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  • Where Does Moral Courage Come From?

    December 18, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh

    An Indian activist, Satyarthi, is trying to undermine the hard-pressed Indian caste system by speaking out in little ways that are publicly broadcasted in order to find more supporters.

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  • Big Ideas in Social Change, 2014

    December 11, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Charleston, South Carolina

    A overview of 2014's Fixes columns - connecting the dots between 60 or so ways that people are trying to change the world.

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  • Los Angeles, City of Water

    December 06, 2014 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    LOS ANGELES is the nation’s water archvillain, according to public perception, notorious for its usurpation of water hundreds of miles away to slake the thirst of its ever-expanding population. Recently, however, Los Angeles has reduced its reliance on outside sources of water - it has become, of all things, a leader in sustainable water management, a pioneer in big-city use of cost-effective, environmentally beneficial water conservation, collection and reuse technologies.

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  • A Depression Fighting Strategy That Could Go Viral

    December 04, 2014 |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Rawalpindi, Punjab

    A strategy for stopping widespread depression in developing countries should be as obvious as one for combatting epidemics. A new strategy aims to downshift jobs to local workers to act as peer therapists.

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  • Prescribing Vegetables, Not Pills

    December 01, 2014 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Wholesome Wave, a nonprofit organization that advocates for access to better food in low-income neighborhoods runs a program based on a simple idea to deal with a complex problem: instead of drugs or admonishments to lose weight, doctors provide families with a “prescription” to eat fruits and vegetables, as well as other tools to improve their health.

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  • An Inclusive Emerging Economy, With Africa in the Lead

    November 27, 2014 |

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    Response Location: Tanzania

    In combatting poverty, a giant informal economic system has quietly emerged in Africa. Women participate in micro-finance organizations that loan money in order to allow them to create businesses and become self-managing.

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  • Getting a Senior Discount? Here's How to Give It Away

    November 21, 2014 |

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    Response Location: United States, Bainbridge Island, Washington

    Not all seniors need the various discounts they receive. The Boomerang Giving project allows them to donate back the difference of the discounts on things like movie tickets to a charity of their choice, benefiting not only a community cause but also their own mental and physical health. Various services also assist them in selecting and investing wisely in different nonprofits.

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  • Colombia's Data-Driven Fight Against Crime

    November 20, 2014 |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Medellín, Antioquia

    Colombia has attempted to decrease murder and homicide rates by setting up curfews for teenagers, forcing bars to close earlier in the evening, and creating gun laws to prevent the carrying of weapons. As a result of this epidemiological, data-driven approach, along with other governmental factors, the homicide rate has decreased significantly in most of the cities in which it was implemented.

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  • The Floating Gardens of Bangladesh

    November 18, 2014 |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Each year the brown waters of the Gumani river swell during the summer monsoon, creeping over the surrounding fields to flood Charbhangura, a village of 2,500 people in the Pabna district of northwest Bangladesh - when the fields flood, the farmers have no work. Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha trains locals to create floating farms and provide work, money, and food in all seasons.

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  • In India, Latrines Are Truly Lifesavers

    November 13, 2014 |

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    Response Location: India, Odisha

    In India, 620 million people openly defecate outdoors, causing harm to hygiene, sanitation, food, and water resources. The president of India funded an initiative to build public toilets for the people in his country, but the people did not use them because of traditions and behaviors. The Total Sanitation Campaign is starting to change villagers’ minds by having local leadership persuade those who resist the toilets by holding community activities and creating special committees to maintain the sanitation.

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