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  • 'I have no thought of escaping': inside the Brazilian prisons with no guards

    April 02, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Itaúna, Minas Gerais

    In Apac prisons, inmates hold the keys. “By committing a crime, prisoners break the social pact,” says Ana Paula Pellegrino of Igarape Institute. “An Apac prison restores this by allowing inmates to work for the community.” Inmates contribute to local projects, follow a routine of work and study, and are addressed by name rather than number. The rehabilitation-focused approach is completely different from what happens in Brazil's mainstream prisons, a fact that motivates inmates to honor the rules.

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  • 'Heck it was productive': New Zealand employees try four-day week

    March 29, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: New Zealand

    To improve employee work-life balance, some companies have experimented with cutting working hours, either by reducing the length of a work day or shifting to a four-day work week. Pilot programs show mixed results. At New Zealand’s Perpetual Guardian, employees find a four-day work week both energizing and stressful since there is reduced time to complete work tasks.

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  • How to bring a high street back from the dead

    March 29, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, York

    Revive local high streets by creating informal spaces for people to linger. That’s the lesson from Bishopthorpe Road in York. Once barely hanging on, Bishy Road’s fortunes changed when shopkeepers decided to band together, close off the road, and host a street party. Thousands of people showed up. The shops have continued to build spaces for people to relax and hang out, and the high street is now voted one of Britain’s best.

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  • Block like an Egyptian: roller derby team get women's rights on track

    March 28, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Egypt, Cairo

    Team sports have been an effective way to build community, nurture skills, and develop physical autonomy among Egyptian women. The introduction of a roller derby team in Cairo has achieved these goals and is travels internationally for competition.

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  • The rebel bank, printing its own notes and buying back people's debts

    March 23, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Walthamstow, London

    How is Street Central Bank buying back the debt of ordinary people? Part art installation and part charitable endeavor, the “bank” prints its own money, sells it for real tender and then uses the funds to help neighbors. The project draws inspiration from similar debt buyback efforts in the United States.

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  • Wheat in heat: the 'crazy idea' that could combat food insecurity

    March 23, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Senegal, Ndiayene Pendao

    After many years of attempts, scientists have discovered how to create a heat tolerant wheat that has the potential of impacting the growing concerns around food insecurity. Tested in sub-Saharan temperatures in Senegal, the International Centre for Research in the Dry Areas (Icarda) have seen success with their strain of wheat that turns this formerly cold-weather only crop into a fast-growing crop that can withstand 40C temperatures and be grown in the between seasons of planting rice crops.

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  • ‘They are our salvation': the Sicilian town revived by refugees

    March 19, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Italy, Sutera, Sicily

    Immigrants are reviving the local economy in Sutera. Before 2014, the Sicilian town was shrinking fast. All but a few hundred people had moved to look for work in bigger cities. Welcoming asylum seekers from Nigeria, Syria, Sri Lanka and elsewhere has proved to be a popular and effective way to grow commercial opportunities and add new life to the town.

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  • Come together: how music is rebuilding bridges in divided Balkans

    March 16, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mostar

    Mostar Rock School is a school that takes students from both sides of the Nereta river, which divides the Bosnian Croat population and the Bosnian Muslims. The school allows students from different ethnic backgrounds to intermingle, create music, and it defies the ethnic division created after the Bosnian war. “There were 16 students in the first class. This year, there are 128 enrolled and 80 more on the waiting list.”

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  • Can we fix it? The repair cafes waging war on throwaway culture

    March 15, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Scotland, Edinburgh

    Instead of throwing broken items away, what if those items could be repaired? The Edinburgh Remakery and the Reading Repair Cafe are attempting just that. Different remake shops have different approaches: some rely on volunteers and provide repair services for free, others charge a fee to make the company more sustainable. What they all have in common is a passion for remaking what is old into what is new again and helping the planet at the same time.

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  • Worker-owned businesses

    March 14, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Scotland, Glasgow

    Rather than selling his business in the traditional way, a business owner in Glasgow decided to transfer ownership to his employees through an employee ownership trust after researching the best ways to plan for succession in a way that will benefit current employees. The trust granted shares to employees based on their length of time at the company, and this unusual succession plan saves companies from being shut down in the hands of new owners.

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