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Library of Things: borrow power tools, ukuleles, and ice cream makers alongside books

Lucy Purdy

May 10, 2018 |

Positive.News |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: England, London

In south London, a crowdfunded campaign by residents has brought a "Library of Things" to the neighborhood where people can rent out items like lawn mowers and pressure cookers for affordable rates. The project began in 2014 and also offers skill-sharing events and volunteer opportunities.

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Special delivery: Text messages bring courses to disconnected students

Stacy Teicher Khadaroo

May 09, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Yemen

A group of college students has developed a text-message based entrepreneurship course designed for students in locations where "phones are common, but internet access is not," including in Yemen. The founders hope that their curriculum will help to close the persistent "social-capital gap" in business education.

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How the growing “One Water” movement is not only helping the environment but also saving millions of dollars

Erica Gies

May 08, 2018 |

Ensia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

In response to the growing concern about the world's water supply, a movement known in the United States as "One Water" has taken shape and is gathering momentum on a mission to halt floods, droughts and water pollution.

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Algebra on Aisle Six: How a Disused Kmart Became a Bold New High School

Zach Mortice

May 08, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Waukegan, Illinois

When Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, one of a national network of work-study high schools, was looking to move out of an outdated building, an abandoned big box KMart caught administrators' eyes. Strapped by a tight budget, the school creatively transformed the suburban eye sore into a colorful cross between a corporate headquarters and a college campus. Inspired by the school's success, other network schools are looking into vacant factories and grocery stores as new homes.

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Rescued by Books: Fostering Teen Literacy in Low-Income Communities

Ruth Ebenstein

May 05, 2018 |

Los Angeles Review of Books |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The Book Truck is a nonprofit that addresses the issue of "book deserts" in Los Angeles by providing free books and literacy programming to over 10,000 teenagers across the city. The truck was established in 2012 and has since handed out over 17,000 books. Participants in the program attest to how the program has changed their life because reading is now a tool to learn more about themselves and the world, to develop leadership skills, and to even make new friends.

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Telemedicine Takes Transgender Care Beyond The City

Keren Landman

May 05, 2018 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Tifton, Georgia

For transgender and gender nonconforming individuals, seeking healthcare can be an agonizing process due to discrimination and a lack of provider familiarity with their unique healthcare needs. QMed, a virtual health service for transgender and gender nonconforming people who live in the southeastern United States - particularly those in rural areas where there are fewer doctors - allows transgender people to access the healthcare they need free from discrimination.

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Your Tampon Could Save Your Life

Michaela Haas

May 03, 2018 |

Shondaland |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Ridhi Tariyal developed an easy way for women to test their fertility after her OB/GYN refused to do blood tests to help her determine if she might have trouble getting pregnant. Women are sent a box by NextGenJane, Tariyal's company and they simply use a tampon during their cycle as they normally would and then they place it in the box and put it in the mail. In the lab, Tariyal's patented machine obtains a blood sample from the tampon and measures the woman's fertility-- all without the typical invasive procedures used in a doctor's office.

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'It Is an Unusual and Radical Act': Why the Baltimore Museum Is Selling Blue-Chip Art to Buy Work by Underrepresented Artists

Julia Halperin

April 30, 2018 |

Artnet |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

In order to raise funds to purchase new work by women and artists of color, the Baltimore Museum of Art has deaccessioned redundant or hard to display work by major male, white artists.

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Stuck in traffic? These folks found a solution by joining a vanpool

David Gutman Michelle Baruchman

April 28, 2018 |

The Seattle Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

When public transportation is not an option and commuting alone is undesirable, vanpools are a great option for shared commuting. Seattle’s vanpool program is the largest in the country, with 1,469 vanpools, followed by Los Angeles and San Diego. Company buy-in helps, such as when Boeing and Microsoft offered subsidies to those using vanpools. The goal is to decrease costs and drive-alone rates in major cities.

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Refugees adopt energy-saving stoves to save trees

Lilian Namagembe

April 26, 2018 |

Daily Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda

Nearly one million South Sudan refugees have fled to Uganda to seek refuge among a safer setting. With this rapid population growth, however, the environmental impacts have included massive deforestation in areas. Although not a solution in and of itself, conservation organizations are taking steps to mitigate against this impact by creating energy saving stoves made out of clay soil.

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