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  • Converting Buses to Showers for the Homeless

    December 23, 2015 |

    KQED |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Check out how the non-profit, Lava Mae, converts old public transportation buses into mobile showers for San Francisco's homeless.

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  • How a regulation turned Bologna's civic pride into action

    December 23, 2015 |

    Citiscope |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Italy, Bologna

    Bologna is demonstrating the utility of allowing citizens to help with projects in cash-strapped cities. A new policy makes it easier for citizens to head city projects and to participate in guiding the future of the municipality.

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  • Why Copenhagen Has Almost Perfect Water

    December 23, 2015 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    Thanks to years of government intervention, the city of Copenhagen has almost perfectly clean water — even better than bottled water. Denmark utilizes overflow barriers, underground water storage, and rerouted wastewater to keep their public water sources clean. Public awareness and a water tax also contribute to the city's success so that residents conserve and value their water (using only 26 gallons a day as opposed to the 80-100 gallons that Americans use).

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  • Columbia church helps end homelessness one condo at a time

    December 22, 2015 |

    Columbia Flier |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Columbia, Maryland

    Frustrated with providing temporary assistance to the homeless, a coalition of Howard County, Maryland churches raised money to purchase a condominium to permanent house a homeless family. The tenant pays 30 percent of their income as rent and the coalition covers the cost of fees and services.

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  • How Smart Animal Shelters Aim for ‘Zero Kill'

    December 22, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Jacksonville, Florida

    Each year, close to three million dogs and cats are killed in shelters - in some cities more than 70 percent of the animals in shelters are euthanized. Target Zero is a program that works with fellow cities to spay and neuter animals and return them to the streets. Public complaints about animals have plummeted, and many shelters are well on their way to achieving a 'zero-kill' status.

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  • Adapting the Midtown model to the neighborhoods

    December 22, 2015 |

    Model D |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    To counteract the deteriorating commercial hub of four Detroit neighborhoods, the community development organization Live6 is engaging with locals and investing in the area. By working with anchor institutions, including a local college and a university, Live6 is adapting a development model that has worked for other Detroit neighborhoods. The group is redeveloping the area while being inclusive of the current residents.

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  • Police Officers, Former Inmates Break Bread, Build Bridges

    December 22, 2015 |

    WTTW-PBS |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    At monthly lunch meetings, former inmates get together with Chicago Police officers to make connections outside of law enforcement situations and try to understand one another better. The Building Bridges, Building Connections initiative fosters honest dialogue through facilitated discussions that touch on all kinds of topics based in individuals' personal experiences. It's not an easy path, but it has continued for four years and many participants say they wish the meetings lasted longer.

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  • How Catfish and Algae Are Cleaning Up the Chicago River

    December 22, 2015 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    By releasing fish into the Chicago River, the city of Chicago aims to help clean up its ecosystem, as the fish hopefully will eat the river's excess algae.

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  • Researchers Analyze the Recharged Solar Tax Credit

    December 21, 2015 |

    Clean Energy Finance Forum |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Solar power companies have had a hard time maintaining funding to operate. 'Recharging' tax credits for these companies can help up-and-coming solar companies to grow.

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  • From Sustainability to Abundance

    December 21, 2015 |

    Stanford Social Innovation Review |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Samsø

    Sustainability’s vagueness and scarcity orientation may be preventing the future it seeks to create. The time has come to adopt a new mindset: That of the Abundance Cycle.

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