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Complete Streets Are For Everyone: the Top 10 Policies of 2012

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Complete Streets ensure that streets are accessible for all users, not just cars. A recent study ranked new Complete Streets policies on usability, vision, implementation and more. Read more »

Can Science Make Facebook More Compassionate?

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Facebook is using insights from neuroscience and psychology to try to make the site feel like a safer, more benevolent place for adults and kids alike. Read more »

Survey Finds that Disownership is the New Normal

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A recent survey shows that sharing is not just for Brooklyn hipsters anymore, but for people from all walks of life. Read more »

From A to F: Grading States on Small Business Friendliness

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Small businesses are vitally important to the well-being of communities. But according to a recent survey, not all states are equal when it comes to small business friendliness. Read more »

Seven Reasons Why Co-ops Promote Happiness

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Aside from championing equality, coops can also make you happier. Read more »

Why Self-Compassion Trumps Self-Esteem

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In this incredibly competitive society of ours, how many of us truly feel good about ourselves? The answer: stop judging and evaluating ourselves altogether. Read more »

Is Open Source the Solution to Global Warming?

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The solution to a massively complex global ecological crisis may be to spread the sharing meme. And here's an exciting opportunity to test it in the real world. Read more »

Report: Leveraging the Power of Anchor Institutions to Build Community Wealth

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In Cleveland, a $1 billion test initiative, dubbed the Vision 2010 Program by University Hospitals (UH), has surpassed three of its four economic stimulation goals. Read more »

Public Spaces Encourage Healthy Communities

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Turns out, public spaces are good for us. A ten-year study, conducted by the University of Melbourne, found that access to parks, beaches and even public shopping areas increases the health and wellbeing of communities by increasing walkability. Read more »

How Love Grows in Your Body

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Love is a process subject to biological forces beyond our conscious control. Drawing from new research, here is a breakdown of where love abides in our bodies. Read more »
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