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  • Finding the Untapped Potential of Alleys

    July 13, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    Redesigning an alley expands commercial space and brings life to a city. Long-neglected side streets across the United States are getting makeovers both by citizens and developers. Miami’s Jade Alley is a particularly showy example with its archways, flowering trees, ice cream shop, and lingerie boutique.

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  • To Combat Gentrification, One City Is Changing How Homes Are Bought and Sold

    July 13, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    The city of Buffalo is beginning to gentrify, and long-time residents are trying to stop it and keep housing affordable. Under leadership of locals and with support from city officials, the new Fruit Belt Community Land Trust aims to develop a strategic plan and find ways to keep housing in the hands of community members for the next 99 years. Though there is some opposition from people who want to maintain the value of their homes, the land trust leaders are hoping to demonstrate the value that collective action can add to their neighborhood.

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  • Saving black babies by saving a neighborhood

    July 12, 2018 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Throughout the United States, black infants face a a higher likelihood of mortality as compared to white babies, but an initiative in Oakland is changing that narrative. Known as the Best Babies Zone, partnerships have formed that allow for greater access to information and resources, while also making the community stronger.

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  • Now Even Apartment Dwellers Can Use Solar Power

    July 12, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York opens up solar energy options to apartment owners who may not be able to install solar panels through community solar groups. These groups give apartment owners access to augmenting their energy supply with renewable energy gleaned from other parts of the city—with savings for the apartment dweller and a profit for the solar collector.

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  • Brazil's domestic workers get help with app

    July 12, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Brazil

    Out of the 7 million domestic employees worldwide, 1 in every 7 are employed in Brazil.” A mobile app, Laudeline, is making it easier for them to be informed of their rights. Through the app domestic workers in Brazil can access salary and benefits calculators, rights explanations, and they can even locate the nearest union. “What they often lack is familiarity with the law,” she said. “A friend of mine has said to me for years, ‘You have to open the window to see the world.’ This app is a way to open that window.”

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  • Will dumping plastic straws lead to more environmental progress, or complacency?

    July 12, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Plastic straws are a big problem for the environment. They end up in the streets, in the oceans and often impacting wildlife in a negative way. Companies like Starbucks have recently announced they will be phasing out their use of straws and a few other companies have since followed suit. Although seemingly a small step, it's a significant one that has propelled a cut in costs for businesses as well as awareness of alternatives for consumers.

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  • California slashes emissions, hits major greenhouse gas goal years early

    July 12, 2018 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Due in large part to the expanded use of renewable energy and decreased use of natural gas, California was able to cut greenhouse gas emissions significantly and ahead of their scheduled goal.

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  • Undercooked: An Expensive Push to Save Lives and Protect the Planet Falls Short

    July 12, 2018 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    An international effort to supply developing countries with low-pollution cookstoves fell short. Efforts failed to consider to what degree their new stoves really solved the problem—and whether or not people would actually use them.

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  • Sex, taboos and #MeToo - in the country with no word for 'vagina'

    July 12, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon

    The Myanmar-based organization, Strong Flowers, is providing men and women with sex and gender education. Teaching such classes in a notoriously conservative culture can be challenging, but founder Dr. Thet Su Htwe and her curriculum on gender roles, menstruation, gender-based violence, and reproduction have been welcomed.

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  • Can Norway help us solve the plastic crisis, one bottle at a time?

    July 12, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Norway, Oslo

    Norway runs a return and recycling program for bottles and cans that is a measurably successful. They tax companies that produce plastics—unless the companies can prove they recycle more 95% of production. Consumers are encouraged to return plastic with a small cash incentive.

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