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Planting Exotic Crops for the Sake of the Local Economy

Ted Hesson

July 12, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

Immigrants to St. Louis are capitalizing on urban gardens and helping to revitalize the city by repopulating it. The program enrolled 31 refugees and their families who plant food for their own household and to sell them. While the profits aren't huge, the entrepreneurial program offers refugees who may speak little or no English a chance to learn how to operate in the local economy.

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Beer and business: the unexpected benefits of water access in Cameroon

Elias Ntungwe Ngalame

July 07, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Cameroon

Cameroon was plagued by droughts, water-related illnesses, and an influx of refugees--all of which required a surplus of clean water. The government devised solar panel water distribution systems, which brought fresh water for irrigation. The surplus also inspired citizens of Cameroon to start small businesses that used the water, including brewing beer.

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A Peek into Silicon Valley's Newest Bet: AltSchool

Mary Jo Madda

July 01, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

AltSchools use a completely different education system - interconnecting technology and hands on experiments - to help students achieve a higher degree of learning. Students are grouped into small, personalized cohorts so they can be both mentors and mentees for their fellow peers, creating a collaborative learning space for all.

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Cleveland Wants to Make Sure the Next Wright Brothers Come From the Rust Belt

Lee Chilcote

June 22, 2015 |

Next City |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Northeast Ohio and other former industrial regions are finding a new way to bounce back: investing in hardware startup companies. Technologies from improved 3D printers to tools for livestreaming to aerospace applications are showing that not all investment dollars need to go to Silicon Valley software companies. In fact, cities like Cleveland and Pittsburgh can play on their strengths in manufacturing and are seeing that investment dollars are more likely to flow to hardware companies.

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Refugees given a chance to grow their future in US

Molly McCluskey

June 20, 2015 |

Al Jazeera |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

The United States is facing a looming shortage in agricultural workers, as the vast majority of farmers are aged 65 or older and fewer young folks are taking up the trade. The International Rescue Committee has a win-win solution: many of the refugees resettling in the US bring with them in-depth knowledge of agriculture and farming, and by providing them with the land and resources, their New Roots program is addressing both the country's need for farm labor and these families's needs for a new start.

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New data reveals which approach to helping the poor actually works

Dean Karlan

June 17, 2015 |

Reuters |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Ethiopia, Korom

For years, policymakers have debated different approaches to helping the poor , but new data offers resounding evidence for a strategy that works: an approach known as a “Graduation” program. This method offers participants a “productive asset” to generate income with training on how to use it, as well as the resources (such as healthcare, food, loans, and coaching) to maintain the asset while building a pathway out of poverty.

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How An Economist Helped Patients Find The Right Kidney Donors

Nancy Shute

June 11, 2015 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

If you've got a life-threatening medical condition, your first call might not be to an economist. But Alvin Roth used a theory about matching markets to help connect kidney patients and donors.

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Zanzibar's 'Solar Mamas' flip the switch on rural homes, gender roles

Sam Eaton

June 05, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Tanzania, Matemwe, Zanzibar

In Zanzibar, hundreds of households too poor and remote to have access to the electrical grid are getting low cost solar power for the first time, from a group of local female engineers trained by and Indian NGO. It's the first of several "solar mamas" projects planned for parts of rural Africa, and it's turning some traditional gender roles on their head.

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This Country Just Banned Grocery Stores From Throwing Out Food

Samantha Page

May 26, 2015 |

ThinkProgress |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: France, Paris

Food waste costs billions of dollars a year and is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. French government just passed a law banning grocery stores from destroying or throwing away unsold food, and instead directing it to those in need.

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Japan's Future Farms

Rachel Mealey

May 25, 2015 |

Al Jazeera |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Japan, Fukushima, Tōhoku

At the Fujitsu factory in Japan, a significant decline in demand for semiconductor computer chips meant the company had large empty factory space sitting unused. A new business approach allowed them to dually address both the need to evolve their business model with a global decline of viable agricultural space needed to grow the world's food. Now, the factory houses indoor vegetable gardens, soil free and less resource-heavy than traditional farmland.

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