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  • Why An Ivy League MBA Went Back To Ghana To Help A Pineapple Farm

    December 08, 2017 |

    NPR |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Ghana

    Investment in African agriculture has wide-ranging impact because the industry provides 60 percent of employment in the continent. Injaro, founded by an investment banker, is a private equity fund that seeks to invest in African businesses. Injaro’s funds have helped to make Gold Coast Fruits one of Ghana’s largest employers and have helped revive a struggling pineapple farm. The steady investments have improved productivity as Gold Coast Fruits now produces up to 50 tons of pineapple.

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  • Pedal to Porch

    December 04, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In Detroit, Michigan, residents reduce the effects of gentrification through physical activity and shared storytelling. The non-profit Pedal to Porch encourages residents to bike to their neighbors’ homes and record their memories. The effort helps retain some of the identity in Detroit’s changing communities and establishes new connections for the city to grow. Founder Cornetta Lane notes, “communities are more likely to bounce back from social and natural disasters when they know each other.”

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  • First Nations powering up B.C.

    December 04, 2017 |

    National Observer |

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    Response Location: Canada

    From solar to geothermal to biomass projects, First Nations are finding ways to confront and combat fossil fuel concerns head on. In fact, over 30 Nations have some type of renewable energy source powering their communities, while 15 more have projects underway. Despite a lack of governmental funding assistance, First Nations are acting as a collective model for how communities can provide their own clean power to their own people.

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  • Kenyan Man Breaks Taboo, Builds Pit Latrines for Villagers

    December 03, 2017 |

    Civic Ideas |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Botoret

    After learning that poor hygiene and sanitation practices often leads to an increase in diseases, on man in Kenya decided to install pit latrines for his community to lead by example. This practice, along with other approaches such as handwash stations, has now spread to other communities and has shown a decrease in illnesses throughout the villages.

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  • Native American peacemaking courts offer a model for reform

    November 30, 2017 |

    InvestigateWest |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Yurok Reservation, United States, Klamath, California

    A growing number of tribal judges nationwide - including Judge Abby Abinanti of the Yurok Tribal Court - are using a framework of traditional culture and an approach known as "restorative justice" to address both the need for rehabilitation of offenders and resolution for people often failed by the dominant criminal justice system.

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  • In Cremona, ideas to make the ‘circular economy' real for cities

    November 29, 2017 |

    Citiscope |

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    Response Location: Italy, Cremona

    Cremona is dedicated to decreasing the amount of waste it produces and educating its residents in the process. It intends on creating a 'circular economy' where products are recycled, waste is costly, training programs educate the public on decreasing waste and other methods that are now also reaching all around Europe as well.

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  • Tour Tahoe's Local Food Hub

    November 28, 2017 |

    Mountain Independent |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Tahoe City, California

    Dubbed an agro-ecology center, Tahoe is embracing a different approach to food stability through teaching local residents how to grow food in alpine climates. By picking up food from local farmers and transporting their food to market in a fair and equitable way, the Tahoe Food Hub was born to create and grow a local food system.

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  • How a struggling school for Native Americans doubled its graduation rate

    November 28, 2017 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    Since opening its doors in 2006, the Native American Community Academy has built up a school led by native leaders and centered around curricula informed by tribal cultures in New Mexico. The charter school has had remarkable success educating a population that has traditionally sat at the bottom of math and reading test score rankings and is now exporting its model to other tribes around the country.

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  • Liquid Gold: Women in Kenya Find Food Security In Beekeeping

    November 27, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kipcherere, Baringo County

    Environmental degradation and drought have led to conflict, poverty, and severe food insecurity in Kenya’s Baringo county. Hand In Hand International is helping communities rebound by offering training to women in entrepreneurship and new farming methods - particularly beekeeping - which provides economic empowerment, improves the ecosystem by boosting pollinator populations, and provides a steady source of nutritious food for those families eking out a living in these harsh landscapes.

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  • Take the Power Back

    November 22, 2017 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany, Cologne

    In the face of climate change as a result of increased CO2 emissions, millions of concerned citizens have grown frustrated at the lack of change from more traditional forms of civil engagement such as petitions, protests, and campaigns against the behemoths of the oil industry. But some have found hope in a growing movement that pushes governments and large corporations to leverage a more effective tool: divestment - or withdrawing financial support from the fossil fuel industry.

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