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  • Iowa communities and businesses work together to find solutions for child care shortages

    February 22, 2019 |

    The Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Pella, Iowa

    In rural Iowa, employers are partnering with child-care providers to fill gaps for working parents. Take Vermeer, a manufacturing company out of Pella, Iowa. Vermeer recently purchased an old barn near its headquarters and transformed the space to serve more than 100 children.

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  • Shipping industry takes a page from bitcoin to clean up its act

    February 21, 2019 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    As part of a larger shift toward transparency, the shipping industry is exploring blockchain technology through a collaboration between Blockchain Labs for Open Collaboration and Frontier Sky. Together, they applied blockchain technology – in this case, apps on their smartphones – at every step of the shipping process, to verify the contents, contracts, and delivery of the process. The industry moves around $4 trillion in cargo annually, and in the global shift to decrease emissions, such technology may be a way forward.

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  • Tribes Use Western and Indigenous Science to Prepare for Climate Change

    February 21, 2019 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    The University of Washington and Northwestern tribes have partnered to use their collective knowledge to create an online tool that helps regional tribes prepare for the effects of climate change. The tools uses climate forecasting that depicts how different resources in the region will be affected at a hyper-local level. The tool itself is a result of Western science, but researchers say the inputted data and information would not have been possible without the nuanced Indigenous knowledge.

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  • It's become much harder to rig elections in Nigeria thanks to technology

    February 20, 2019 |

    Quartz Africa |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Using two-step authentication helps to increase the security of elections. Nigeria has addressed several of the problems that marred its 2007 elections by introducing card readers and permanent voter cards (PVCs) to replace paperwork that could be more easily forged. Nigeria’s electoral commission has also worked with cyber-security experts to implement the upgrades to its election systems. What remains is to ensure compliance with new regulations.

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  • Development is booming in Milwaukee Junction, but you might not have noticed it

    February 19, 2019 |

    Model D |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Milwaukee Junction, a neighborhood in Detroit, focuses on urban renewal and business promotion as it seeks to become the next "up-and-coming" area in the city. Developers seek out abandoned lots and old auto manufacturing facilities to build space for retailers, restaurants and entertainment centers that bring tourists into the area.

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  • Gig economy platform Thumbtack is helping its users get benefits

    February 19, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The National Domestic Workers Alliance created a platform called Alia to deliver job benefits to home cleaners. Now, the NDWA is partnering with Thumbtack, a gig economy platform, in order to deliver this service to thousands more workers around the country. Alia allows employers to pay into a portable benefits fund for each cleaning session, funding paid time off and other job benefits.

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  • The weird rise of cyber funerals

    February 17, 2019 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    People are accustomed to organizing funerals when they lose a loved one, but technology has given rise to a need for digital funerals as well. In order to expunge a person's digital footprint once, companies in South Korea are offering cyber funerals that aim to get rid of all online data after a person has passed away.

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  • Want to hire a refugee? This program can match you with someone with the right skills

    February 15, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Talent Beyond Boundaries is an organization that connects refugees with specialized skillsets to employers who can offer them jobs (and visas) in Canada and Australia. For many such refugees, employers traditionally ask for documentation that those fleeing from unsafe conditions cannot provide, but the organizations connect them to jobs, as well as giving English lessons, updating resumes, and conducting practice interviews.

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  • The orchid whisperers: Rare blooms find an urban perch

    February 14, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Coral Gables, Florida

    The Million Orchid Project has been reintroducing native, endangered plants into urban areas. From planting in school yards, to city parks, to the sides of busy roads, the initiative aims to preserve biodiversity by changing the assumption that nature has to be something separate from human society. While the project is still in early phases, it has shown indicators for progress, like the reappearance of wildlife species thought to have been extinct.

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  • Confronting Generations of Racial Economic Injustice in Charlotte

    February 13, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    In an initiative to level the playing field for businesses led by women and people of color, cities and businesses work together to evaluate and address racial and gender disparities in the private sector. By performing studies and creating programs that partner these business with franchises like the NBA, these programs offer opportunities to work past stereotypes and discrimination.

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