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  • Ikea's innovation lab unveils a plan to help people cash in on solar energy

    Katharine Schwab

    March 07, 2019 |

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    Ikea's innovation lab, Space10, piloted a block-chain powered solar energy grid as a way to creatively save money on electricity and create a sustainable energy alternative. Other microgrids around the world have seen success in allowing people who are part of the system to sell their excess energy and only use what they need.

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  • These designers are crowdsourcing menstrual products for homeless women

    Katharine Schwab

    February 08, 2019 |

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    To help provide women experiencing homelessness with menstrual products, the Perigives project has created posters and drop boxes that anyone can print and place in a public restroom. The initiative has shown some success, although it's difficult to quantify - and organizers are working to improve the posters and collaborate on other solutions.

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  • Legal immigration is a mess. These startups are trying to help

    Katharine Schwab

    October 30, 2018 |

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    Services like Boundless and Borderwise are helping immigrants navigate what is often a confusing and complicated process: applying for greencards. About 7,000 people a month use Boundless and so far they’ve had a 100 percent success rate. Boundless also has a network of vetted lawyers who review the applications. Services like these are increasingly more useful since the Trump administration is passing barriers that makes it easier for USCIS to reject applications. It’s turned into a world where it’s never been more important to get the paperwork done right the first time."

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  • This building designed to flood is a glimpse of things to come

    Katharine Schwab

    September 28, 2018 |

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    At a factory in Mumbai, clever design and “resilient architecture” join together to form the “Concrete Void,” a space designed to hold water during India’s monsoon season. Rather than trying to keep the water out, the architect designed the factory such that this Concrete Void, positioned below the higher level of the factory, holds water in the rainy season. In the off-season, it functions as an amphitheater space for workers to gather. As climate change becomes more of a threat, more types of this resilient architecture are expected to be created.

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  • The Airbnb For Affordable Housing Is Here

    Katharine Schwab

    November 21, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    New app Nesterly seeks to create affordable housing opportunities by pairing elderly residents with rooms to spare in their homes and younger people looking to find an affordable living situation in tightening rental markets. Beyond the app's impact on mitigating the stress of high rent prices for young people, the pairing of young people and elderly people for housing also has potential to help with the country's issue with loneliness.

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