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  • How Cleveland's Circular Economy Programs Help Reduce Waste And Build Jobs

    December 16, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Circular Cleveland is a project run by the city and a nonprofit to help Cleveland develop a circular economy. Through community ambassadors, grants, and consultants the program is helping innovators and companies make circular switches.

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  • What Happens When Jobs Are Guaranteed?

    December 10, 2022 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: Austria, Gramatneusiedl

    The government-run Job Guarantee program in Gramatneusiedl, Austria, provides employment for residents who have experienced unemployment for at least a year. After a training course and discussion of their wants and needs, the person can choose to accept the offered job in which they will earn at least as much as they would receive from unemployment benefits.

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  • "I would've been a mum of 3": NGO is empowering girl child from Lagos slums

    December 09, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Makoko, Lagos

    The Center for Children's Health Education, Orientation and Protection, or CEE-HOPE, works to address the challenges young girls growing up in poorer neighborhoods face, including lack of education and skills development and high child marriage rates. The organization helps these young girls access education and shelters for those experiencing abuse, helping to better themselves and turn them into advocates for other young girls.

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  • Nigerian Climate Action Group Trades Trash for Cash

    December 07, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    Ecobarter is a startup in Nigeria that collects waste from communities and delivers it to recycling services. Individuals that deposit waste are paid in points based on weight and type of waste. The points can be converted into money, used to get health insurance, transferred to others, or used to shop at specific marketplaces.

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  • Inside the White House gun violence initiative they say is actually working

    December 06, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States

    The federally-funded Community Violence Intervention Collaborative provided funding, training, and technical assistance to community violence intervention programs nationwide. Each program uses the assistance to target needs specific to its community.

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  • How a South Sudanese Village Lured Government with $7 Contributions to Gravel a Flooded, Muddy Road

    December 05, 2022 |

    TIME of the World |

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    Response Location: South Sudan, Lokwilili

    To remedy poor road conditions, village leaders rallied community members to contribute about $7.5 each to raise funds to gravel a local road. With the road fixed, it no longer floods to unsafe levels, making it almost impassable, thus improving driving and living conditions for those in the village.

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  • Helsinki Built a Library That Brings a Whole City Together

    December 01, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

    Helsinki’s Oodi Library received 3.1 million visits during the first year of operation. This success is contributed to the extensive planning process that included consultations with the residents and including what they wanted in the design of the public space.

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  • What Can Cities Learn from Kansas City's Fare-Free Transit Program?

    November 29, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    The Kansas City Streetcar provides fare-free transportation for residents, which helps to get them downtown and promote more economic development. The fare-free streetcar also makes transit more equitable by removing barriers for low-income passengers and improving mobility for people with disabilities.

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  • Reviving old strip malls: What can Mansfield learn from Woburn, Mass.?

    November 29, 2022 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    As strip malls continue to decline, some urban planning and real estate experts are advocating to turn the spaces into mixed-use developments with both residential and commercial spaces. This redevelopment is an opportunity to revitalize and enrich a community by creating a village-like setting, like Woburn Village, with its 175,000 square-feet of commercial space and 350 housing units.

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  • What If Donated Food Was Delightful?

    November 29, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Dion’s Chicago Dream addresses food insecurity through a community fridge filled with fresh produce and weekly home deliveries of fresh, healthy foods.

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