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Drawing on historical strengths to prevent problems in the future

Anne Hillman

May 24, 2018 |

Alaska Public Media |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Hooper Bay, Alaska

Qungasvik, a program developed by and for Yup’ik people living in Alaska, focuses on skills, craft making, and community connection. The program provides a strong support system and is helping to decrease incidence of alcoholism, suicide, and isolation among the Yup’ik.

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London's Big Push for Better Design

Feargus O'Sullivan

May 23, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, London

Public Practice is the name of a new London social enterprise that is placing top urban planners in local government authorities. The program aims to incorporate skilled urban planners in essential city tasks: building affordable housing, developing better infrastructure, and improving city spaces. Though only in its first year, the program hopes to continue to help “London build more inclusive spaces.”

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Paris is building the eco-community of the future right now. Here's how.

Susannah Shmurak

May 23, 2018 |

Ensia |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: France, Clichy-Batignolles, Paris

Setting the bar high for environmental sustainability can encourage innovation and experimentation. Developers of Paris’ new Clichy-Batignolles eco-district are reducing the neighborhood’s carbon footprint in nearly every way imaginable. Solar panels and vegetation cover the energy-efficient buildings, the water table under the 10-hectare (25-acre) park provides geothermal heating, deliveries are directed to a central drop-off site, and much more.

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Tracing Illegal Guns

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

May 23, 2018 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, Pennsylvania

A publicly available online platform launched by the New York Attorney General fills in big data gaps on guns being used in crimes and trafficked from elsewhere. “We were able to get a snapshot really quickly of where the worst guns are ending up and where they started.” The data can establish groundwork for interstate trafficking cases and also inform policy decisions and New York is happy to share the technology other communities can build their own databases.

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Towaoc Had No Running Water in the 1970s. Now it Does, and the Tribe Irrigates a Farm. What Changed?

Austin Cope

May 22, 2018 |

KSJD |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Colorado

A green oasis sits amongst desert land in southwest Colorado, but this swath of Ute Mountain land wasn't always so fortunate. Thanks in large part to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe leveraging their sovereignty, a settlement led to federal funding for canals, pipelines and the construction of the McPhee reservoir.

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Australia's Immigration Solution: Small-Town Living

Damien Cave

May 21, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Australia, Pyramid Hill

A town in rural Australia found an unexpected solution to its seemingly inevitable collapse through population decline: by welcoming immigrants even as Australia's urban centers attempt to restrict immigration. In Pyramid Hill, a pig farmer was the first to prove the potential of the idea when he hired 4 Filipino workers to work with him as he entered retirement; now, the area is seeing population growth, new homes, and other signs of success.

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A phoenix rising from the asbestos

John Blodgett

May 17, 2018 |

The Western News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Libby, Montana

A town once plagued by a reputation of being an asbestos Superfund site as well as having been hit by the timber wars, Libby, Montana is back on the map. Lincoln County commissioner, Mark Peck of Libby, the county seat, decided to make it a priority to fix the negative connotation surrounding the town and partnered with a public relations firm to rebrand the city through the use of the community's unique story of rising from asbestos.

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Redefining Success

Emily Dugdale

May 10, 2018 |

Honolulu Civil Beat |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Hawaii

While Hawaii's Kamalani Academy tries to improve the school experience for and academic achievements of immigrant students from the Marshall Islands, it is looking to an unlikely place for inspiration: Springdale, Arkansas.

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Only City In California To Solve Veteran Homelessness Is On A Mission To Go Bigger

Amita Sharma

May 10, 2018 |

KPBS Public Media |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Riverside, California

Riverside is the only city in California to solve veteran homelessness. The approach, called Housing First, works by placing vets into subsidized housing and then proceeding with support services like finding employment or rehabilitating from drugs/alcohol dependence. Now that Riverside has housed all of its 89 homeless vets, it is moving on to apply the same approach to their 400 chronically homeless citizens.

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Dogs help students beyond play

Kumasi Aaron

May 09, 2018 |

KMGH-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

In one Colorado classroom, the teacher's pet, a dog named Buster, is teaching students lessons about patience, responsibility, and confidence.

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