as populations increase and refugees return home, property rights are not always clear. Search for Common Ground is reducing violence by training mediators to find peaceful ways of resolving these high-stakes conflicts.

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  • Rising from the ashes, a Buffalo suburb ends its dependence on coal

    July 11, 2017 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Tonawanda, New York

    When the coal-powered Huntley Generating Station began to shut down, the livelihood of the local community in Tonawanda was greatly threatened; numerous jobs were at stake and looming impacts on the town's largest tax revenue stream meant shuttering schools and choking public services. Local community members organized and, through tenacity and frugal reallocation of resources, diverse groups - including labor unions, politicians, and environmental activists - joined forces in creating a way to sustain and revitalize their community beyond coal.

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  • Digital startup aims to lead a revolution in retail transparency

    July 11, 2017 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Being able to trace the means of production and transport of an consumer good allows people to make informed, ethical decisions about their purchases. The website Provenance provides this information by working with companies who ethically source their products to share information about their supply chain.

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  • Thailand's Disease Detectives

    July 11, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Thailand, Chiang Mai

    "Poor man Instagram" is how vets at Chiang Mai University describe their system of pandemic preparedness and emergency prevention. Recruiting community members throughout the region to be disease detectives, the scientists train these volunteers to use a mobile app that allows them to document dead animals that may have been sick with an illness that could pose a threat to humans. When scientists are alerted of cases, they are then able to investigate and intervene if the situation merits danger.

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  • Taking Guns Off the Streets, $100 at a time

    July 10, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    As professor of medicine and gun-violence researcher Dr. Garen Wintemute notes, gun buyback programs are sometimes perceived as ineffective: attracting only older and non-violent gun owners, for instance, and in some cases leading people to use the cash to buy superior firearms. But after Gun by Gun, a violence prevention nonprofit, successfully raised prodigious sums through a customized funding campaign, this perception is changing. The nonprofit has used more than $100,000 of nationally-sourced individual donations to create demonstrably sustainable, more successful buyback programs across California.

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  • Breaking the Opioid Habit in Dentists' Offices

    July 10, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Oral surgeons and other doctors tend to prescribe opioids to their patients following surgery, which has arguably contributed to a rising number of patients, especially those under the age of 25, developing addictions. Now, thanks to increased awareness and new protocols, doctors and dentists are prescribing fewer opioids and more non-addictive pain killers, as well as educating their patients about their prescriptions.

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  • Pop-Up Bike Network Leads to Permanent Change

    July 10, 2017 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Macon, Georgia

    A bike share system as well as a pop-up experiment that added eight miles of temporary bike lanes in Macon, Georgia more than doubled the number of people riding bikes on the streets every day. It also showed county officials bike lanes were viable and desirable and now there are modest plans underway for three miles of permanent bike lanes and advocates are pushing for the county to adopt a complete streets policy for the city.

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  • How Cleveland has become a leader in trying to eradicate human trafficking

    July 09, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Largely unbeknownst to the public eye, Cleveland has been battling human trafficking in various forms for many years. Recently, the city has become a leader in trying to eradicate this longstanding problem. Thanks to a small group of activists and nonprofits, using billboards and gift bags as well as other creative methods, these groups are raising awareness, conducting strip club outreach, and creating a victim support network to help make human trafficking an issue of the past.

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  • In Chelsea, coalition aims to save lives on verge of unraveling

    July 09, 2017 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Chelsea, Massachusetts

    Historically, the numerous nonprofits, charities, and public agencies seeking to address issues such as homelessness, addiction, and hunger have been stuck operating in their own silos, creating more of a reactive rather than preventative system and preventing such organizations from maximizing efficiency. A new model of cooperation and information that originated in Canada is proving highly effective in Chelsea, bringing together various groups and providing a structure for the sharing of resources, so they can better reach and help citizens in need.

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