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Cities are getting more crowded: better design could stop violence

Edward Siddons

June 15, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Researchers found that more greenery in urban spaces reduces crime and this idea of combatting crime with good design is part of a discipline called Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, or CPTED. It spread around the world, but there also downsides. A new generation of CPTED advocates are expanding the field to consider social factors underlying crime and engage with local communities when designing projects because just discouraging crime is not enough to make spaces inviting.

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After Centuries of Housing Racism, a Southern City Gets Innovative

Adam Lynch

June 15, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

In Jackson, Mississippi, a series of community-led cooperatives are creating opportunities for affordable home ownership. This is part of a trend across the country to create community land trusts. They are financed through donations, other community businesses, or commissions. Though each land trust faces hurdles, they are collectively allowing more access to wealth and ownership in historically low-income neighborhoods.

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Israeli company invents plastic packaging you can compost

Ruth Schuster

June 14, 2018 |

Haaretz |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Israel

Plastic is consuming the planet, yet is still found throughout store aisles everywhere. TIPA film, invented by an Israeli company, has surfaced as a solution in realistic plastic composting.

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A Brazilian unimpressed by 'ecological toilets' invents an alternative to flushing

Gabriel Alves

June 14, 2018 |

Haaretz |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Brazil

Flushing a toilet is not only wasteful in terms of water usage, but it is also costly. "Few people know how many liters of water are used, or how much they pay for each liter of water used at home," explains Ezequiel Vedana, the inventor of Piipee - a devise that eliminates the need to flush altogether and has been called a global climate innovation. In fact, when one business tested this devise that emits a deodorizing and decolorizing solution, they saw their water bill cut in half within four months.

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Highland Students Find Guidance, Resilience In Chicano Studies

Hannah Colton

June 13, 2018 |

KUNM |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

In 2014, Tucson schools found that performance and graduation rates improved dramatically when students completed classes in Mexican-American studies - the achievement gap closed within a matter of a few years. Now, a teacher in New Mexico is trying to replicate Arizona's success with a Chicano Studies class that takes students' through history and the reality of racism in their own lives.

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How a Low-Tech Solution Helped Anchorage, Alaska's Gardeners

Sara Hudson

June 13, 2018 |

Slate |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

Starting small has had a big impact in Anchorage, Alaska as the city looks at low-tech composting solutions that could alleviate their growing landfill problem. By revisiting a once-failed attempt to encourage composting, the local government found a way to not only build trust with the community, but also increase sustainability and resiliency efforts city-wide.

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Making business democratic: The Cooperation Group gives Detroiters avenues for collective ownership

Aaron Mondry

June 12, 2018 |

Model D |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

The Cooperation Group is a Detroit-based nonprofit that consults for worker-owned cooperatives. They also give advice to organizations even if they think a cooperative is not the best model, as they did with the nonprofit Soulardarity. Either way, they want what is best for the business and the people who work there. The Cooperation Group has mobilized a lot of support in Detroit for cooperatives, including foundations and local government.

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The Disaster Response Program That's Building More Than Homes

NationSwell

June 12, 2018 |

NationSwell |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, El Segundo, California

Combining veterans and disaster relief efforts has proven itself to be a successful method for bridging the gap between pre and post service life. Although not entirely made up of veterans, Team Rubicon aims to utilize the skills of service members to help cleanup areas that have been hit by disasters such as tornadoes and earthquakes.

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Latin America is fighting corruption by opening up government data

Anoush Darabi

June 11, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

Reduce corruption by making public data accessible and transparent. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, information about public works projects is available online, so excess spending is hard to hide. Meanwhile in Brazil, an observatory analyzes government expenditures and investigates suspicious transactions. Credit card expenditure fell by 25 percent after the data was published.

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Kenya learns waste management from Tanzania

Leopold Obi

June 09, 2018 |

Nation Africa |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Tanzania, Arusha

Thanks to a modernized waste-management system introduced by Tanzania in 2014, Kenya is able to see a future for fixing their quickly growing trash pollution problem.

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