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Barcelona Finds a Way to Control Its Airbnb Market

Feargus O'Sullivan

June 06, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

Swamped by short-term vacation rentals, Barcelona pushed Airbnb to share data with government officials and help ensure that only licensed properties are listed on the site. The agreement offers a model for how other cities can respond to the same problem.

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Indoor spraying keeps away malaria

Isaac Otwii

June 06, 2018 |

Daily Monitor |

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Response Location: Uganda, Dokolo

Indoor Residual Spraying, or IRS, is reducing cases of malaria in Dokolo. The Ministry of Health and several foreign aid groups like the World Health Organization funded the service, which treats indoor areas where infected mosquitoes may land. The spray residue kills mosquitoes on contact. Dokolo used to see 3,500 reported cases of malaria weekly, but now they see fewer than 300.

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Solar to the people: This Detroiter is making solar technology accessible to all

David Sands

June 05, 2018 |

Model D |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Solar power has found its way to Detroit thanks in part to one man's efforts to make the resource more available to community members. Through the power of connections and cross sector collaboration, Ali Dirul's project management company has implemented a series of clean energy projects throughout the city.

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How Canadian Cops Ended a Decade-Long Fight Over How to Manage the World's Polar Bears

Katherine Laidlaw

June 05, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

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Response Location: Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Differing laws, policing, and management across borders has made it difficult to combat the huge industry that is Wildlife Crime, but a new approach in Canada is showing the way for some common ground. By collaborating with local sellers, a micro-chip can be attached to pelts to track their movement and discern whether the pelt is being sold illegally or not -- even across borders.

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What is Germany's dual education system — and why do other countries want it?

Ajit Niranjan

June 04, 2018 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Germany

Germany attributes its low youth unemployment rate to its widespread dual educational and vocational training program. College students split time between classrooms and office apprenticeships. Other countries are eagerly investigating Germany's successes, but leaders warn that "feeding such systems into countries without a culture of vocational training" will pose challenges.

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India slashes heatwave death toll with series of low-cost measures

Michael Safi

June 02, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: India, New Delhi

Extreme heat waves in India that have previously caused thousands of deaths every year are being combatted with simple public health initiatives. These impactful actions include opening up the gates to city parks so that street workers are able to seek shade, and training medical personnel to recognize early signs of heat stroke and transport patients to designated cool rooms.

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30 Million Words

Lauren Villagran

June 02, 2018 |

Searchlight New Mexico |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Pensacola, Florida

A Pensacola project is providing new parents with “brain bags”—books to read to their children as well as resources about early childhood development as it relates to language. By educating parents about the impact of how and how much they speak to their children during fundamental years of development, the bags help build babies language skills and create strong brain development.

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Kenyan farmers embrace new and sustainable way to build resilience

Leopold Obi

June 01, 2018 |

Down To Earth |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Nakuru

Motivated by crop devastation from a severe drought, farmers in parts of Kenya took action to prevent a similar event from impacting them in the future. Working together, these small-scale farmers implemented conservation agriculture practices to ensure crop viability during even the harshest climate conditions.

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The Power of Coaching

Jill Harkins

June 01, 2018 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Women’s Way, a new Philadelphia-based program, aims to promote economic equality through women’s financial empowerment initiatives. Based on a successful model in Delaware, the program uses financial coaches to help participants reach personal finance goals. It is also part of a broader initiative to decrease poverty while also changing the narrative about how people talk about the issue.

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A Blueprint for Human-Centered Change

Zack Quaintance

June 01, 2018 |

Government Technology |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

In Michigan, private design firm Civilla successfully pitched a human-centered redesign of the state's unwieldy and redundant public benefits form. By highlighting and emphasizing the experience that applicants had with the old firm, Civilla convinced the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to make a change, and the new form is now 22% more likely to be completed.

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