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  • Insight: Inside Brazil's battle to save the Amazon with satellites and strike forces

    September 28, 2016 |

    Reuters |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Brasilia

    13 years ago, Brazil didn't have satellite data or heat mapping to track illegal logging. Neither did they have weapon wielding agents working to stop ecological crime. These tools, in addition to the help of indigenous Brazilians is making the goal of ending Amazon deforestation by 2030 seem more and more likely.

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  • Healers cure mistrust in Guinea's health system after horrors of Ebola

    September 28, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Guinea, Kissidougou

    In South Africa, when a person is sick they visit their local healer, but during the Ebola outbreak the healers with little knowledge of the disease often became infected and infected others. So the government in Guinea persuaded healers to receive a health care training and to refer patients to the hospital.

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  • Sustainability Pioneers 6: Rooftop Transition

    September 28, 2016 |

    Sustainability Pioneers |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Small scale solar, rooftop solar and solar gardens, have been a small player in the U.S. energy markets until now. The Solarize Allegheny project is working to bring new solar installations to the county, and families are working to transition to clean energy.

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  • How Hybrid Seeds Could Help The Mountain Gorillas Of Congo

    September 27, 2016 |

    NPR |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

    As a response to a growing population, farmers have begun encroaching into Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to expand their crop yield. This creates a problem for the endangered great apes that live there, however, as it depletes their food, water and shelter resources. One non-profit is trying to change this landscape by improving farming practices with new seed varieties.

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  • How Dress for Success Has Outfitted Women for Two Decades

    September 27, 2016 |

    Racked |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Business clothes are expensive, and this can often be a barrier to low-income professionals. Dress for Success in New York City is a non-profit that collects second-hand business clothing and has high-end stylists on hand to help with fashion choices for clients. The clothes not only help low-income clients get better jobs, but also help improve self-esteem and confidence.

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  • There's a Message for City Planners in Cape Town Plumbing Poll

    September 26, 2016 |

    Next City |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town, Western Cape

    If you’ve ever been to a music festival, you’ve probably stepped inside a chemical toilet. The blue, plastic toilets, are meant to be temporary. However, in post-Apartheid, Cape Town, they are permanent fixtures for a large population of mostly black, poor residents.

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  • Public Health England on how brands can 'do more' and why it wants to up its use of digital

    September 26, 2016 |

    Marketing Week |

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    Response Location: England

    England is tackling health issues, from smoking and obesity to antimicrobial resistance, through marketing on TV and attractive and community oriented public health campaigns.

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  • Earthbags Are Harnessing Soil to House the Nepalese

    September 20, 2016 |

    Garden Collage |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    In an effort to rebuild after Nepal’s devastating 2015 earthquake, Earthbags have become a growing method of sustainable, affordable construction. These bags are carefully filled with soil, and stacked on one another to build structures like homes and schools. Across the country, officials, local residents, and non-profits like Good Earth Nepal have embraced the method in a grassroots push to rebuild the country for and by themselves.

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  • Great Falls parking district, rate increase considered

    September 20, 2016 |

    Great Falls Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Great Falls, Montana

    Great Falls parking system is not properly funded, and there are a number of improvements to parking structures that need to be made. An improvement district is now being proposed that will use the money made from parking meters to be used to fund repairs.

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  • A tale of 3 cities: LA and NYC outpace Chicago in curbing violence

    September 18, 2016 |

    Chicago Tribune |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Adjusting some of the strategies police adopted in New York and Los Angeles can help Chicago reduce it homicide rates which is one of the highest in the country. Some strategies which can be adopted in Chicago are to improve the relationships police have with the community and to increase police presence.

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