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  • Community Power Offers Fukushima a Brighter, Cleaner Future

    June 19, 2017 |

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    Response Location: Japan, Aizu, Fukushima

    Once a household name across the world for the disaster caused by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster, Fukushima is on the path to revitalization. Locals in Fukushima are working to dispel any myths left behind in order to move the city and people forward through sustainable practices. Dubbed as "community power," these community members have taken significant steps to bring new energy options to the region.

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  • Cuba: The Weekly Package

    June 19, 2017 |

    Harper's Magazine |

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    Response Location: Cuba, Havana

    In Cuba, most access to internet is extremely limited. "The Weekly Package," solves this problem--carried by individuals who travel around on foot each week, it is a single, black market hard drive from which customers may download the content of their choice - telenovelas, news, movies, and more.

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  • Paris offers a model to bring swimming to Charles River

    June 18, 2017 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    In many places, polluted water deters people from enjoying nature or treating waterways as spaces for community recreation. Even when the water is clean, this aversion persists. In Paris, the reveal of three public swimming pools in a once-contaminated canal is being treated as a model for other urban waterways in cities like Boston.

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  • Even the Insured Often Can't Afford Their Medical Bills

    June 18, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Massapequa, New York

    As the cost of care and medication continues to rise, many people find themselves underinsured and unprotected from a financial crisis when facing a medical emergency or ongoing treatment for a chronic disease. To address this issue, programs are working to assist people with paying for the costs of care and avoiding bankruptcy based on diagnosis, employment history, or individual pleas on crowdfunding sites. While these programs can make an impact, the need is much larger than the funding available and it is often difficult for patients to find and apply for these funds.

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  • America's ring of fire

    June 17, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Flagstaff, Arizona

    After a wildfire in 2010 burned 15,000 acres outside Flagstaff, triggering evacuations and a fatal landslide, voters approved a $10 million bond issue to transform the local fire department and fire-prevention practices. Part 4 of a package of stories on rampant homebuilding in wildfire-prone forests (starts at 35:25) tells how firefighters spend most of their time cutting trees to thin the forest to mimic its pre-settlement form, when periodic fires were a normal and small-scale threat. Suppressing all fires, letting forests thicken, and building homes in them calls for a new prevention ethos.

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  • Making Microcredit Charities Better

    June 17, 2017 |

    Barron's |

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    Response Location: Ghana, Pokuase

    Microfinance was widely lauded for decades as a surefire and promising way to break the cycle of poverty and uplift the economies of the developing world, especially when targeted for women. But hard data has shown that, on its own, micro-loans don't serve to create sustainable change without a comprehensive approach, and that there are many other factors - such as education and healthcare - to consider when leveraging these tools.

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  • Rural Indian girls get discrimination-fighting tool: soccer

    June 17, 2017 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: India, Hutup

    Using a daily soccer practice as a structure, a nonprofit in a remote village in India is teaching girls about gender equality and health and life skills.

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  • Lettuce-Weeding Robots, Coming Soon to a Farm Near You

    June 16, 2017 |

    Inc. Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Sunnyvale, California

    Blue River Technology is getting ahead in the agtech industry by using “robots that help farmers manage their fields more efficiently.” They use data to selectively spray fields with pesticides, drastically saving farmers money and reducing the amount of chemicals that go into their farms. The company is convincing investors, farmers, and regulators that this is the future of farming.

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  • New Cornerstone Creek apartments may be first of their kind

    June 16, 2017 |

    Finance & Commerce |

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    Response Location: United States, Golden Valley, Minnesota

    An apartment complex in Golden Valley, Minnesota offers unique services and support for adults with developmental disabilities. The complex, called New Cornerstone Creek, offers independent living and community spaces for these adults, creating a sense of control and freedom for individuals who otherwise typically live with their family well into adulthood.

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  • Addicts Need Help. Jails Could Have the Answer.

    June 16, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Covington, Kentucky

    Kentucky is rethinking its penal system for dealing with drug offenders and has shown success in reducing recidivism and relapse rates. Instead of leaving addicts to languish in the typical jailhouse environment of "extortion, violence and tedium," more than two dozen of the state's county jails have created separate units devoted to full-time addiction treatment and support-services for prisoners that involve peer-policing.

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