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Would Your Opinions of Criminals Change if One Cooked and Served You Dinner?

Chris Peak

April 14, 2016 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, Texas

There is a high rate of recidivism for juvenile offenders, Chad Houser started Cafe Momentum with the aims to help these individuals develop a new life. The food is made by young offenders who go through a year long internship at the cafe in order to develop their culinary skills.

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Can water ATMs solve India's water crisis?

Fred de Sam Lazaro Judy Woodruff

April 13, 2016 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

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Response Location: India, Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi

In many rural communities in India, access to clean drinking water is still scarce. The cost of bottled water is prohibitive, city pipes are in poor condition, and the municipal tanker trucks that supply some water are haphazard. But a social business called Sarvajal is busy scaling up a solution: a water ATM. These machines allow people to scan a pre-paid card and withdraw purified water from a stable, convenient source within their community when needed.

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Conjoined Twins, a Trip to Saudi Arabia and a Risky Operation

Ben Hubbard

April 06, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

The government of Saudi Arabia pays for travel, accommodation and surgery for low-income patients from around the world in need of conjoined twin separation.

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Finding common ground in the debate about African agriculture

Catherine Cheney

March 17, 2016 |

Devex |

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Response Location: Kenya

How might African farmers enhance their productivity and increase their resilience to climate change without compromising the health of their land? How might American companies play a role without short-term gains standing in the way of long-term sustainability? The two are coming together to create a solution for a sustainable future for the African continent.

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How Carbon Farming Could Reverse Climate Change

Vera Liang Chang

March 16, 2016 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: Mexico, Veracruz

Carbon farming is a method that focuses on sequestering atmospheric carbon on agricultural land. While farms around the world already do it, it's not anywhere near the scale necessary to avert climate catastrophe. But paired with aggressive emissions reduction, the practice could not only mitigate global warming, but also help the most impoverished communities.

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How Miami Beach Is Keeping the Florida Dream Alive—And Dry

Sara Solovitch

March 14, 2016 |

Politico |

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Response Location: United States, Miami Beach, Florida

Threatened by increasingly rising sea levels caused by climate change, leaders in Miami Beach are spending equally increasing amounts of money on technology and systems to combat flooding.

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Large malt producer uses wood chips to fuel power plant

Gregg Hennigan

March 04, 2016 |

Rock Road Recycle |

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Response Location: United States, Shakopee, Minnesota

Rahr Malting, a brewery in Shakopee, MN, has found a creative way to sustainably address their energy needs. The company partners with the Mdewakanton Sioux Community to use waste barley hulls from the malting factory to generate electricity for their facilities, selling excess power to the public grid while the waste heat sprouts the malt to make beer.

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Group Hopes To Change Fresno's Food Economy

Ali Budner

February 16, 2016 |

Valley Public Radio |

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Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

Fresno County is one of the top agricultural producers in the world, yet it contains twelve food deserts, making access to fresh produce for residents difficult. Food Commons Fresno is attempting to solve that problem through their Community Supported Agriculture brand, Out Of Our Own Backyard (OOOOBY).

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What Planners of Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Line Can Learn in New Jersey

Emma G. Fitzsimmons

February 15, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Bergen, New Jersey

The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, across the river from New York City, offers a look at the benefits and challenges of a street-level transit line.

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An Investment Strategy to Save the Planet

Tina Rosenberg

January 05, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

In light of climate change, New York State's Common Retirement Fund, the country's third-largest pension fund, decided to invest in a way that rewards companies with low carbon footprints.

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