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  • The Business of Burps: Scientists Smell Profit in Cow Emissions

    May 01, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Lancaster, England

    A company called Mootral is studying whether changing a cattle’s diet could make the animals belch and flatulate less methane. They created a food supplement out of compounds from garlic, citrus, and other additives, that in early tests, has shown a decrease in a cow’s emission of the greenhouse gas. If they can get investors on board and scale it to different breeds of cows and in different climates, it could help the agricultural and farming industries to combat climate change.

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  • Working Capital for Economic Justice Comes in Handy During a Crisis

    April 28, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    A nonprofit called Common Future is acting quickly to support business owners during the coronavirus crisis. Their board allocated a set amount of money specifically to keep on hand as a rapid response fund, and by early April 2020, they distributed $250,000 in emergency funding to seven organizations. The recipients are intentionally from disadvantaged communities, like rural, black, Indigenous, and other hard-hit demographics. Each organization used the money in different ways to support their target communities. Common Future also set aside 6 months' worth of operating expenses as a buffer.

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  • China's Venture Capitalists Start Making Deals, Amid Signs of Recovery

    March 31, 2020 |

    The Information |

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    Response Location: China

    China's economy has slowly begun to show signs of reopening and recovering, which has led some companies to begin fundraising. Consumer brands that saw an uptick in usage during the pandemic – such as an online grocery delivery startup, an online education tutor, and even an online makeup retailer – have so far been successful in their efforts to raise funds with investors saying that "in the current climate of uncertainty, they were more comfortable betting on the companies that are leading their industries."

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  • How design-build coops are creating a new economy in New England

    February 29, 2020 |

    Co-operative News |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    Design-build coops are employee-owned businesses operated under a democratic business model that "considers people, planet, then profit." These coops have steadily increased in New England resulting in workplaces that have a smaller pay-gap between the highest and lowest paid employees of a company, motivates employees who are invested in the long-term success of a company, result in companies better equipped to weather recessions and in turn, allow for more focus on green design models.

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  • Poor credit is a barrier to affordable housing. Lending circles are a tool for those in poverty

    February 14, 2020 |

    Desert Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Coachella Valley, California

    Lift to Rise, a Coachella Valley nonprofit that pushes for housing and poverty policy change, launched a local lending circle program aimed at serving minority residents break the cycle of poverty. Partnered with San Francisco-based Mission Asset Fund, the lending circle helps those with poor credit or no credit at all to build up a spending history, have access to loans, create a savings account, improve their score, and more. Since 2008, Mission Asset Fund has partnered with more than 50 organizations across the U.S. to provide lending circles to more than 9,000 clients.

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  • Meet Pakistan's Barefoot Entrepreneurs

    February 13, 2020 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Sindh

    Pakistan's poorest citizens, who previously panhandled for their basic needs, were launched onto an entrepreneurial path by the Heritage Foundation Pakistan. Eight impoverished communities have been trained in the craft of glazed tile work and terracotta art to lift the participants out of poverty. The program also created a market of interdependence, so the villages can purchase goods from one another, freeing them from relying on cities for their livelihood.

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  • How Fines and Fees Reform Became a Priority for Cities Across the Country

    February 06, 2020 |

    Route Fifty |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    From North Carolina to California, states and cities are taking a new approach to fines and fees – people are having their charges dismissed, warrants for minor offenses cleared, and many municipalities are actually saving money by spending less on collections. With a system that was built because it provided cities and states with revenue, there has been a realization that it disproportionately targets communities of color and often keeps people stuck in cycles of debt. With this national awakening, resources and networks are being created so other places can implement the same change.

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  • This Program Teaches Arts Organizations How to Scale Wisely

    November 22, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Coaching in strategic partnership allows arts nonprofits to build their capacity. Based in Minneapolis, Artspace offers its capacity-building workshop program, Immersion, to nonprofits in several cities, in including Detroit and Memphis. The workshops connect local art organizations to specialists in real estate and financing, allowing them to build partnerships or find new space in which to operate.

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  • This Conservative City Built a $132 Million Park Using One Weird Trick

    October 11, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    After falling behind in urban planning and innovation in the 1990s and early 2000s, Oklahoma City created a limited-time sales tax called MAPS to pay for capital projects, like the new Scissortail Park. The tax consisted of a series of one-cent sales taxes and has brought in over $1.5 billion and has helped fund convention centers, other urban green areas, and more.

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  • How Penn State Is Cutting Greenhouse Emissions In Half — And Saving Money

    October 04, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, State College, Pennsylvania

    Enrolling administrators and financial planners in sustainable projects takes proving that investments pay for themselves. With the help of pressure from students and faculty, Penn State Universities administrators have adopted a long-term strategy to reduce the university’s carbon footprint and implement sustainable practices. Students produced the data that illuminated the university’s unsustainable practices; the numbers now show that their efforts are paying off.

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