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  • ‘Coal just isn't the future': Meet the Kentucky miners picking up a new trade

    March 21, 2019 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Harlan, Kentucky

    As jobs in America's coal mines dwindle, local Appalachian communities put resources and opportunity into the sustainable energy business. A nonprofit in Kentucky called the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development bridges the gap between the two industries by providing sustainable energy training and internships for former employees of the coal mining industry.

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  • What a beautiful tiny house in rural Japan can teach us about the health of cities

    March 20, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: Japan, Yoshino

    A rural Japanese town partnered with AirBnb to create a community home that showcases the community's unique lumber products while bringing tourism into the town. Community members trade off caring for the house, which is made of locally-sourced wood and serves as a focal point for renewal and economic stimulation in the region.

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  • Income Before: $18,000. After: $85,000. Does Tiny Nonprofit Hold a Key to the Middle Class?

    March 15, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A nonprofit in Queens trains low-income New Yorkers to work in successful tech companies. The program, which focuses on training folks without four-year degrees to provide access to higher wages, places graduates in the software engineering industry's top companies, like JP Morgan Chase and GrubHub.

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  • The manufacturing job of the future: clean, urban, and better paid

    March 14, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Manufacturing takes on a whole new meaning as urban companies shift from tough industrial worksites to clean, friendly buildings with well-paid positions. One such site, piloted in Brooklyn's Navy Yard, aims to humanize the manufacturing process and de-stigmatize industrial work.

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  • How South Africa used soccer to help end domestic violence

    March 14, 2019 |

    CBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: South Africa

    Changing a culture of domestic violence begins with acknowledging the issue. The beer brand, Carling Black Label, generated a surge of media coverage and discussion surrounding the issue of domestic violence in South Africa. Acknowledging the link between alcohol use and domestic violence in South Africa, the company used the reach of a major sporting event to send a message about the culture of domestic violence—“no excuse.”

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  • Straws Made of Seaweed Could Replace Their Plastic Nemesis

    March 14, 2019 |

    EcoWatch |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    An innovative solution to the massive amount of plastic in our oceans is a new startup called Loliware. It produces 100% biodegradable straws "that look, feel, and act like plastic" but are actually made of seaweed. Not only do the straws decompose in a few weeks and are gluten-free, non-GMO, and sugar-free, but the process of creating them sequesters carbon dioxide, which further increases their positive environmental impact.

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  • The Street Corner Answer

    March 14, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    Access Ventures, a community development organization founded in a Louisville neighborhood, uses a comprehensive investment approach that encourages funds to be dispersed in all issue areas. Instead of creating one "affordable housing fund" or "homeless services fund," the group interweaves investment strategies, making sure to look at the bigger community picture when laying out an investment plan.

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  • This new recycling innovation could help fix our broken trash system

    March 08, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Haverhill, Ohio

    A common type of plastic, Polypropylene, is usually “downcycled” - meaning it makes lower quality materials when recycled. A new innovation in recycling will allow it to be recycled into “virgin” material that is cost- and energy-effective and will have a broader range of uses, increasing the likelihood that plastic will end up in new material and not in a landfill. PureCycle Technologies has had such successful pre-sales that the first plant has 20 years worth of pre-orders.

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  • Cove launches the first 100% biodegradable water bottle

    March 07, 2019 |

    Inhabitat |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Cove is a new water bottle brand hoping to disrupt dependence on single-use plastics. Cove is made of PHA, which is compostable and biodegradable. Still in its early stages, it hopes to manufacture across the U.S. to minimize distribution costs.

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  • Ikea's innovation lab unveils a plan to help people cash in on solar energy

    March 07, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Ikea's innovation lab, Space10, piloted a block-chain powered solar energy grid as a way to creatively save money on electricity and create a sustainable energy alternative. Other microgrids around the world have seen success in allowing people who are part of the system to sell their excess energy and only use what they need.

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