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'We're going to the pub': finding a way out of loneliness, one app at a time

Tom Wall

January 15, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, Bracknell

In the UK, where loneliness amongst senior residents has been declared a public health issue, councils, churches, and local charities are working to ensure that people are provided opportunities to connect with others and find the social interaction they need to stay healthy. Some of their methods include a community map filled with all of the local activities that take place, including more informal gatherings that take place regularly, and outreach to both older people who might benefit and younger people who might be able to offer a service. The programs have cut loneliness in Bracknell, UK, since 2015.

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Guardian to be first national newspaper with biodegradable wrapping

Jim Waterson

January 11, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, London

National newspapers and mailers could do a lot to reduce plastic waste. Take a look at the UK's Guardian. In response to reader comments, the newspaper has stopped wrapping its deliveries in plastic, switching instead to a biodegradable material made from potato starch.

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A radical idea for an ancient African conflict: talking to the enemy

Ruth Maclean

January 10, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Nassarawa

Intense and violent conflict between herders and farmers has long plagued the Nigeria's middle belt region. Community members and a humanitarian organization are taking steps to mend these complicated relationships, however, through organized meetings on neutral ground that allow the herder and farmer to talk about forgiveness and shared interests.

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How an emerging African megacity cut commutes by two hours a day

Nick Van Mead

January 08, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's de facto capital and megacity-to-be, has cut transportation times by providing a bus system that avoids traffic congestion and chaotic intersections. Though the bus system still struggles to provide comfortable conditions and convenient ticketing processes, commuters who take the bus report significantly reduced transportation times.

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Dutch eco initiative halves energy bills in first UK homes

Adam Vaughan

January 07, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, Nottingham, England

By piloting a Dutch initiative to make homes more energy efficient with new windows and solar panels in the United Kingdom, tenants are seeing their monthly energy bills decrease by almost half. More than 150 social housing homes in Nottingham are testing the “Energiesprong” approach, which has already seen success in the Netherlands.

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How to fix the gender pay gap? The firm that pays everyone the same

Helen Pidd

January 01, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, Elland, West Yorkshire

In the midst of controversy surrounding large gender pay-gaps in the United Kingdom, a wholesale company called Suma adopts a "co-op" mentality and pays everyone - regardless of gender, experience, or age - the same salary. The equal structure at Suma encourages employees to take active roles in all departments of the company, allowing them to see operational structure and strategy on all sides of the wholesale process.

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Newcastle's 'digital twin' to help city plan for disasters

Tom White

December 30, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: England, Newcastle

Thanks to technology used in "Formula One teams and engine manufacturers like Rolls Royce," Newcastle is digitally replicating the entire city in order to project potential natural disaster occurrence and population increases. In doing so, the city is able to prepare for ways to act should a disaster occur.

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Inclusion health: an Irish answer to the homelessness crisis

Jules Montague

December 14, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Ireland, Dublin

In Dublin, the concept of "inclusion health" is helping to prevent the constant cycling of homeless people from the hospital and the streets and making sure that vulnerable populations receive the attention they need to stay healthy. The program aims to address the social and health inequities that leave people sick while also ensuring coordinated care so no one falls through the crack of the system.

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Boston's miracle: how America stopped young men killing each other

Sandra Johansson

December 06, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

An initiative that aims to keep troubled former criminals from continuing down the same path is technically called group violence intervention, but most know it as the Boston miracle. Piloted in the 90s, this style of intervention has shown so much success in reducing shooting rates that it has began scaling to European countries.

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Scientists develop 10-minute universal cancer test

Ian Sample

December 04, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Australia, Queensland

A new inexpensive and fast procedure can detect the presence of cancer cells in a person’s body. The ease and 90% accuracy rate of this test could make it an effective initial scan for malignant cells detecting cancer earlier.

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