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Problem Solving Must-Read: Recycling Air Pollution

Plus: Using water fountains to combat child obesity and taxing drivers by the mile

Problem Solving Must-Read: Recycling Air Pollution

Plus: Using water fountains to combat child obesity and taxing drivers by the mile

BY Stephen St. Vincent

Mar. 28, 2016

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Here at The Citizen, we do problem-solving journalism, looking for ideas and solutions to move the region forward and make a better city. Here are some other great ideas for solving the world’s problems, from media outlets around the globe:

 

The Creative Ways Innovators Are Recycling Air Pollution

To reduce air pollution, some innovators are making good use out of it.

From CityLab
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Meet the Disruptor: Brian Linton
When he founded his company United By Blue, Linton wanted to make our waters cleaner. So far, they’ve cleared 203,000 pounds of trash.

Placing 'water jets' in school cafeterias can help reduce child obesity

The average weight of students in the schools with water jets fell by slightly less than 1 percent in boys and by slightly more than half a percent in girls.

From MinnPost
Related from The Philadelphia Citizen:
Weekend Read: So Long, Lunch Lady
Chef Marc Vetri wants to revolutionize how Philly kids eat at school. Will the School District let him?

California Asking 5,000 Drivers to Pay by the Mile

California will have 5,000 volunteers test a new system that would tax drivers based on how much they actually use the roads, not how much gas they buy

From NextCity

 

Previous entries in this series:

Problem Solving Must-Read: An App to Stop Sexual Abuse on Campus
Plus: Pigeons wearing backpacks and support for vulnerable teens
Problem Solving Must-Read: Predicting Sea Level Rise. (It Ain't Pretty)
Plus: Building better bridges and paying drivers to take the bus
Problem Solving Must-Read: Banning Right Turns on Red
Plus: Forcing landlords to hand out voter registration forms and making all kidney donors compatible

 

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