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| How has your community helped resolve a local problem? Tell us | How has your community helped resolve a local problem? Tell us |
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| When a small town in Devon banned plastic bags a decade ago, it started a global movement. When a county in Oregon found itself a wildfire risk, it took action to mitigate it. | When a small town in Devon banned plastic bags a decade ago, it started a global movement. When a county in Oregon found itself a wildfire risk, it took action to mitigate it. |
| When a small Welsh town pulled together to find a home for Syrian refugees, the outcome was heart-warming and uplifting. When Mumbai residents sickened of the sight of trash on their beach, they rolled up their sleeves. | When a small Welsh town pulled together to find a home for Syrian refugees, the outcome was heart-warming and uplifting. When Mumbai residents sickened of the sight of trash on their beach, they rolled up their sleeves. |
| Solutions don’t have to be top-down. More often than not they come from local people who want to take matters into their own hands. Like the Scottish islanders who recently took control of efforts to bring new inhabitants in to their community. | Solutions don’t have to be top-down. More often than not they come from local people who want to take matters into their own hands. Like the Scottish islanders who recently took control of efforts to bring new inhabitants in to their community. |
| There is a lot of strength in communities - and the world has never needed that strength more. | There is a lot of strength in communities - and the world has never needed that strength more. |
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| As part of our new series The Upside, focusing on solutions and innovations around the world, we are keen to here of other communities around the world working to solve local problems. Has your neighbourhood or community group got behind a local issue to try and resolve it? We want to hear from people anywhere around the world about this. Share your stories with us in the form below throughout 2018, so we can get a variety of stories over the course of the next year. | As part of our new series The Upside, focusing on solutions and innovations around the world, we are keen to here of other communities around the world working to solve local problems. Has your neighbourhood or community group got behind a local issue to try and resolve it? We want to hear from people anywhere around the world about this. Share your stories with us in the form below throughout 2018, so we can get a variety of stories over the course of the next year. |
| We will use a selection of your stories in our reporting. | We will use a selection of your stories in our reporting. |
| If you cannot use the form, you can submit your response here. | If you cannot use the form, you can submit your response here. |
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