Years of studying disaster relief has led Jose Holguin-Veras to a few simple truths about donations. While tiger costumes and Viagra aren’t going to do much good, it makes people feel better to think they’re helping. But they’re not--they could be doing a lot of damage.
Jana, a cell phone survey network, polls billions of otherwise hard-to-reach consumers in exchange for free airtime or other rewards. It’s already worked with the U.N., but it plans to become the pulse of the global poor.
Written by: Robert Matthams
The U.K.'s capital is ambitious in its commitment to reduce emissions and improve its environment. A look at a city involved in its own climate change.
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It certainly doesn’t seem like anyone in charge has any ideas about how to stop climate change, so let’s open it up to everyone. A crowdsourcing project from MIT has found the best solutions from the rest of us--like personal rapid transit or convincing us all to eat less meat.
One of the most crowded and polluted cities on the planet, Dhaka might not seem like a place for a massive new clean development. And yet, Green Leaf--a new “sustainable garden city”--is currently under construction there.
This summer, scientists will begin pumping water into the sides of a dormant volcano in Oregon at pressures great enough to cause small earthquakes. It’s not the start of an evil plot--it may be a genius way to make geothermal energy viable.
Those Scandinavians are so cutting edge and bike friendly. Now they’re going a step further, connecting two cities with a major artery that’s for bikes only.
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