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  • CA Business Owners Spread Wealth By Selling Their Companies To Their Workers

    October 31, 2019 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    As of 2017, more than 130 California-based construction companies have created Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) as a way to ensure the future viability of a small business and ensure stability and buy-in for their employees. While ESOPs are rare, support for the strategy is growing - and the model has both progressive and conservative champions who see it as a way to make business run better.

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  • Leading Maggot Farmer to Expand From Cape Town to California

    October 31, 2019 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

    AgriProtein, a large-scale maggot farm in Cape Town, is one of many companies addressing the “long on waste and short on protein” problem the world is facing. Maggots provide protein sustenance for animals like fish, poultry, and pigs while also eating organic waste. While the facilities are costly to make, the industry has been booming as the world shifts how it thinks about waste and sustainability.

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  • Secrets of the World's Most Livable City

    October 29, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Austria, Vienna

    Despite a rapidly growing population size, Vienna, Austria has remained high on "quality-of-life" rankings, thanks to the city's prioritization of green space, car-free areas, and expansion of affordable housing projects. City departments build new housing complexes to keep up with the influx of migrants to the area while balancing space for parks and pedestrian travel.

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  • Greening the Desert With Wastewater

    October 29, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Egypt, Ismalia

    The Serapium Forest is one of 36 forests in Egypt that are growing because of treated wastewater, part of a country-wide initiative that started 25 years ago as a way to productively use treated sewage water, create forest in the desert, and help minimize desertification. Additionally, the program creates high-quality wood that can be sold, as well as absorbing greenhouse gases.

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  • US Supermarkets Are Doing Bulk Food All Wrong

    October 28, 2019 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    Many supermarkets throughout the U.S. have made bulk food shopping available but have failed to take into account the packaging of these foods, which are oftentimes plastic. While some stores have committed to cutting down their plastic waste, zero-waste bulk shopping is still a possibility as evident in countries in Europe.

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  • What California can learn from Seattle about police shootings

    October 26, 2019 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Seattle has taken a comprehensive approach to police reform, including forming a community police commission, the development of policies on appropriate weapon use, more oversight on police force, and the creation of a specialty unit that focuses on mental health. While there has been pushback from officers, the safety of officers hasn’t been compromised and the use of force has decreased by sixty percent. With some calling it a success, California seeks to implement similar reform at the state level.

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  • Can Green License Plates Help Plug Electric Cars?

    October 25, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    The United Kingdom has started cracking down on high-emission vehicle drivers by creating restricted zones that fine drivers of cars that emit a designated amount of pollution into the air; the carbon emissions in this type of zone in London has decreased by more than a third in six months. Now, the U.K. is taking their sustainability initiative a step further by labeling low-emission cars with green license plates that allow them to be easily recognized - and rewarded.

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  • Sonoma and Butte counties see natural lessons in wake of megafires

    October 25, 2019 |

    The Press Democrat |

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    Response Location: United States, Sonoma, California

    California’s Sonoma and Butte counties have been taking new approaches to wildfires – rather than preventing them, they’re hoping to support the ecosystem to withstand them and bounce back. This resilience-centered approach includes controlled burns, fuel breaks, cross-organizational collaboration, and educating the public – especially homeowners – about how they can help.

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  • Plans for a solar community in West Philly are halted by legislative red tape

    October 23, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Gardner, Massachusetts

    Pennsylvania law is preventing a Philadelphia neighborhood from converting an empty lot into a solar farm, but community members are working to fight against this by citing neighboring states that are seeing positive impact from similar projects. One such project is in Massachusetts where shared solar energy systems is helping to offset "80 percent of the power needs of a nearby assisted living facility, an affordable housing development, a family-owned hardware store and a non-profit serving those with disabilities."

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  • A Police Department's Difficult Assignment: Atonement

    October 23, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

    The city of Stockton police department has embarked on a number of initiatives in the hopes of building trust between them and the communities they work for. With initial funding from the Department of Justice, the department began truth-and-reconciliation processes, including workshops, departmental reforms, public apologies, and community conversations. Actual reconciliation is hard to measure, and yet their efforts to atone for their part in historic and systemic racism have shown positive results.

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