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In Colombia, students in classrooms make decisions democratically. The result has been higher rates of student involvement and achievement. Fundación
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From Jason Margolis and Lauren Sommer / PRI’s The World: Monitoring usage incentivizes water-intensive companies to develop water-saving techniques. Boston-based nonprofit, CERES, helps companies like Pepsi and Levi’s develop more sustainable practices. For example, Pepsi recaptures more of its runoff and has replaced water with pressurized air in its cleaning process. Levi’s also replaced water with air, using ozone gas to treat its denim. Tracking and reducing water use improves efficiency and saves companies money.
Read the Solutions Insights Lab interview with Mindy Lubber of Ceres.
In Colombia, students in classrooms make decisions democratically. The result has been higher rates of student involvement and achievement. Fundación
APOPO, an international nonprofit, has trained Gambian pouched rats to sniff out landmines in countries across the world. These rats
Good Market is a community of social enterprises and other businesses dedicated to putting people and planet over profit. Amanda
A Facebook messenger app allows people to record their interactions with police and include their own age, race and gender,
Oxygen Hub is an initiative of The Institute for Transformative Technologies, an organization focused on technology-led services for low-income communities.
The Video Consortium works to democratize the media landscape by connecting and supporting nonfiction filmmakers and visual journalists to tell