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  • How Central Oregon Bet Its Future on Community College

    June 22, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Bend, Oregon

    Despite the economic hardships brought on by the downfall of the lumber industry in the '80s and the housing market crash of 2008, Bend, Oregon has managed to successfully enter the ranks of a technology hub, without the presence of a university. The small but thriving city bet on its local community college, which offers a unique campus feel and rigorous course load that sets it apart from other community colleges of the same size. When the lumber industry left, the region bet its future on technology—even though it lacked a research university.

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  • Urban Farming

    June 18, 2015 |

    Maptia |

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    Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

    A growing number of people in the famously crowded Tokyo metropolis are becoming ‘city farmers’, planting crops atop tall buildings or deep underground. In an age of detrimental climate change, urban cultivation and green roof agriculture will soon be necessary as food, water and energy resources become scarcer.

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  • How Detroit Taught Itself to Demolish Vacant Houses Safely

    June 12, 2015 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    To develop new demolition standards, the Detroit Building Authority brought together a best practices working group that met biweekly. Under the new system, a pre-demolition review takes place to, among other things, plan out what will be recycled or salvaged. When an excavator claws through a building, a water truck or fire hose has to be dousing the structure to inhibit the reach of particulate matter—limiting the environmental and health impacts.

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  • Stories of Redemption in America's Coal Country

    June 12, 2015 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Lynch, Kentucky

    After the downturn of the coal industry, 8,000 jobs were lost in Central Appalachia. While some counties are renewed with the help of federal assistance, others find ways to help themselves.

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  • Zanzibar's 'Solar Mamas' flip the switch on rural homes, gender roles

    June 05, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Matemwe, Zanzibar

    In Zanzibar, hundreds of households too poor and remote to have access to the electrical grid are getting low cost solar power for the first time, from a group of local female engineers trained by and Indian NGO. It's the first of several "solar mamas" projects planned for parts of rural Africa, and it's turning some traditional gender roles on their head.

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  • Peru's Ancient Stone Canals

    May 25, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Peru, Huamantanga, Lima Metropolitan Area

    Climate change has led to shorter, more violent rainy seasons in the highlands around Lima, Peru, meaning that - even though there is theoretically enough water during the rainy season to sustain the local population, it flows downhill too quickly, leaving residents short of clean water during the dry season. Now, an organization called Condesan is helping the community to restore ancient stone canals from the seventh century that will help to store water from rainfall through the dry season and supply residents with a steady water source.

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  • Japan's Future Farms

    May 25, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Japan, Fukushima, Tōhoku

    At the Fujitsu factory in Japan, a significant decline in demand for semiconductor computer chips meant the company had large empty factory space sitting unused. A new business approach allowed them to dually address both the need to evolve their business model with a global decline of viable agricultural space needed to grow the world's food. Now, the factory houses indoor vegetable gardens, soil free and less resource-heavy than traditional farmland.

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  • Fish Net Fashion

    May 18, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: Slovenia, Ajdovščina, Municipality of Ajdovščina

    "Ghost gear" are nylon nets and other waste left behind in our oceans by fishing boats - they cause massive environmental damage, releasing toxins in the water, ensnaring wildlife, and clogging up beaches. Now one organisation, the Healthy Seas Initiative, is working with fishermen and a sportswear company called ECONYL to retrieve abandoned nets from out of the ocean and convert the materials into clothing, carpets, and more.

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  • The Power of a Calm Sea

    May 18, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland

    As the global demand for energy continually increases, the strain on natural resources and the detrimental effects of fossil fuels become more problematic. But new developments in renewable energy technologies may provide new solutions. Minesto, a company based out of Northern Ireland, has a new device - structured something like an underwater kite - that allows for the constant harvesting of tidal power, regardless of current weather or wave conditions.

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  • Why A Philadelphia Grocery Chain Is Thriving In Food Deserts

    May 14, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Brown's Super Stores operates seven profitable supermarkets in traditionally food desert neighborhoods in Philadelphia. The founder says it's because they brought together a group of community leaders and asked them exactly what they were looking for in a neighborhood grocery store, and used the information to truly create a space for the broader community that often includes health care clinics, banking services, event space, and more.

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