With the help of digital tools, citizens can uncover environmental problems, collect important data and support protective measures. In this Special Feature, we explore the question: How can civic tech solutions advance climate protection?
Digital exclusion affects millions who lack digital skills or internet access. The Good Things Foundation works to bridge this divide.
Jessica Droujko loves rivers. In order to better protect them, she founded the start-up Riverkin, which uses a special sensor to measure the health of bodies of water.
AI-supported plant identification app Flora Incognita provides users with the names of previously unknown plants, turning you into a citizen scientist.
The Well Beyond App, a mobile tool by the international non-profit Well Aware, empowers communities in East Africa with water supply maintenance skills—particularly handy in remote regions.
Among the ocean’s predators, the great white shark is possibly the most feared. Yet, despite its notoriety, the Mediterranean white shark population remains shrouded in mystery.
Large corporations dominate the provision of digital services in agriculture. However, open-source platform LiteFarm focuses on cooperation in making agriculture more sustainable.
Awareness, affordability and accessibility to green building technologies have stymied the uptake of green building in Kenya. Jenga Green Library could make things easier.
After a spate of bear attacks in northern Italy, digital maps are being developed to protect the interests of both humans and wildlife.
We spoke to Stephan Bohn from the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) about the extent to which digital tools and platforms have an impact on rainforest protection in Indonesia.
