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  • This perfume smells good–and does good

    August 17, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Afghanistan

    The U.S. beauty industry often relies on outsourced labor and markets in order to create products for their specific clientele. To affect change from the inside, one social entrepreneur started a fragrance company dedicated to supporting the economic stability of farmers in war-torn countries.

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  • New Orleans floods with heavy rainstorms. Magnolias could be part of the solution

    August 17, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    New Orleans, Louisiana is infamously known as a place of cultural celebration and community, but it's also a city plagued by consistent flooding. To reduce the impacts of heavy rainfall, one city-backed initiative is incentivizing people to replace their anti-absorbent concrete with plants and flowers that are designed to take in large amounts of water.

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  • We're Getting Better at Saving Seabirds After Oil Spills

    August 17, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Barbara, California

    There used to be a time when oil spills devastated entire populations of animals. Although still an environmental disaster, scientists and wildlife veterinarians have become profoundly more successful at treating oiled birds. Crediting much of the success to better understanding the importance of order of treatment, rehabilitated birds are surviving at a much higher rate than ever before.

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  • UPS Trucks Don't Turn Left and Neither Should You

    August 17, 2018 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    By having its drivers eliminate most left turns on their routes UPS has saved millions of gallons of fuel and reduced the output of tons of carbon dioxide. The company put the policy in place in 2004 after its vehicle routing software in all its trucks determined left turns wasted time and money stopping them also reduces accidents. These gains could increase exponentially if every driver eliminated left turns but that is probably unlikely.

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  • State of the Arts: QuTheatr Steps Into the Spotlight in Akron

    August 17, 2018 |

    WKSU |

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    Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

    The QuTheatr in Akron has created a theater company made up of teenagers from the LGBTQ community. Through the theater, a safe space has been created for LGBTQ teens to have a paid job, develop acting skills, and feel more comfortable in their bodies.

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  • Latest Attraction at French Theme Park: Crows That Pick Up Trash

    August 17, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: France, Les Epesses

    France's second largest theme park faces a daily dilemma of people not throwing their trash away in the bins. To bring awareness to this issue, the park has trained crows to pick up the trash. Although not necessarily employed as a long-term solution, the campaign allows for positive peer pressure with the hope of guilting people into throwing away their own garbage.

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  • How governments can open up trillions for women — without spending more

    August 17, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Chile

    Chile supports women-owned enterprises by including gender criteria in all government purchasing. The country also offers mentorship and management training opportunities, which has led to the creation of a networking organization. The policy ideas are spreading in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

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  • For Women, by Women: A Sisterhood of Carpenters Builds Tiny Houses for the Homeless

    August 17, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Women4Women is an initiative that brings tradeswomen together in the construction field to do volunteer work for others. Since women represent just ten percent of construction workers in the United States, having the camaraderie and support of other women provides a place to turn when their authority is challenged. They are putting their skills to good work: the group recently built 15 tiny homes in Seattle that will act as emergency shelter for homeless women, and they have also repaired homes for the elderly.

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  • Los Angeles Will Be the First City to Use Body Scanners on Subways. Which Could Be Next?

    August 16, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Transportation Security Administration has partnered with cities across the country to bring body scanners to metro stops and rail stations. While heralded as an efficient way to check crowds for weapons, body scanners have raised concern among privacy advocates.

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  • The great African regreening: millions of 'magical' new trees bring renewal

    August 16, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Niger

    With climate change altering the realities of farming, small-scale farmers in Niger are doing their part to nurture the growth of local gao trees. As a tree that sheds its leaves in the rainy season and naturally fertilizes the soil due to its nitrogen intake, this specific tree is positively transforming the African landscape.

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