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  • These Detroit Students Mix Day Jobs With School

    May 25, 2017 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    A national network of private Catholic high schools matches its low-income population with corporate sponsors in the community to help students get real-world work experience and firms diversity potential talent pools. Following a work-study model in which students' compensation goes towards the school's operating costs, students work a 9-5 job one day of the week. The Detroit chapter has a 100 percent college acceptance rate.

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  • More Than Just Hope

    May 25, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    Prospects in Camden, NJ, one of the most impoverished and murder-ridden cities in the U.S., are finally looking up, particularly for its younger residents. This is in part thanks to Hopeworks, a nonprofit that provides Camden’s youth with employable skills while addressing childhood trauma and socioeconomic stresses. Having served 3,500+ people in their 17 years of operation, Hopeworks is now expanding its success story to Philadelphia, where they will implement a pilot program later this year.

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  • No Matter What Washington Does, One Nonprofit Is Closing the Digital Divide

    May 25, 2017 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma

    With no alternative, some community college students in Talihina, Oklahoma sit in the parking lot of the local hospital at night, logging on to the internet network to complete research papers, oftentimes on smartphones. With Obama-era broadband infrastructure improvement plans now uncertain, one nonprofit is getting "out of the government's umbrella" and working to ensure the goal of connecting 350,000 people nationwide by 2020 is still met. By both building infrastructure and making it more affordable, ConnectHome Nation seeks to answer, "What could they become ... if they just had an equal shot?"

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  • When New York Harbor Is Your Classroom

    May 25, 2017 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s Harbor School is a public school that provides students with a comprehensive education in oceanic issues. Classes happen in a traditional classroom on Governor’s Island as well as on the harbor. Through this school, students living in an urban environment have a chance to connect to the environment and receive hands on training for maritime jobs.

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  • Turning CO2 into stone in Iceland

    May 25, 2017 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Iceland, Hellisheiðarvirkjun, Southern Region

    Iceland, hit by the oil crises of the 1970s, turned to geothermal energy - and they haven't turned back. The island is now powered by 100% renewable energy, and they are taking it one step more, looking to further cut emissions using a unique carbon capture system called CarbFix. It is being pioneered at the Hellsheidi geothermal power plant in western Iceland.

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  • How New York Is Building the Power Grid of the Future

    May 25, 2017 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    New York is determined to become a national leader in the renewable energy sector, and they are leveraging numerous approaches to help integrate better and more environmentally conscious technologies into the grid. The multi-faceted approach includes updating laws and regulations to be more renewables-friendly, hosting competitions to foster entrepreneurship and creative solutions in the field, piloting new technologies, and creating better incentives for utility companies.

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  • Italy's pollution-eating cement

    May 25, 2017 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: Italy, Milan, Lombardy

    Respiratory diseases caused by air pollution now account for more premature deaths in people worldwide than malaria and HIV combined. To address increasing contamination levels, particularly in cities, scientists have developed a new kind of cement that absorbs pollutants like CO2. The special cement is being manufactured in Milan, and used around in the world in cities like Paris and Chicago.

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  • In Rural Uganda, Women Supporting Women

    May 25, 2017 |

    The Story Exchange |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Mityana, Mityana District

    Though the overall poverty rate has been dropping in recent years, rural communities in Uganda still lack many basic resources, including access to healthy food, toiletries, and economic opportunity. The Network of Women in Agribusiness and Development was founded by women to empower and support their sisters through educational initiatives, agricultural training, and the provision of items such as pigs and fruit trees to help them break the cycle of poverty.

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  • How Cities Fought the White House, and Won, in the 1980s

    May 24, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    In 1986, the city of Baltimore battled the Reagan administration over its local anti-apartheid ordinances—and won. How they prevailed may have important lessons for cities trying to resist Trump today; from his policies regarding immigration to climate change.

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  • Could we better handle catastrophes if we knew they were coming?

    May 24, 2017 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    Response Location: United States

    Experts warn us about disasters. Climate change, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the rise of ISIS were all predicted ahead of time. Listening to these warnings requires pushing past the desire to shut down when contemplating big catastrophes, looking critically at available data, and being willing to entertain the possibility that an event can happen that has never happened before.

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