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21 March 2020
Singapore
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
As the West continues to battle the spread of coronavirus, countries like Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan offer lessons in what's working to flatten the curve. Although some measures such as early intervention and so...
21 February 2020
Helsingborg, Sweden
Video
3-5 Minutes
To combat loneliness, a flat in Helsingborg rents only to retirees and people under 25, and their contract requires that they spend at least 2 hours a week socializing together. The building, a former retirement home ...
18 February 2020
Helsingborg, Sweden
Video
3-5 Minutes
To help young adults and seniors manage feelings of isolation, a retirement home was revamped into a housing project that caters to those under 25 and pensioners. Living in this new apartment complex comes with a prov...
16 February 2020
Cartagena, Colombia
Photojournalism
800-1500 Words
The League of Displaced Women built “The City of Women" in 2003. The city has about 100 homes for women and their families, including men, who faced and/or fled murder, rape, and other forms of violence during the con...
6 February 2020
Manjimup, Australia
Text
1500-3000 Words
An unusual mixture of biochar — a charcoal-like substance that is produced by burning organic matter — and dung beetles is one way farmers could reduce their cows’ methane emissions to combat climate change, while als...
24 December 2019
Ii, Finland
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
The town of Ii, in northern Finland, has cut carbon emissions by 80 percent, hitting the European Union's target 30 years before the deadline. Thanks to collective action in the community, businessmen, children, grand...
20 December 2019
Jerusalem, Israel
Video
Under 3 Minutes
Ending discrimination in football requires directly addressing some of the negative aspects of fan behavior. In Israel, the owner of the Beitar Jerusalem football club has threatened to take legal action against the L...
10 December 2019
Bluffton, Georgia, United States
Video
3-5 Minutes
Pastures are able to replenish when livestock can move around. By permitting cattle to travel between pastures for feeding, Will Harris’ ranching technique allows the soil to retain more carbon. The carbon captured by...
9 December 2019
Stockton, California, United States
Broadcast TV Programs
Under 3 Minutes
The city of Stockton, California is providing several low-income residents with $500 per month to pilot the effects of a "Universal Basic Income." So far, pilot participants report feeling less stressed about money, h...
3 December 2019
Kentucky, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Since 1892, Berea College in Kentucky has not charged students for tuition. The school avoids adding the "shiny amenities" that other schools may use as selling points and requires that students work a job on campus a...
3 December 2019
Uganda
Video
Over 15 Minutes
In Uganda, which has high youth unemployment rates, schools are starting to incorporate entrepreneurship lessons into traditional curricula to prepare students for life and an unstable job market after school.
29 November 2019
Telford, United Kingdom
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
A recycling plant in Telford, England has found a way to recycle old refrigerators into new ones using a new technology that preserves the plastic without contamination from the refrigerator coolant. Usually, recycled...
22 November 2019
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Text
800-1500 Words
To combat dengue fever, cities around the world are experimenting with injecting a bacterial ally into mosquito eggs that helps prevent the virus from growing inside the insects. Although the approach is still in earl...
14 November 2019
Andernach, Germany
Broadcast TV Programs
3-5 Minutes
A pilot recycling sorting method hosted in Germany has created an easier way for recyclable and non-recyclable products to be separated. Designers printed invisible digital codes - much like invisible barcodes that ca...
11 November 2019
Paris, France
Video
Under 3 Minutes
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, C...
11 November 2019
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Text
1500-3000 Words
A program launched by the Equal Community Foundation (ECF) in 2011 called Action for Equality (AFE) educates more than 5,000 teenage boys in Pune, India about violence against women. They spend 43 weeks learning curri...
BBC
Vittoria Traverso
29 October 2019
Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
Text
800-1500 Words
In China, elderly people tend to exercise in groups in public parks which has lead to the formation of senior playgrounds. Promoting a "longstanding cultural tradition" as well as good health, these playgrounds are ga...
27 September 2019
Saint-Denis, Paris Region, France
Video
3-5 Minutes
Les Alchimistes is a social enterprise outside of Paris that turns the 900,000 tons of food waste produced every year into compost that is then sold to farmers. The group is supported by industrial composters named Ti...
27 September 2019
Lampedusa, Italy
Podcast
5-15 Minutes
In Lampedusa, a small Italian island, those that are struggling with mental health issues are finding help and solace in a local vegetable garden. Although this solution is not intended to act as a stand-alone answer,...
BBC
Christine Ro
26 September 2019
Bhutan
Text
1500-3000 Words
Bhutan has committed to eliminating malaria from the country, as in on track to do so thanks in part to the Bhutanese government's consistent persistence to raise public awareness. Arming citizens with mosquito nets, ...
BBC
Christine Ro
17 September 2019
London, United Kingdom
Text
800-1500 Words
Climate Perks is a program that encourages employees to avoid air travel and choose lower carbon-options for their personal travel. It is part of a trend of initiatives from businesses that incentivize slower travel a...
16 September 2019
Ethiopia
Broadcast TV Programs
5-15 Minutes
In Ethiopia, emergency surgical officers are helping to provide surgical care such as Cesarean sections, that is typically performed by surgeons. Although these health-care providers do not have the full training of s...
7 August 2019
Stockholm, Sweden
Text
1500-3000 Words
In Sweden, employees are allotted up to 6 months in an unpaid leave of absence for the purpose of entrepreneurship. Because of the reported decrease in fear of job loss or financial insecurity, this law has said to in...
15 July 2019
Auckland, New Zealand
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Housing affordability is a crisis that many countries face. New Zealand addressed the issue in a controversial way: by outright banning foreign ownership. Since it has come into effect, real estate pricing has gone do...
7 July 2019
Halden, Norway
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Norway’s Halden Prison is taking a different approach to incarceration: emphasizing rehabilitation over punishment, which has led to a 20% decrease in recidivism in just two years. Over the past two decades, the count...
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