Community Groups Take Lead
In Switching to Green Energy

Faith-based community groups are among the pacesetters in developing alternative, renewable energy sources.

 10-14-04

Schooner Made Entirely of Recycled Materials Will Take Conservation Message Around World

Ship-shape, seaworthy and entirely made from scrap, Island Rover will take scientific voyages to demonstrate the possibilities of recycling.

 10-15-02

Child Abductions: Effective Prevention Programs Replace Outmoded Advice

Child kidnappings have caused alarm in communities around the country. A special CIN survey reports on new, more effective prevention blueprints for community action and also finds some "tried-and-true" approaches are outmoded or ineffective.

 11-19-04

Undercover Agents Monitor Hospitals
To Make Sure Free Care Is Available

Sixty per cent of hospitals are required to offer free community care, but many do not advertise the fact. Volunteer undercover agents are keeping some
of these hospitals on their toes.

 10-14-02

Medical Interpreters Improve Care
For non-English Speakers

Language barriers can lead to a wrong diagnosis or inappropriate treatment with even fatal consequences. At some hospitals, specially trained medical interpreters are now on staff, but many more are needed.

 09-13-02

Special Housing Serves Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren

Nearly 2.5 million grandparents are sole caregivers to their grandchildren. The first housing experiment devoted to such families will soon be copied elsewhere.

 07-25-02

Young Leaders Handed Keys
To Corridors of Power

A new program introduces teen-aged community leaders to the world of Washington politics. As their careers develop, they will stay in touch.

 07-25-02

What's Working? Patients Pay Off
Hospital Bills With Labor

In this section, we check on innovative ideas to see how they're working out. A hospital in Maine lets patients without insurance pay off unpaid balances by volunteering.

 07-01-02

Abused Children: Avoiding More Harm Once Investigation Starts

Children who survive the trauma of sexual abuse may feel violated again by the invasive techniques of people working to protect them.

New approaches to helping child victims of sex abuse are designed to prevent further trauma at the hands of officialdom once investigation starts.

 06-12-02

Help for Home Owners at the Margins

Community-based approach helps families of modest means find and buy affordable homes, then tries to help them stay put in tough economic times.

 06-15-02

What's Working? Volunteer Health Care

In this section we check on ideas and innovation to see how they are working out. In Atlanta, churches got together to train volunteers to provide basic health care. Here's how they're doing.

 01-01-02

As Poverty Rises, Suburbs Scramble to Feed Working Poor

Poverty is on the increase, the Census Bureau reports. The economic downturn and reduced charitable giving have also led to a growing population of hungry, homeless working families. With shelters full and food banks emptying, some communities are testing new approaches.

 01-01-02

Women Demand Voice in Peace Talks

Women's voices increasingly heard as international pressure builds to guarantee them equal role in rebuilding after conflict.

 01-01-02

Free Care Won in Hospital Mergers

When hospital mergers spell end to free public health care, state program gives communities power to demand continued care for poor and needy.

 01-01-02

Young Environmentalists Win Victory

Urban high school students push city industries into environmental compliance and now see science as a career.