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Welcome to a curated database of rigorous reporting on responses to social problems.

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  • Fighting Food Waste

    Ammar Ebrahim, Dougal Shaw
    2018-07-22 23:59:09 UTC
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    May 28, 2018 |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    Technology can help reduce food waste. Olio and Winnow are two examples. Olio is an app that allows people to easily exchange extra or unwanted food for free. Winnow is a smart trash can that calculates the cost of waste in commercial kitchens, inspiring chefs to be more creative to save both food and money.

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  • How 6.5 tons of trash generated at an IPL match gets managed in Bengaluru

    Seema Prasad
    2019-02-25 01:06:54 UTC
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    May 23, 2018 |

    Citizen Matters |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Bengaluru

    At Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, some 40,000 spectators per match are testing a waste management system that helps reduce pollution and encourage recycling. The program has shown promise. To boot, the project provides an opportunity to educate captive audiences about waste management.

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  • In the US, Muslims are making slow inroads toward a greener Ramadan

    Aysha Khan
    2019-03-11 02:28:21 UTC
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    May 22, 2018 |

    Religion News Service |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    To combat food waste, leaders at Islamic centers and mosques around the world are looking to iftar, the evening meal that signals the end of the Ramadan fast. By discouraging food waste and the use of disposable kitchenware, many Islamic communities are already bringing about change.

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  • How Healthy Soil Practices Balance Anecdotal and Scientific Observation

    Christopher Biddle
    2018-06-27 23:51:24 UTC
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    May 15, 2018 |

    KSJD |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Gunnison, Colorado

    There's a movement rising to promote better cattle farming practices through the use of healthy soil, which means introducing more carbon into the land. Farmers throughout the agriculture industry are finding that by feeding cattle in carbon poor pastures, they are able to rejuvenate the land through leftover carbon-rich hay and manure.

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  • This African city is turning a mountain of trash into energy

    Alex Gray
    2018-06-26 01:35:32 UTC
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    May 09, 2018 |

    World Economic Forum |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

    A growing population has led to a growing mountain of trash for Africa. One city is taking control of the issue by turning that trash into energy which not only reduces the amount of physical rubbish by 80 percent, but also powers 30 percent of the city's household energy needs.

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  • How the growing “One Water” movement is not only helping the environment but also saving millions of dollars

    Erica Gies
    2018-06-10 14:18:31 UTC
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    May 08, 2018 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States

    In response to the growing concern about the world's water supply, a movement known in the United States as "One Water" has taken shape and is gathering momentum on a mission to halt floods, droughts and water pollution.

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  • Where Water is Scarce, Communities Turn to Reusing Wastewater

    Jacques Leslie
    2018-05-19 15:06:35 UTC
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    May 01, 2018 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Water conservation has been a hot topic for the last decade. As nations continue to search for ways to ensure a safe water supply for future generations, some places are looking to history for answers. Taking a page out of the 1970s water shortage era for Orange County in California, these places are finding ways to recycle sewage water into drinkable water.

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  • Eight months on, is the world's most drastic plastic bag ban working?

    Jonathan Watts
    2018-05-19 14:34:43 UTC
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    April 25, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    Curbing society's reliance on plastic has become a top priority on international levels. In light of this, Kenya took the most drastic approach and implemented a ban on all plastic bags enforced with consequence of jail-time and steep fines. After 8 months in action some are still finding this ban to be unjust due to cost infringements on businesses, but Nairobi’s shanty towns are seeing cleaner streets, healthier waterways and improvements in sanitation initiatives.

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  • Get to know the true world champions in waste sorting

    Felix Franz
    2018-06-25 18:40:34 UTC
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    April 25, 2018 |

    Perspective Daily |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Alappuzha

    When garbage threatened the tourism industry in Alappuzha, residents protested enough to spur lasting change. The city is now recognized as the cleanest city in India for its efforts in decentralizing waste management. This consists of a government program to subsidize the cost of biogas plants for families, in addition to 24 composting centers spread throughout the city. Now, residents take ownership of their waste, and the attitude shift has made the city cleaner for everyone.

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  • In India, Products Made From Crop Waste May Curb a Tide of Plastic

    Priti Salian
    2018-09-21 13:18:16 UTC
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    April 24, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru

    India has been a longtime contributor to water and air pollution, largely due in part to the amount of plastic the country generates. To address both kinds of pollution, one company is creating biodegradable packaging made from plant fibers.

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  • Solutions journalism…
    • Describes a response to a problem and how it works.
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  • The Solutions Story Tracker® is a curated, searchable database of solutions journalism stories — rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. We vet and tag every story in the Story Tracker, which offers an inspiring and useful collection of the thousands of ways people are working to solve problems around the world.

  • You can learn more about how we source, vet, and tag stories here, as well as how we share them. We also have video tutorials in Spanish and French that show how to use the Solutions Story Tracker to find what you need.

  • Story collections are curated by our staff or other partners to explore a theme, pattern, or trend via selected solutions stories and external resources. Some story collections focus on an in-depth exploration of a topic with solutions journalism; others highlight journalists and how they report on topics. Certain story collections include discussion questions and notes, so that educators and community discussion leaders can lead learners to fully engage with the stories.

  • The Solutions Story Tracker® is powered by user submissions. We encourage submissions from journalists, as well as from anyone who has an eye for solutions journalism. Click here to submit. (Why submit? So many reasons!)

  • You can submit a story directly on the Solutions Story Tracker®. You will be prompted to register or log into the Solutions Journalism Network website, if you are already logged in. (It is free to register!) Logging in allows you to track the status of your submissions under My Profile, as well as save your favorite stories, create story collections and story alerts, and access other helpful features of our website.

  • After you submit a story to us and assign it a topic, it is sent to one of our Solutions Story Tracker team members. Our team member evaluates the story for the four qualities of solutions journalism, and on the basics: The story must come from a news outlet and have a date and a byline. If the story meets our criteria, our team tags it accordingly and adds it to the database. If the story falls short of the mark, our team will include the reason why. We include stories in the Story Tracker that meet our standards of solutions journalism. Inclusion does not mean we support the initiatives, policies, organizations or approaches featured in those stories.

    Discover common reasons why a story may miss the mark for inclusion in the Solutions Story Tracker®.

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  • Solutions Journalism Network features these stories in the searchable database making them publicly accessible to anyone who wants to search for rigorous reporting on solutions to social problems. Any story that is added has the potential to make more impact than its original purpose. Added stories are used in journalism trainings, school curricula, research projects, and independent analysis on issue area trends. This now includes artificial intelligence tools, which are applied for educational value to find stories and support story vetting, as well as to extract insights from the stories. SJN has digital products and newsletters that give new life and exposure to the stories meeting people where they are at. Story data also is used to develop innovative tools to reach the general public with solutions journalism as well as some specific research projects requested by researchers. If you have any questions or concerns about our use of story data or added stories, please contact Lita Tirak.

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