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  • Munich teaches women how to run a startup while having a family

    March 19, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Germany, Munich

    Starting a business is a daunting task for anyone, but women often face the additional barrier of caring for a family at the same time as launching a company. Guide is a Munich-based consulting service that has provided education, resources, and training to over 5000 female founders to help their companies succeed.

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  • Can we fix it? The repair cafes waging war on throwaway culture

    March 15, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Scotland, Edinburgh

    Instead of throwing broken items away, what if those items could be repaired? The Edinburgh Remakery and the Reading Repair Cafe are attempting just that. Different remake shops have different approaches: some rely on volunteers and provide repair services for free, others charge a fee to make the company more sustainable. What they all have in common is a passion for remaking what is old into what is new again and helping the planet at the same time.

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  • One hive at a time, backyard beekeepers try saving Detroit, the world

    March 14, 2018 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    With the bee population decreasing from 6 million hives to about 2.5 million hives since the 1940s, there has been an increase in discussion around the necessity of bees to the ecosystem. To help play their part in sustaining this vulnerable population, community members in Detroit formed a non-profit that cultivates urban beehives while partnering with small businesses to promote the use of the bees' honey.

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  • From pump factory to Pump House Ministries

    March 13, 2018 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Ashland, Ohio

    After a manufacturing plant closed and ownership shifted hands, the F.E.Meyers building was transformed into Pump House Ministries, a non-profit that expanded internationally. In its heyday, it served free meals, built transitional housing, distributed shoes abroad, and supported micro-lending and water purification in Africa. Beyond the initial donation of property, most of these efforts were supported by revenue generation through its social enterprise arm: by its catering business, craft shows, and book sales. (This is the first article in a four part series.)

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  • Tech startup formula finds spark in a changing Montgomery

    March 13, 2018 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

    Tech classes in Montgomery, Alabama are targeting unlikely entrepreneurs, including local lawyers and artists who want to learn entrepreneurial skills to help their own sales and services. Taking place as CoWerx46, a co-working space, the series of tech classes is free for the time being due to business sponsorships who support the goals of the program.

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  • The homeless in San Diego are getting jobs - thanks to a 16-year-old boy

    March 07, 2018 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    High school junior Kevin Barber became aware of a program that was helping the homeless find work in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Inspired by it and what he knew of the homeless population in his hometown, Barber decided to try to implement a similar program in San Diego. He and his mom reached out to city government and before long implemented "Wheels of Change," a program that pays the homeless to help clean up the streets they were once sleeping on.

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  • Can bird watching help save Colombia's forests?

    March 07, 2018 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Cali

    Cities near some of Columbia's national forests have seen a dramatic increase in their bird populations and tourism numbers after fighting between the government and guerilla groups quieted down. Many locals are finding economic prosperity by taking advantage of the war-zone turned bird watching phenomenon.

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  • The American Midwest is quickly becoming a blue-collar version of Silicon Valley

    February 25, 2018 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United States, Youngstown, Ohio

    People often expect there to be less technological development in Midwestern cities, many of which have not transitioned from their industrial glory days to a new era of jobs. However, thanks to training programs across the region from Kentucky to Ohio, mid-tech jobs are growing dramatically. The rise in mid-tech jobs, in which a significant amount of employees do not have a college degree, are helping funnel investment capital into the region as well.

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  • The Arab World Turns to Its People for Solutions

    February 12, 2018 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

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    Response Location: Egypt, Cairo

    Tamer Taha is using social media to connect small business with innovators. He created a platform called Yomken, it acts like a marketplace where “innovators...showcase their ideas and creations.” So far, the network has 3,500 innovators.

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  • Home at the Headwaters: After recovering from the loss of its founding industry, Three Forks looks to continue bucking the trend of small town Montana

    January 28, 2018 |

    Bozeman Daily Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Three Forks, Montana

    Unlike many other small Montana towns, the community of Three Forks has managed to humbly thrive by investing in several economic drivers rather than rely solely on the railroad as its only large employer. With booming talc and cement plants as well as new entrepreneurial spirit, Three Forks remains steady and continues to renovate for tourists and town-folk alike.

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