Artwork stating 'Education Destroys Barriers', 'We Demand Treatment', and 'I Need A Chance'

Search Results

You searched for: -

There are 1048 results  for your search.  View and Refine Your Search Terms

  • Human trafficking: 6 solutions that are working

    January 25, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Promising and innovative solutions to modern-day slavery range from labeling U.S. food products to forming joint police-NGO task forces. Each addresses a different aspect of slavery in the modern world, a pernicious problem that receives relatively little media attention.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • New Study Finds Recycled Phosphorus Could Fertilize 100 Percent of U.S. Corn

    January 15, 2016 |

    Ensia |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Looking at what recycled phosphorus could do for corn in the United States, the country’s number one crop, a study found that we’d need just 37 percent of available recyclable domestic phosphorus to fertilize all of the corn in the country.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Family fighting Huntington's Disease with sheep

    January 14, 2016 |

    WXMI-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Hopkins, Michigan

    A certain breed of sheep may carry a specific trait that could possibly treat Huntington’s disease. Early trials have shown that mice treated with the chemical compound found in sheep can reactivate motor function.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Tomato pickers persuade big food companies to sign on to human-rights movement

    December 31, 2015 |

    Sun Sentinel |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Immokalee, Florida

    Tomato pickers have spent more than 20 years on a campaign for dignity and fair pay. The workers have succeeded, against incredible odds, in getting some of the biggest corporations in the country to recognize their plight.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • African Farmers Are Building Sustainable Beehive Fences to Protect Their Crops From Wild Elephants

    December 09, 2015 |

    GOOD Magazine |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Tanzania

    A team of entrepreneurial zoologists have devised a way to help farmers in rural Africa protect their property from the persistent threat of wild elephants trampling their crops. Christened the Beehive Fence, it’s a remarkably simple solution to this elephantine problem.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • The Formal World Economy Was Failing Women and Small Farmers. So This Guy Built a New One.

    December 08, 2015 |

    GOOD Magazine |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Colombia, Cartagena

    The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership develops enterprises that foster sustainable economic development, focusing especially on empowering farmers and women.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Another Giant Leap

    December 04, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Sukhrali, Haryana

    The rapid development of emerging economies across Asia and Africa is lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty - but there is much debate as to how to best structure this growth. If these economies evolve in the same way as in the West - with unchecked, excessive resource consumption and heavy pollution - the planet may be on the fast track to disaster. Earthrise explores how these nations can grow sustainably using improved, eco-conscious technologies like renewable energy and eco-friendly farming practices.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • 12 Strategies for Moving from Water Scarcity to Abundance

    December 03, 2015 |

    Ensia |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Israel, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District

    Israel has an abundance of water and independence from climate conditions through public ownership and government management of all water, a water-respecting culture, and innovative agriculture practices.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Seaweed cultivation ushers waves of change in the Sundarbans

    November 25, 2015 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Jharkhali, West Bengal

    Algaculture offers a sustainable and empowering alternative to rice farming in coastal areas of India threatened by sea level rise. With the assistance of The Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research and the South Asian Forum for Environment, women engage in algae farming training workshops. Harvesting algae like a crop provides a vital source of additional income to women, who are often the caretakers of their family.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • In Florida's tomato fields, a fight for ethical farm labor grows

    November 16, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Immokalee, Florida

    Sexual harassment and assault, and almost non-existent job security, are just some of the problems that plague migrant workers in the United States. A decade-long farm worker-led effort to push corporations to demand farmers submit to “clean labor” audits has yielded, for the first time, the introduction of shade tents, mandated water and bathroom breaks.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

Go to All Solutions in Focus