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With Branded Pothole Repairs, Private Companies Make Their Mark on Johannesburg's Roads

Ray Mwareya

June 23, 2022 |

Next City |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

Two insurance companies, Discovery and Dialdirect, implemented a smartphone app for drivers to report potholes in their city. The companies then fill the potholes and brand them with their logos.

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Biodiversité : Gros plan sur la Forêt des Marais de Tanoé-Ehy

Aïssatou Fofana

June 21, 2022 |

L'écologiste |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Côte d'Ivoire

En 2006, la Forêt des Marais Tanoé-Ehy (FMTE) a été identifiée par une équipe de chercheurs du Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS) comme étant un site hautement prioritaire pour la conservation des primates en Afrique de l’ouest. Entre autonomisation des communautés pour la gestion des ressources naturelles et développpement d'un vivier de connaissances sur les primates et les grands mamifères locaux, pour les chercheurs, le projet est une réussite.

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Residents 13 and up get another pick of city projects to receive funding

Ted Glanzer

June 20, 2022 |

Hartford Courant |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford residents 13 and older can decide how some public funds are spent. The Hartford Decides participatory budgeting initiative considers public input on small capital projects that cost between $10,000 and $25,000 and have a useful life of at least five years. City officials vet the projects for feasibility and those that pass are put on a ballot for the public to vote on. Previous winning projects include improvements to libraries, schools, and other publicly accessible resources. Residents can vote online or in-person and, depending on available funding, two to four projects can win approval.

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Public Art Project Is Reimagining Philly's Budget, One Poster at a Time

Connie Aitcheson

June 17, 2022 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

“A People’s Budget,” produced by Mural Arts Philadelphia, uses art to engage residents in reimagining how the city spends public funds. In addition to public art installations, the group holds teach-ins, organizes gatherings, and brought together local artists to research different sections of the budget and create 30-plus posters, in English and Spanish, that are handed out at events and other public spaces. The group has increased awareness, sparked important conversations about participatory budgeting, and brought together residents to collaborate for change.

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Hoboken Hasn't Had a Traffic Death in 4 Years. What's It Doing Right?

Christopher Robbins

June 17, 2022 |

Curbed New York |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Hoboken, New Jersey

The city of Hoboken uses “Daylighting” – city planning prioritizing infrastructure changes to increase pedestrian and traffic safety, which has prevented traffic-related fatalities since 2018. Interventions include bike lanes, curb extensions, bus lanes, high-visibility crosswalks, and raised intersections.

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El cálculo imposible de las ollas comunes: ¿cómo repartir cuatro pescados entre trescientas personas?

Stefanie Pareja

June 16, 2022 |

Salud con Lupa |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Peru, Lima

Las Ollas Comunes son comedores comunales que proporcionan almuerzo a los miembros de las comunidades aledañas de manera gratuita. Las ollas funcionan con el trabajo organizado y voluntario de las mujeres de las comunidades, quienes se aseguran de dividir los alimentos que logran recolectar, de manera equitativa.

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Una ciudad con menos basura: reciclar en San Cristóbal

Neiyer Angarita

June 16, 2022 |

Historias que laten |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Venezuela, Táchira

En el 2020, ingenieros y arquitectos del estado se reunén para encontrar una solución a los problemas de manejo de desechos en sus comunidades y deciden crear un centro de recolección de desechos revalorizables y reciclaje. En el proceso crean además una escuela de reciclaje para educar a la población y además trabajan con los gobiernos locales para colocar una red de contenedores públicos para clasificación de desechos.

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How an Interfaith Model Helped Local Coalition End Columbus Day

Gabriel Pietrorazio

June 15, 2022 |

Sojourners |

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Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

Indigenous and Italian American activists in Rochester, N.Y. built on an interfaith model to campaign for a resolution replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day. The committee focused on centering Indigenous perspectives, involving Italian Americans in the process, and encouraging community dialogue through mediated conversation circles.

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How Nigeria's Only Biogas Mini-grid Project Failed With Lessons To Learn

Chinonso Kenneth

June 15, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Rije

A local farm builds a biogas electric grid for its community to access electricity. The grid is powered with chicken feces through anaerobic digestion, which occurs when bacteria break down the waste into a gas.

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Common goals ensure forest restoration success in northern Thailand

Carolyn Cowan

June 06, 2022 |

Mongabay |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Thailand, Ban Mae Sa Mai, Chiang Mai Province

Collaboration between the Hmong community, researchers, and park authorities in northern Thailand has allowed them to work together to restore the forest in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park. Between 1997 and 2013, they used assisted regeneration to restoring 33 hectares of forest, which also increased the area’s natural flora and fauna. Because of their efforts, their approach is being implemented in tropical forests around the world, including Cambodia, Madagascar, and Tanzania.

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