Advanced filters

Search Results

You searched for:  -

There are 2388 results  for your search.  View and Refine Your Search Terms

  • Tiny House ‘Villages' for People Experiencing Homelessness Spreading Across the Country

    January 26, 2021 |

    Next City |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Wilmington, North Carolina

    A successful tiny home community in Missouri is inspiring a doctor-nurse duo to establish one in Wilmington, North Carolina. The idea took hold after they realized that chronic homelessness had a huge impact on health which led to frequent, preventable ER visits. Eden Village is supportive, permanent housing that residents can stay in forever as long as they abide by some rules.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • The new use for abandoned oil rigs

    January 26, 2021 |

    BBC |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Santa Barbara, California

    As oil rigs stop producing fossil fuels and become decommissioned, many are being repurposed into artificial reefs that support populations of marine wildlife with food and shelter. In the United States, more than 500 oil and gas rigs have been converted into artificial reefs. The California-based company Blue Latitudes has worked to raise awareness about this solution throughout the world, though has struggled to make traction with the Golden State’s oil platforms. Yet, reefing a platform is less expensive than completely removing it.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Pakistan pins big hopes on small dams to help farmers beat drought

    January 25, 2021 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Pakistan, Nagarparkar, Sindh

    A government scheme in Pakistan involves the construction of water-harvesting dams in areas that experience droughts, which allows farmers in the region to use the irrigation water from the dams for their crops. One farmer is growing onions and wheat and because of the access to water, his income has increased more than 60 percent. There are concerns about how helpful the water from the dams will ultimately be in the arid region, but there are plans to build more dams in the next few years.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Handling the herd: how Boston built its massive covid testing apparatus

    January 25, 2021 |

    DigBoston |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Using data to determine which neighborhoods would likely be disproportionately at risk for COVID-19, the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center has been moving their pop-up testing site to a new area every two weeks and has been able to conduct nearly 5,000 tests per week across the city as a result. Once the vaccine becomes available in the city, officials plan to replicate this testing model.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • In pursuit of self-determined development, Borneo's indigenous tribes turn to homegrown renewables

    January 21, 2021 |

    Eco-Business |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Malaysia, Kampung Buayan, Borneo

    An indigenous-led nonprofit group called Tonibung installed a micro-hydro electrical system for a village deep in Borneo’s rainforests. The project not only supplied much-needed energy for the villagers of Kampung Buayan, but it is also protecting the surrounding ecosystems, creating jobs for people, and encouraging youth to get involved. “We want to advocate for native rights to self-determination and empower indigenous groups to choose the kind of development that meets the aspirations of their people,” says the founder of the organization.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • After shootings hit new high, Durham to spend $935,000 on an alternative to police

    January 20, 2021 |

    The News & Observer |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    Because two Durham neighborhoods using the Cure Violence method of "violence interruption" bucked the citywide trend toward higher gun violence, the city will expand its Bull City United violence-prevention program to four more neighborhoods. The additional $935,488 cost will pay for 16 employees, many of them formerly incarcerated, who will mediate disputes after a shooting, to prevent retaliation, and who will conduct outreach to people at risk of gun violence.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • A Tale of Two Karens

    January 20, 2021 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Braver Angels formed after the 2016 election to depolarize politics. The group’s Red / Blue Workshops bring together equal numbers of liberals and conservatives for structured conversations to help people build trust, understand one another, find commonalities, and learn lessons to bring back to their communities. It is rooted in couples and family therapy, with an emphasis on active listening and reflecting back what you hear. Instructions for organizing a workshop are on the group’s website and they have about 11,000 members, with a recent online event, Hold America Together, attracting 4,500 viewers.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced

    January 19, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Israel

    Batteries that can be fully charged in five minutes have been created for the first time, allowing electric cars to recharge faster. The Israeli company StoreDot produced 1,000 of these new lithium-ion batteries, which can be recharged for 1,000 cycles while retaining 80 percent of the original capacity. It could be a few years before they are mass produced, but the CEO of the company says that this feat “demonstrates it is feasible and it’s commercially ready.”

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Plotting the future: the ‘seed guardians' bringing variety to UK gardens

    January 19, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Hundreds of seed-saving initiatives across the UK support the cultivation of “open pollinated seeds” in small plots and gardens to preserve future seed diversity. In contrast to static seeds in a bank, these seed-saving efforts focus on actually growing and sustaining seeds to provide security and more resilient crops. Open pollinated seeds reliably produce viable, true-to-type plants year after year so new seeds do not have to be purchased every season. Many “seed-savers” participate in seed circles where they exchange surplus seeds among small groups, enhancing the security and diversity of seeds.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • One, two, tree: how AI helped find millions of trees in the Sahara

    January 15, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Algeria

    Tree mapping helps researchers understand deforestation and climate change, however the technologies used often miss trees that aren’t clustered. Researchers, in collaboration with NASA, used high-resolution satellite images, previously only available to commercial entities, to find a surprisingly large number of trees in the Sahara Desert. Using AI deep learning and one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers at the University of Illinois, they identified more than 1.8 billion trees, manually marking nearly 90,000 so the computer could “learn” which shapes and shadows indicated the presence of trees.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

Solutions In Focus

Discover curated content about themes that matter to you, exclusively from the Solutions Story Tracker. Explore collections, resources and more.


Go to All Solutions in Focus