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9 Ways to Reduce Loneliness In Your Community
— Community solutions to the loneliness epidemic have been top of mind at Shareable. In fact, we’ve dedicated a good bit of our reporting to it this year. Shareable’s executive director, Neal Gorenflo,...
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How to Start and Participate in a Buy Nothing Group
— Back in 2014, I read an article about the Buy Nothing Project, a collection of independent Facebook groups across the country where members can give and receive freely in their own neighborhoods. The...
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How Hood River County Stopped Nestlé from Bottling their Publicly-Owned Water
— For nearly a decade, Nestlé Waters has attempted to extract and bottle water from the publicly-owned Oxbow Springs in Hood River County, Oregon. The people of Hood River County defended their water...
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16 Ways to Lead a Zero-Waste Life
— With just 111 possessions and an adventurer’s heart, Rob Greenfield is on a mission to create a “happier, healthier existence for all humans, creatures, and plants.” The simplicity evangelist, who is...
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#BikeReady: How Cyclists in NYC Are Delivering Disaster Aid
— In a natural disaster, normal amenities like roads and gas stations are often unavailable. That means cars often can’t get to communities in need and other solutions are necessary. Luckily,...
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Project Diverts Food Waste to Feed Those In Need
— Seven years ago, two sustainable horticulture students took a field trip to an organic farm in the U.K. and were shocked to see cauliflowers left in the field due to their irregular shape or size. In...
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Addressing Sea Level Rise Through Citizen Science
— Coastal communities across the United States are experiencing tangible impacts of climate change as sea level rise worsens. “Sunny day flooding” and “king tides” range from annoyance to serious...
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To Reduce Social Isolation, Start Wtih Place
— Having a home that is walkable to amenities like parks and grocery stores is important to many Americans for convenience and quality of life. According to new research from the American Enterprise...
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How Children Are Changing Their Communities in India
— An initiative that emerged from some of the most underserved areas of rural India has become a worldwide movement of children leading change in their communities. The new documentary film Power to...
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Participatory Urban Planning in New Zealand
Auckland’s population is expected to grow by more than 50 percent in the next 30 years. To meet the social and infrastructural challenges associated with accelerated growth, in 2011 the city launched a...
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How Collective Giving Is Transforming Philanthropy
— A new wave is remaking philanthropy and giving across the United States and abroad, starting at the grassroots level. Community-led shared gifting, giving circles or, as they are referred to...
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