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Her clothes are keeping female construction workers, firefighters and paramedics safe

Parija Kavilanz

January 09, 2019 |

CNN |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

Founded on addressing the lack of properly fitted workwear for women in the labor industry, SeeHerWork sells designed and tested products like gloves, safety vests, and backpacks specifically for women. In doing so, the company hopes to provide women with the safety, equipment, and confidence they need to do their jobs and stay safe.

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What's the value of Detroit's cultural legacy? Artists and preservationists make the case

Dorothy Hernandez

December 18, 2018 |

Model D |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Artists around Detroit take steps to preserve historic landmarks and incorporate community input into the urban planning process. While the city is drastically changing, activists are slowly preserving places like music venues and speakeasies, as well as creating organizations for artists to actively take part in updating the landscape of their changing communities.

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An Affordable Housing Complex Houses One of The District's Most Ambitious Maker Spaces

Adrianna Smith

December 13, 2018 |

Washington City Paper |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

On one floor of an affordable housing building in Washington, D.C., the NonStop Art Makerspace has made creativity more accessible. The makerspace was a group effort between Capital One, the Community Preservation and Development Corporation, and NonStop Art. Nehemiah Dixon, CEO of NonStop Art Makerspace and a D.C. native, hopes to replicate this model throughout the city.

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Climate-Positive Architecture Has Arrived In Norway

Tracey Lindeman

December 13, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: Norway, Trondheim

Powerhouse, a collective of architects, engineers, environmentalists, and designers based in Oslo, reimagines building design to address climate change. Not only are many of their structures energy-neutral, but they actually produce surplus energy. For example, Powerhouse Brattørkaia in Trondheim is an eight-story office that will generate 485,000 kWh annually. Such "energy-positive" building has made great strides in Norway.

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Dear Internet: Goats In Sweaters Are Cuter Than Kittens In Mittens

Danielle Preiss

December 08, 2018 |

NPR |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: India, Varanasi

A calendar featuring goats wearing warm clothing has raised thousands of dollars for local organizations in Varanasi, India. The creative gimmick draws on the power of large numbers of small donations, similar to the ice bucket challenge supporting ALS research.

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Artist Installs Bells Throughout Oakland that Detect Air Pollution

Emily Wilson

November 30, 2018 |

Hyperallergic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Installed throughout Oakland, Rosten Woo’s sculptures consist of bells that chime at quicker frequency the more particulate is present in the air. Through this means, Woo make air quality data visible and pushes for environmental justice.

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How the Ghana ThinkTank Challenges the White Savior Complex

Sara Rose Sharp

November 27, 2018 |

Hyperallergic |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

The Ghana ThinkTank connects planners in the so-called “first world” to planners in the so-called “third world” to challenge notions of development and spread ideas from overlooked sources. For a recent project, planners in Detroit worked with a think tank in Morocco to adapt a staple of Moroccan architecture to promote the use of public space.

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House That! Your Dream Home Could Be Made Out of Plastic

Deepa Padmanaban

November 25, 2018 |

News18 India |

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Response Location: India, Hyderabad, Telangana

A social entrepreneur in India is taking plastic waste and using it to make housing structures. Prashanth Lingam takes the waste and turns it into roofing sheets, tiles, and other objects. For example, he built a house for parking staff at a local metro station and 5 million plastic bags were used just on the roof. The cost of these structures are higher than regular houses, but repurposing plastic into other objects could be a potential sustainability solution for the country.

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This Ohio Paint Production Experiment Creates Art — and Potentially Jobs — From Polluted Mine Sites

Sara Schonhardt

November 19, 2018 |

100 Days in Appalachia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Corning, Ohio

In Ohio, artists and scientists are teaming up, turning hazardous mine run-off into paint pigment. High demand for such pigment, public funding, and enthusiasm for clean waterways could go a long way to mitigate water pollution.

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At This Studio Space For Artists, Every Day Is Take Your Kid To Work Day

Mikaela Lefrak

November 15, 2018 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

To combat the challenges of finding art studio space as well as childcare, an experimental program in Washington, D.C. provides space to artists alongside childcare on site. The “Artist Mother Studio” is a pilot program based loosely off a program in Amsterdam. So far it’s been a wonderful success, but the challenge is finding sustainable funding for programs like this to be ongoing.

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