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Solar States

Courtney Duchene

February 08, 2024 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Philadelphia-based company Solar States offers a paid training opportunity for city residents to learn to install solar panels and earn the necessary credentials to help them start careers in the industry. The company’s newest program, Find Your Ladder, is a training opportunity for people who have been through the criminal justice system.

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Breaking barriers, building businesses: Inside the Kano program empowering marginalized youth

Yahuza Bawage

January 29, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

The GIRL-H program provides skill training and business assistance to youth from marginalized communities. Participants receive education and training in an area of their choosing and once they complete the training, they receive start-up capital to help them start their own businesses. The program has helped over 6,000 youth learn a new skill and start an entrepreneurial venture.

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New cannabis dispensaries bring Sacramento closer to reaching social equity goals

Ken Magri

January 29, 2024 |

The Observer |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

Sacramento’s Cannabis Opportunity and Racial Equity program is helping people who were adversely affected by discrimination during America’s war on drugs to start businesses in the regulated cannabis industry. Qualifying entrepreneurs receive wraparound support including funding and small-business education. So far, 10 dispensary licenses have been awarded to participants.

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The Cheap, Clever Promise of 'Water ATMs'

Geetanjali Krishna

January 15, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: India, Warangal, Telangana

The nonprofit Safe Water Network is training entrepreneurs in India to treat and filter water so they can run water ATMs. These businesses supply safe drinking water to communities that lack access to it for about half the price of any other option.

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An Underground Lunch Delivery Train Comes to the Atlanta Suburbs

Sarah Holder

December 14, 2023 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: United States, Peachtree Corners, Georgia

The startup Pipedream Labs is running small, electric vehicles in tunnels under Peachtree Corners, Georgia, to make last-mile deliveries for local restaurants. The aim is to reduce emissions, traffic, and delivery costs for businesses.

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Climate change is ravaging the oceans. Some startups see a solution in marine carbon capture

Chris Bentley

December 05, 2023 |

WBUR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Sequim, Washington

Marine carbon capture, a term for various methods that trap carbon deep in the ocean, can help mitigate climate change by reducing the amount of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Startups around the U.S. are advancing helpful technologies.

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Kashmir: Female coppersmiths excel at male-dominated trade

Mohammad Abu Bakar

November 22, 2023 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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Response Location: India, Kashmir

Despite it being a historically male-dominated field, women in Kashmir are learning copper smithing to become both socially and financially independent. Women who have mastered the skill then teach it to others, allowing more and more women to not only learn a valuable skill, but to secure income to support themselves.

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Printing a place to live: In Central Texas, homes are being built with emerging 3D technology

Noah Alcala Bach

October 06, 2023 |

The Texas Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Round Top, Texas

Two Texas-based companies are 3D printing homes in an effort to combat the housing crisis and produce fewer emissions than a typical home construction. The companies lay the foundation and rebar for support. Then, a machine with a robotic arm builds up the walls by printing layers of a cement-like material.

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Nigeria's higher institutions entrepreneurship syllabus fail to curb joblessness

Quadri Yahya

September 30, 2023 |

Nigeria Grassroot News |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Though Nigeria's entrepreneurship scheme was implemented with the goal of helping more graduates find employment or start their own businesses, students report that the courses put more emphasis on academic theories than practical skills and are often seen as nothing more than a requirement to tick off in order to graduate.

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Social Justice and Sustainability: Denmark's Take on Green Menstruation

Niyati Patel

August 28, 2023 |

Grady Newsource |

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Response Location: Denmark, Copen

The Denmark-based startup LastObject manufactures reusable menstrual products that produce less waste than the typical throw-away versions. Its reusable pad is made of polyester and bamboo and can be washed and reused for up to 10 years.

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