On August 22nd 2020, humans will have used up Earth's resource budget for the entire year - a significant improvement when compared to 2019, where Earth Overshoot Day was on July 29th.
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A Peruvian programme is using drones to help put urban settlements on the map (quite literally), in a bid to improve housing rights and climate change resilience for underserved local residents.
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When people think of environmentally-damaging emissions, their minds often conjure up images of cars and smoke-belching factories. However, a much more literal type of belching also has a major impact - the burps of cows.
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On August 22nd 2020, humans will have used up Earth's resource budget for the entire year - a significant improvement when compared to 2019, where Earth Overshoot Day was on July 29th.
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Beaming solar power from space to Earth has long been talked about in theory, but now the first steps are being taken towards making it a reality.
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Bike Citizens is a positive double-whammy for more cycling-friendly sustainable cities - it's a navigation app that shows cyclists the best routes around town, while simultaneously collecting data on bicycle movement and behaviour for more bike-friendly cities. We talked to Elisabeth Felberbauer from Bike Citizens to find out more.
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With global biodiversity in crisis, conservationists around the world are devising more and more innovative ways to curb species loss. One of the latest initiatives is Wildlife Insights: a new tool that harnesses the power of AI to dramatically grow our knowledge about wildlife populations.
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Smarter Sorting’s AI-powered platform wants to help drastically cut retail waste, diverting valuable products from landfill and back into recycling and reuse.
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A new research project called "Dare2Del" wants to help employees save time and energy, improve their focus, and simply feel a whole lot better too, by guiding them through an AI-powered digital "decluttering" that's optimised to their personal needs. RESET interviewed the project lead, Ute Schmid, to find out more.
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Is sustainability measurable? The startup HEDERA has developed a digital toolkit to collect and visualise data for the microfinance sector - making it easier to find out whether projects achieve the desired impact.
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Using satellite imagery and AI, one Portuguese company is creating geospatial insights to help businesses understand and solve key environmental challenges.
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A Peruvian programme is using drones to help put urban settlements on the map (quite literally), in a bid to improve housing rights and climate change resilience for underserved local residents.
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Maintaining physical distance is the most powerful thing we can do to help slow the spread of the pandemic, but demonstrations of solidarity and togetherness are needed now more than ever. Thankfully there's a lot we can do to help others - often without even having to leave the house.
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Non-profit organisation WeRobotics is harnessing the power of technology transfer, knowledge sharing and local expertise - working together with people in the Global South to use drones for positive impact.
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