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News What Would You Tell Future Loved Ones About Climate Change?

Dear Tomorrow aims to shift people’s thinking about how climate change affects us by encouraging people to send digital "messages in a bottle" to their future children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Read on

Knowledge Satellites: Environmental Protectors and Development Aids in Space?

Act now Reduce Your Ecological Footprint

News The RESET App Check: Finding Energy-saving Appliances with EcoGator

Are you looking to get rid of your old refrigerator but want to avoid buying a new one that guzzles energy? EcoGator might be able to help your decision-making process. We took the app for a spin. Read on

Knowledge Renewable Energy - Environmentally-friendly and Low Cost Energy from Inexhaustible Sources

Act now Green Energy

News Treehouses Reinvented: and Not Just for Kids

Can architecture, urbanism and nature work together to deliver environmental sustainability, greater quality of life for communities, as well as aestethically pleasing cityscapes? This visionary project is showing us just how this is possible. Read on

Knowledge Smart Cities: Efficient, Sustainable, Digitised Living

Act now Urban Agriculture: Kitchen and Community Gardening

News The RESET App Check: Sustainable Seafood at Your Fingertips with the Good Fish Guide

Our appetite for fish is big. According to WWF, two-third's of the world's fish stocks have been exhausted or are overfished. To counter this, a number of organisations actively build awareness about which species of fish are sustainably farmed and which to avoid. We tested out the Good Fish Guide app to see how it helps consumers make sustainable seafood choices. Read on

Knowledge The Privatisation of Seeds

Act now Home Composting - the New Thing to Do

News Lovefonebox: the Second Calling of Red Telephone Boxes

A British phone repair company is setting up tiny shops in London’s iconic red telephone booths. This could encourage people to try to fix their smartphones before buying new ones. Read on

Knowledge The Crowdfunding Trend

Act now Get Involved in the Sharing Economy

News The RESET App Check: a Complete A – Z of Sustainable, Fair Products with Ethical Barcode?

Finding out a product’s or manufacturer’s track record on sustainability, climate change, fair labour and more often means consulting numerous apps and websites; hardly ideal for the time-poor shopper. The Ethical Barcode app looks to aggregate third party data on all these subjects but how effective is it? We put the app to the test. Read on

Knowledge The Ecological Impact of Mobile Phones

Act now All Give, No Take: Ethical Gifts

News Predicting Poverty Using Satellite Imagery

A team of scientists from Stanford University has developed a way of identifying and mapping poverty using satellite technology and machine learning. Read on

Knowledge Drones: Propelling Sustainable Development

Act now Save Water: Reduce Your Water Footprint

News Exploring Tech's Role in Building Peace

The annual Build Peace conference gets underway in Zurich this week, bringing together peacebuilders, techies, artists and researchers to map out concrete ideas for conflict resolution. Read on

Knowledge Land and Conflict

Act now Track and Report Conflict in the Digital Age

News How Many Slaves Work for You?

An interactive website allows users to calculate their slavery footprint based on their lifestyle and consumption habits. The slavery footprint is an inconvenient truth but an important one that can motivate us to make more mindful choices as consumers. Read on

Knowledge Virtual Reality: A Clearer View on Global Issues

Act now Learn Online - Web Tools for Education

News SolarMal: How To Fight Malaria Mozzies with the Power Of the Sun

In Africa, a child dies from malaria every minute while in the Americas, the alarming spread of the Zika virus is endangering the health of millions of people. Now scientists have developed a mosquito trap that could help reduce the number of infections. Read on

Knowledge India’s ‘Pink Revolution’

Act now Reduce Smoke while Cooking!

News Thumbs Up! Do Good While Travelling with TeachSurfing

There are tonnes of good ideas that can change the world. Regular readers of RESET will already know of a few. Every month, we will choose one idea that stands out thanks to its impact and innovative approach. Our favourite project in July: TeachSurfing, a platform that helps travellers do some good during short stays. Read on

Knowledge Social Entrepreneurship

Act now Volunteering. Get to it.