Topic: Ideas We Should Steal

Ideas We Should Steal

Free gun locks

Gun locks prevent accidental shootings of and by children. Philly should follow the example of Boston and others in giving them away—or follow the lead of one of our own

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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Fixing the organ donor crisis

Plus: How Business-Driven Sustainability can change the world and fixing the high expulsion rates of pre-schoolers

By Gillian McGoldrick
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Marking storefronts for the homeless

Plus: On-campus dorms for recovering addicts and digital innovation to fix legal aid issues

By Gillian McGoldrick
Ideas We Should Steal

Infant Caregiver Project

Pre-K is great. But helping parents of even younger kids might be even better

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Ideas We Should Steal

Loans for Low-Income Homeowners

Want gentrification to benefit everyone? Council President Darrell Clarke should look to Detroit

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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Germany Paid its Citizens to Use Electricity

Plus: Programming to end food waste, and making it easier to make bail

By Stephen St. Vincent
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Turning Food Waste Back Into Food

Plus: Increasing access to birth control for women in the military, and suing oil companies to reverse climate change

By Stephen St. Vincent
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Destroying Uniforms for Vet Mental Health

Plus: The UAE wants to build a mountain to make it rain, and GSK stops filing patents

By Stephen St. Vincent
Ideas We Should Steal

CityScore

In Boston, two dozen metrics combine to score how the city is doing on a daily basis. Is Philly primed to do the same?

By Alex Braden
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Better Socks for the Homeless

Plus: Improving lifelong health by rooting out childhood trauma, and a more efficient way to map potholes

By Stephen St. Vincent