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  • NYC's 'Green City Force'

    June 28, 2017 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Green City Force has expanded to many of New York City's public housing projects with a two-pronged approach. Not only does this program help develop professional skills of and job opportunities for young adult residents with high school diplomas, but also simultaneously promotes environmentally sustainable living.

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  • Smarter Design for Skid Row

    June 28, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Mitigating homelessness on Los Angeles' infamous "Skid Row" comprises myriad obstacles. But a collaboration between city officials, a USC architecture class project, and the Skid Row Housing Trust has responded with a multi-pronged solution in "pod-style" housing units. They have composed a cost-effective pre-fab design technology that eases their transportation, on-site construction and visual imposition on a neighborhood, while the pods' zoning classification as "congregant housing" minimizes the risk for local opposition to homeless support services on claims of structural or aesthetic noncompliance.

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  • Earth's Table, Community Food Share help families in need find fresh produce

    June 28, 2017 |

    Boulder Daily Camera |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    For many food banks, the majority of the donations they receive are non-perishable goods, cans of food and other leftovers. Earth's Table grows produce for food banks in Boulder Colorado on privately-owned land that's been donated for the cause.

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  • Homeless Between the Stacks

    June 28, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A nonprofit called Breaking Ground has paired up with the Brooklyn Public Library to provide social and administrative services to New York’s homeless population. This unique partnership works collaboratively to build engagement, trust and a housing action plan for homeless people; while the librarians help patrons gather practical housing resources and sift through complex bureaucratic matters, social workers build positive community rapport, and provide more holistic, psychosocial assistance with individual cases.

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  • How Vienna Conquered Its Own Filth

    June 27, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Austria, Vienna

    With the staggering amounts of garbage produced by modern lifestyles, waste disposal is becoming an increasingly difficult challenge for communities around the world. Vienna has tackled the trouble of trash with an innovative system, channeling the heat from incineration to warm homes and provide hot water, recovering reusable items from the waste stream and selling them in a special shop, and proactively educating the populace about how to reduce waste.

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  • Stopping Pandemics Before They Start

    June 27, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Norway

    With climate change, population pressures and mobilization epidemics will occur more frequently, and past ones have proven to be disastrous and expensive. The Center for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is focused on developing vaccines to viruses such as Ebola, as well as creating a fast approval path for future vaccines and helping increase global preparedness for future epidemics.

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  • Pennsylvania offers a new 'smart on crime' approach. But does it actually work?

    June 26, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States

    In an effort to reduce prison populations, some U.S. cities are enacting reforms that emphasize short, swift, and certain punishments for minor violations. Despite the hype, such reforms may be no better than existing practices.

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  • Start-Ups For the State

    June 26, 2017 |

    Foreign Policy |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Musanze

    As part of the massive effort to rebuild their country and encourage economic opportunity - particularly for youth - Rwanda has incorporated entrepreneurship into their culture, education, and economy at an unprecedented level, equating it with nationalism and patriotism. From required courses for students in secondary school to government supported training workshops, they are hoping to create new opportunities and become leaders in social enterprise. But does State-imposed entrepreneurship really inspire sustainable new ventures?

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  • Meet the woman behind Colorado's highest trails

    June 26, 2017 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Colorado is home to 54 fourteeners – mountains that rise to 14,000 feet high or higher and serve as popular routes for many avid hikers despite not having designed trails. To keep hikers safe while also preserving plant life on these mountains, the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, which is made of a group of statewide outdoor nonprofits, has been rerouting and restoring the trail system.

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  • Pennsylvania's top court just made it way harder to sentence kids to life in prison

    June 26, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    To sentence a minor to life in prison without parole, prosecutors in Pennsylvania must now prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the minor is incapable of rehabilitation. The state supreme court ruling is meant to recognize most children’s impulsivity and their ability to change. The ruling is a significant step in Pennsylvania, which is home to the largest population of juvenile lifers in the nation.

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