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  • Nkomo Sikenala Tree Nursery Story

    March 06, 2018 |

    Greentumble |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Malawi, Kapeni

    In Malawi, one man's tree nursery is having impacts on reforestation efforts throughout the region. After spending 10 years with the Malawian forestry department, Nkomo Sikenala now cultivates seedlings and sells them to surrounding communities and villages in hopes people realize the importance of planting and maintaining trees throughout the region.

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  • Champions of the Vote

    March 02, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In Fairhill, a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, voter turnout was a mere 12% in one recent election. Fairhill Neighbors, a coalition of neighborhood groups, is seeking to combat lower turnout rates with a personal engagement program. “Voting Champions” are community members who will work to register voters, drive them to polls, and generate excitement about voting, with the hopes of transforming civic participation in their area.

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  • Trump Wants to Arm Teachers. These Schools Already Do.

    March 01, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Sidney, Ohio

    Amidst a backdrop of growing conversation around gun control and reform, especially as it pertains to school shooting incidents, President Trump suggests the solution is arming teachers. Some schools, however, have already done this to varying degrees of success and acceptance.

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  • Want to prosper? Act like a region, proponents say

    February 28, 2018 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    As America’s economy becomes increasingly concentrated in metropolitan areas, smaller cities and towns are coming together to act like cohesive regions, thereby generating economic benefits that can be shared. Northeast Ohio has raised over $100 million in funding for research projects for the region, Denver created a caucus of mayors to address regional development challenges, and Indianapolis used similar tactics to attract people locally. All three projects are models for what other regions can accomplish.

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  • To feed elders, traditional foods take untraditional route

    February 28, 2018 |

    Alaska Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Kotzebue, Alaska

    Elders in Kotzebue, Alaska missed traditional foods like elk, caribou, and whale when they transitioned into assisted living, so a group formed to find a way through federal red tape. Locals, environmental health agents, and government officials sat down to make sure the community practices were up to federal standard.

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  • Fed up with high rates, a Colorado city considers ditching its utility and relying on the sun

    February 26, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Pueblo, Colorado

    Residents in Pueblo, Colorado pay some of the highest electricity rates despite being one of the lowest-income cities in the state. In an attempt to become independent of the corporate utility company that determines the price of energy, the community is working to become powered by 100 percent renewable energy and convince local government to implement a city-run utility.

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  • The 'Most Hopeful' New Housing in Turkey

    February 23, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Düzce

    After an earthquake devastated the town of Düzce, Turkey, residents banded together to create a housing cooperative and later Düzce Hope Studio, a group of pro-bono architects and engineers working to help rebuild the town. What makes the building team unique is that the design process included and valued residents’ voices. Yaşar Adanah, an urban researcher, states, “What’s happening in Düzce is a rare example of a holistic approach to housing that can be a model for other neighborhoods.”

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  • Introducing the cool way to keep fruits fresh

    February 17, 2018 |

    Nation Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Massi

    To prolong the shelf life of mangos, a cash crop in Kenya, members of the Masii Horticultural Farmers Cooperative in Machakos County have found a way to build innovative coolers that will work without a need for electricity. Although not without problems, like the ability for the farmer's to actually transport their fruit to the coolers, this innovation has allowed the deterioration process to stall for more than 15 days.

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  • How one community beat the system, and rebuilt their shattered streets

    February 14, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Liverpool

    Eleanor Lee is one of many women leading the charge to restore the Granby neighborhood in Liverpool. The few households that remained inhabited after the neighborhood was forgotten came together and formed a community land trust. This major step allowed them to get private development funding. Now, the Granby area is offering affordable housing and attracting business back to Liverpool.

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  • How a Liverpool suburb upended its housing market

    February 14, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: England, Liverpool

    To combat neighborhood neglect, a group of community members in Granby, a Liverpool neighborhood, took matters into their own hands by creating a community land trust. The land trust raised funds to reconstruct homes in a unique, sustainable way, and the trust protects housing rates by keeping rates in line with median income of the surrounding area.

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