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  • Recife is tackling violence by making life better for its youngest residents

    November 15, 2019 |

    Apolitical |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Recife, Pernambuco

    The Brazilian city of Recife is tackling violence prevention by focusing on early-childhood education through a program called Urban95. In addition to painting the streets and buildings bright colors, Urban95 offers accessible services like pre- and post-natal services to caregivers and storytelling & play opportunities for young children. The program was rolled out in two communities, and one proved more successful than the other because it partnered with a preexisting organization within the community.

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  • The failed American Dream: Lessons from Flint's Civic Park neighborhood

    November 14, 2019 |

    Flintside |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

    Flint, Michigan's Civic Park neighborhood struggled to make a comeback after the auto industry collapsed in their community. But the city didn't simply accept their failures; they learned from past mistakes and have begun to refuel the economy by incorporating equity, diversity, and several stable economic drivers into the town.

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  • High-tech mapping, apps fight deadly dengue outbreak in Honduras

    November 14, 2019 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Honduras

    Mobile phone apps allow NGOs to track public health threats. In Honduras, the medical charity, Medicine Sans Frontiers (MSF) uses GIS technology and mobile phone apps to assist in their efforts against dengue fever outbreaks. Apps allow residents to report outbreaks, which helps the charity apply its efforts where they are most needed. MSF also uses apps to learn about conditions in the communities it serves.

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  • Some building works threaten Turkish antiquities. Others save them

    November 14, 2019 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Antakya

    After discovering historic artifacts on land preparing to become a hotel in Antakya, Turkey, owners chose to develop a combined hotel and history museum, a rare act of collaboration between preservationists and developers. The developers, who incorporated ancient relics like a bathhouse and the world's largest mosaic floor, work consciously to preserve and memorialize the land they are building on to ensure culture significance is not lost among new developments.

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  • How St. Louis Took a Proactive Approach to E-Scooter Regulation

    November 14, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    A failed bikeshare program left St. Louis prepared for the onlsaught of e-scooters that has been sweeping the nation and left the city ahead of the curve with scooter regulation. The city installed a permit system that easily transferred from the bikeshare program structure - which never launched due to lack of grant money - to scooter usage. The permit system allows any changes to regulations to go through administration, rather than a lengthy legislative process, and ensures scooters are available all over the city rather than just in the wealthier, more developed pockets.

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  • There's No App for Getting People Out of Their Cars

    November 13, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Though apps that provide a common platform to view various transit, bike, and pedestrian routes have become more popular, they're not the only way to get people out of their cars and onto more sustainable transportation modes. This story addresses the limitations of mobile apps as well as the successes of integrating more reliable and frequent transit methods in reducing regular car use.

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  • Can the Paris Metro Make Room for More Riders?

    November 13, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Although Paris public transportation ridership is booming - a goal of the city's to make a positive impact on "green" development - city officials are now looking to expand the metro lines to be able to fit the demand of residents and tourists. Developers have broken ground on a metro project that aims to encircle the city, making it easier for suburb dwellers to get around the region without having to enter Paris itself.

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  • Safer at sea: The unexpected benefit of traceability for small-scale fishers

    November 12, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Philippines, General Santos City

    Efforts to reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing also make fishermen safer at sea. Vessel Monitoring Mechanisms (VMM) and electronic catch documentation (eCDT) track the origin of fish headed to market, part of an international effort to ensure sustainable and equitable practices. Data transmission also makes fishermen safer, relaying their locations from hundreds of miles out at sea. In the Philippines, a partnership between Futuristic Aviation and Maritime Enterprise (FAME) and USAID Oceans and Fisheries Partnership helps cover subscription fees for FAME radio transmitter service.

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  • This startup helps match veterans to the support services they need

    November 11, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A new national startup helps connect veteran service organizations to make enrollment processes easier for veterans seeking help. The startup - called Unite Us - aims to bring together the 46,000 agencies that provide services to veterans to make it easier for veterans to quickly transfer from agency to agency to best meet their needs.

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  • Turning Paris's underground car parks into mushrooms farms

    November 11, 2019 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Mushroom farms are popping up in underground parking lots in Paris. The city, facing a surplus of lots as car ownership declines, has been holding competitions to find creative, new purposes for them. Urban farmers, Cycloponics, won one of these competitions and now operates three of these mushroom farms, selling their crops to local organic grocery stores in the area.

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