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  • The green bank for kids - set up by a child

    May 31, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Peru, Arequipa

    José Adolfo Quisocala is no ordinary 14 year old. He started a bank to teach local children to save money, and he is able to help them make money through a recycling program that rewards those who contribute paper and plastic. So far he works with 2,000 children and seven schools, with more demand on the way.

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  • ‘People aren't disabled, their city is': inside Europe's most accessible city

    May 28, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Breda, North Brabant

    The Dutch city of Breda is making great strides in making their city accessible for all with more than 800 shops and bars physically accessible and more than 26 city resident and tourist-focused websites now accessible to those with sensory and learning impairments. Breda attributes these successes and many more to a commitment to improving accessibility and creating partnerships that work together to achieve this mission of inclusivity and social confidence.

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  • How Stockholm became the city of work-life balance

    May 22, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

    Stockholm, Sweden is known as the best city in the world for work-life balance, as it boasts flexible work hours and nearly two years' parental leave per child for each parent. While raising a child with a full-time career still poses challenges, the norm for businesses in Stockholm is to cater to working parents' busy schedules in order to support equal childcare between mothers and fathers.

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  • Could you give up flying? Meet the no-plane pioneers

    May 22, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Southampton

    There’s a new environmental movement: the no-fly movement. In Europe especially, people are realizing the detrimental environmental impact of flying and are seeking alternatives to air travel, even if it means being creative with time and money. It’s not for everyone - but for this movement, days of train travel trump the emissions created from a long flight.

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  • From bleak to bustling: how one French town solved its high street crisis

    May 20, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: France, Mulhouse

    Mulhouse, a small city in France, brushed off its negative reputation and used community networking, clever financing, and urban renewal as tools to become a bustling center once again. The town relied on many community associations and local voices to grow their economy; now, the city has more shops opening than closing.

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  • City with a female face: how modern Vienna was shaped by women

    May 14, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Austria, Vienna

    Vienna, Austria uses a tactic called "gender mainstreaming" to ensure that urban planning equally takes into account lives of women and men around the city. While architecture and urban planning have traditionally been male-dominated industries, Vienna actively incorporates alternative opinions and lifestyles into their city infrastructure. The Austrian capital has been pioneering ‘gender mainstreaming’ for nearly 30 years. How did the city come to be so far ahead – and could its gains be lost?

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  • 'It changes the way you see everything': the shocking film about gerrymandering

    May 01, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    In a time of extreme division in American politics, one documentary is highlighting an issue both sides agree is an issue--gerrymandering. As contorted districts have made elections pointless in many Michigan elections, the grassroots group Voters Not Politicians, featured in a recent documentary Slay the Dragon, worked to establish an independent, public citizen's commission for redistricting.

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  • Leeds becomes first UK city to lower its childhood obesity rate

    May 01, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Leeds, England

    Increasing the confidence of parents in directing their children toward healthy choices is crucial in the battle against childhood obesity. In Leeds, England, the HENRY (Health, Exercise, and Nutrition for the Really Young) program introduces families to healthier forms of parenting, including methods that blend authoritative and permissive approaches to decision making between parents and their kids. According to researchers and data from primary schools, the HENRY program has contributed to a negative trend in childhood obesity in they city.

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  • 'Hate is always local': the Swedish city that said no to neo-Nazis

    May 01, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Kungälv

    The city of Kungälv, Sweden, with only 20,000 residents, developed a successful initiative to prevent the spread of neo-Nazis after the murder of a fourteen year-old anti-racist activist in 1995. Armed with the theory that "hate is always local," a local teacher created the Tolerance Project, held workshops with local teenagers and took them on trips to Holocaust sites. Now the "Kungälv model" is being practiced and adapted to local contexts around Sweden.

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  • Sinking city: how Venice is managing Europe's worst tourism crisis

    April 30, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Italy, Venice

    Sustainable initiatives around Venice, Italy tackle the growing number of tourists flooding into the city each year. From waste management strategies to the implementation of resources to drive tourists to locally owned businesses, the city takes a comprehensive approach to reducing negative impact from tourism. Venice’s booming tourism industry is threatening the city’s very survival. But grassroots initiatives are making a difference – and may even help other cities

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