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Article - 01/01/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Readiness Guide, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
If you’re looking for an innovative solution to a pressing problem, one of the best places to start is with the innovative thinkers who live and work in your city. Universities and tech firms are often an untapped source of valuable expertise....
Article - 08/09/2018
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Health and human services
Before Juneau's Housing First Project opened its doors in September, 2017, the city had no supportive housing options for homeless people. Fortunately, that has changed. Providing housing for the homeless presents a variety of challenges for cities...
Article - 06/29/2018
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Compassionate Cities, Health and human services
Dirty air has consequences — very serious consequences ranging from climate change to lung disease. In villages in India, clean-burning stoves are one key solution. The problem has been getting people to use them.Below, read about an innovative...
Article - 06/07/2018
Active Region(s): India, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Analytics, Citizen engagement
Urban environments are becoming more crowded, and high-density developments are being planned and built to house all those new citizens. But how do we ensure we're building healthy, livable environments? The story below describes a collaborative...
Article - 05/03/2018
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness, Shelter, Built environment, Health and human services
A word of thanks to the Economic Roundtable (based in LA) for their work on developing data driven tools to reduce homelessness. Last year it was the Silicon Valley Triage Tool, this year an extensive report providing insights into how to...
Article - 04/26/2018
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter, Health and human services
Getting young people excited about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is a positive outcome any way you look at it. Getting them excited about how they can use STEM to solve environmental challenges is better yet. That’s what UL and...
Article - 08/14/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility
Earlier this year we quoted Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent calling it a terrible thing when 75 million young people are ready to enter the workforce but can't find jobs and opportunities to create value. And it is terrible thing that affects way too many...
Article - 08/09/2017
Active Region(s): Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility
At Google's campus in Silicon Valley this week, teams of girls ages 10 to 18 are competing in an international mobile app competition. The Technovation World Pitch Summit promotes STEM education by encouraging girls to learn and apply technology to...
Article - 08/09/2017
Active Region(s): Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility
Dr. Christopher Ruhm, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Virginia, makes a great point when he says getting accurate data is a crucial first step in battling the opioid crisis. "This is particularly important when we...
Article - 08/09/2017
Active Region(s): Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness
Given all the tools and technologies available today, it seems like air pollution ought to be something we can solve – or at least keep from getting worse. But a recent report in the Times of India suggests that an abnormal 152% growth in private...
Article - 08/08/2017
Active Region(s): Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Wellness
Last year the medical journal Lancet published some eye-opening statistics about breastfeeding. Among them: Every year, 800,000 children’s lives could be saved with increased breastfeeding rates. What's more, the estimated global economic costs of...
Article - 08/02/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness
During a conference in Rome last month, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) revealed after years of progress, world hunger has increased. In fact, FAO’s Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva said the world is facing the worst food...
Article - 08/01/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water
Herndon, VA-based Smart City Works is an infrastructure actuator and business accelerator focused on improving livability, operations and resilience in cities. Its fall cohort will for the first time include two slots for nonprofits focused on...
Article - 07/31/2017
Active Region(s): Compassionate Cities
Category: Compassionate Cities, Upward Mobility
We frequently write about efforts to encourage more girls and minorities to pursue career paths in science, engineering, technology and math (STEM). Recent examples include UL's free program that promotes STEM learning in middle schools and the new...
Article - 07/26/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility
Two billion people in the world remain financially excluded, according to Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), a financial inclusion think tank housed at the World Bank. They lack access to basic financial services such as savings accounts...
Article - 07/26/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility
I would guess one of the most daunting challenges city leaders and human services providers have on their plates today is how to help the homeless in their communities and at the same time protect public health and safety. In the case of homeless...
Article - 07/25/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter
If it's hard as adults to make sense of what's going on in our world, imagine what kids must think of today's challenges – from famine and climate change to all manner of human atrocities. We can get a glimpse from Panasonic's Kid Witness News (KWN...
Article - 07/24/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Food and Water
If you've ever wondered if we've already seen the best technology can offer, I encourage you to check out the recent TechWorld piece that highlights 24 pretty amazing technologies developed for social good in the UK and beyond. Bright minds in...
Article - 07/19/2017
Active Region(s): Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness
From the rapid growth of social impact investing to the emergence of artificial intelligence apps created by tech-oriented nonprofits, we're seeing some fascinating developments in the human services sector. Scroll down for a look at five that...
Article - 07/19/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Food and Water, Wellness