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Gov. Walz, Leaders Celebrate Climate Action Legislation That Passed This Session

"From clean energy jobs and electric vehicles to natural resource restoration and grants that prepare communities for severe weather, Minnesota is investing in innovative strategies that combat the...more

Climate Change Will Make Food Much More Expensive

Last summer's brutal heat wave in Europe caused crops to wilt, rivers to dry up, and workers to stay indoors to escape the scorching temperatures. The economic blow was expected to cause prices...more

Winning the Innovation War on Cybersecurity

If you're a bank customer in Spain, you're in for a treat: For the first time, you'll be able to withdraw money from a bank account using an app that uses artificial intelligence, the BBC...more

Governor Moore Appoints Senior Advisor Meryam Bouadjemi as Chair of the Maryland ...

"The time is now for our state to emerge as a leader and social innovator in the industry," says Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in announcing the appointment of filmmaker Meryam Bouadjemi as chair of...more

Sea Ranger Service Founder On Thinking Big And Acting Bold

"They call it sea blindness because we turn our backs to the sea," says Dutch conservationist Wietse van der Werf. "We're inward looking as our lives and the world happens on land." So he...more

Who Owns Poverty? The Book by a Paraguayan Social Entrepreneur That Is Being Used in ...

In his book Who Owns Poverty, Paraguayan social entrepreneur Martin Burt argues that poverty isn't just a "lack of material resources but a multidimensional issue that requires a multidimensional...more

The Cost and Need for Child Care Weigh Heavy on Many Farm Families

"We know that the childcare system in Minnesota is broken and it's not a sustainable model," Trisha Lien, business development director for First Children's Finance in southwest Minnesota, tells the...more

Addressing the Mental Health Crisis Facing Our Youth: Cincinnati Children'S Takes a ...

"We are moving away from a primarily reactive approach to care to a much more proactive approach," says study author Tina Cheng, chair of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of...more

New Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Program Strives to Empower Nh Youth with Disabilities, Special Needs

A New Hampshire police department is offering free Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes this summer to kids with autism and Down syndrome, the Union Leader reports. Detective David Lisboa, originally from...more

Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Well-Being: A Critical Agenda for the G20

A new report from the World Health Organization lays out a plan to dramatically reduce the number of deaths of children under the age of 5 around the world by 2030, and it calls on the US to be...more




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Europe-wide Call to Support Social Enterprises


Social enterprise leaders throughout Europe are urging local authorities to use their powers to help the third sector grow. DuringĀ a two-day European Commission event in Strasbourg, councils in member states are called upon to use a variety of methods to support the sector.




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