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  • Designing a Garden for Singapore's Elderly

    November 02, 2016 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    HortPark is a pilot for a therapeutic garden in Singapore that aims to help the aging population through horticultural training. Horticultural work has facilitated overcoming some of the elders' diseases such as dementia and mental illness, as well as an improvement to their well-being.

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  • A Norwegian renovation project is combating stress with a new approach to urban art and architecture

    November 02, 2016 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: Norway, Oslo

    In response to the demographic movement to urban environments, Oslo is redesigning its public spaces in a more organic way. Its focus is to think over the long term at a slow pace and help people become part of the environment as they interact with the space around them.

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  • Entrepreneurs help rebuild Nepal amid quake recovery delays

    November 02, 2016 |

    Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) International |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    After an earthquake hit Nepal, the government and NGOs struggled to respond fast enough, so local entrepreneurs stepped up to respond in efficient, creative ways. A Nepalese architect designed homes that would withstand future earthquakes. An engineer made a solar light that could help year-round.

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  • Australia's Lesson for a Thirsty California

    November 01, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Australia

    In Australia, an impending drought demanded urgent changes. Addressing these needs, various government agencies launched innovative campaigns to establish new norms around collaboration and conservancy.

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  • Colombia Is Hit Hard by Zika, but Not by Microcephaly

    October 31, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Colombia

    In Brazil, more than 2,000 babies have been born with microcephaly, abnormally small heads and brain damage caused by the Zika virus. Colombia is the second hardest hit country by Zika but abortions lowered the microcephaly rate because of looser abortion laws and better informed mothers.

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  • How One University Used Big Data To Boost Graduation Rates

    October 30, 2016 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Georgia State University in Atlanta is using a predictive analytics model to identify red flags that can stop students from graduation. With this system, the university advisors can intervene early on and help students graduate.

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  • Silver Linings: Medical residents make house calls for elders

    October 29, 2016 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Concord, New Hampshire

    Emergency room visits cost money and are not the most comfortable places to be. The Massachusetts-based Medicare program called Independence at Home gives doctors incentives to visit frail patients at home and received a cut of the cost. The program also pairs patients with social workers and continues to save Medicare millions of dollars.

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  • Medicaid Finds Opportune Time to Offer Birth Control: Right After Birth

    October 28, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbia, South Carolina

    In South Carolina, a Medicaid program is offering long-acting contraceptives during a new mother’s hospital stay, while she is still eligible for the benefit. Other states are following suit.

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  • A Shallow Well Full of Hope for Women in Kenya's Lamu County

    October 28, 2016 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Lamu

    The amount of time women spend searching for water in Kenya is debilitating to their life. Shallow water wells closer to living spaces can help them reclaim some time to tend to their own lives.

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  • There's No Business Like Snow Business

    October 28, 2016 |

    Popular Science |

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    Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

    Instead of treating fallen snow as waste, several countries are using it as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel for cooling and air conditioning applications. Countries like Japan and Sweden collect snow and use snow cooling systems during warmer months.

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