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Map Kibera: How Grassroots Mapping Projects are Empowering Slums in Nairobi

Ten years ago, Kibera, Nairobi's largest slum, was just a blank spot on the map. But that's all changed: ever since young local residents created the first ever free and open digital map of their community.

AI Meetups Are Giving Communities a Voice—Now Comes the Hard Part

Artificial intelligence has swept through most of the world, leaving smaller voices dwarfed by the roar of Big Tech. Can community AI meetups help to redress the imbalance?

We Need Digital for Good More Than Ever: Here’s How to Start

Feeling worn out and disillusioned by the news at the moment? Us too. Let's do something about it. Together, we can move towards Digital for Good.

Map Kibera – The Digital Project Putting Nairobi’s Slums on the Map

From unmarked alleys to vital water points, Kibera’s residents have charted their own digital map. In doing so, they have put their community on the city’s—and the world’s—radar.

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Jazamiti: Kenya’s Digital Leap Towards 15 Billion New Trees

With the help of the Jazamiti app, Kenyans can select and plant trees based on their ecological zones, as the country races to restore its tree cover.

Renewable Energy — What You Need to Know

Energy resources exist in different forms. The effects of climate change, and the impact that greenhouse gas emissions have on the atmosphere are dependent on humans understanding the difference.

People Power: Pushing the Energy Transition Through ‘Prosumership’

Grassroots activism, favourable regulations, financial incentives, and good, old-fashioned peer pressure are key to the energy transition.

A Windy Future: Can Wind Power Lead our Clean Energy Revolution?

Bob Dylan famously claimed "the answer is blowin' in the wind". Does the same apply for our growing energy and environmental crisis?

RESET Recommends: 10 Hand-Picked Big Impact Fundraising Projects for 2021

Struggling with a gift idea this Christmas? Why not donate to one of these innovative good causes?