Finalists announced! Voting now open!
MIT Climate CoLab is excited to announce 37 from seven innovative sector specific contests. Earlier this fall, expert Judges evaluated the nearly 300 proposals submitted to the platform, and selected 95 proposals to advance as Semi-Finalists. Semi-Finalists then had the opportunity to revise their proposals prior to a second evaluation. These 37 Finalists were identified as the most promising by the Judging panels. We commend them for their strong work and accomplishments!
In addition, we extend our deep thanks to the volunteer Judges, Advisors, Fellows, and Catalysts who contributed their time to encouraging, evaluating, and providing feedback to proposal authors.
Public Voting Period Now Open!
Today, we announce the start of the Public Voting Period, which runs from now until January 15, 2018 at 11:59:59 PM EST. During this time, anyone from around the globe is invited to cast their vote for their favorite proposals!
The proposal with the greatest number of votes, within each contest, will be named as the Popular Choice Winner. Popular Choice Winners, along with the Judges’ Choice Winners (Judges’ top proposal in each contest), will receive wide recognition from MIT Climate CoLab, be invited to present at MIT, and be eligible for a $10,000 Grand Prize to be given to only one Winner from across the contests.
To vote:
- Sign up or login to the Climate CoLab website;
- Click one of the Finalists’ proposals to read their work; and
- Select the “Vote for proposal” button on the proposal page.
You are given seven votes — one per contest — and may change your vote as many times as you wish until the deadline. “Supports” do not become “Votes”, so please make sure you vote for one proposal if you have supported multiple in a contest. All voting is subject to the Climate CoLab’s voting rules.
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Finalists
Adaptation
- User-Maintained, Highly Efficient Solar Powered Water Purification Systems / PV Pure
- Incentivized disaster preparedness & gamification / SAADITHYA + SARKAR
- Building climate responsive homes in Lesotho, Africa / Javed Sultan
- Waterspots : Watering Holes for the 21st century / Urban Fabrick
Buildings
- Innovative market framework to renovate Europe’s buildings at ZEB / OpenExp
- PROPOSAL ON USING COCONUT HUSK AND BAGASSE TO PRODUCE BINDERLESS FIBREBOARDS / Isaac Brenya
- Eco Slums flexible toolkit / Kiri Team
- willpower-energy: Make your own fuel from CO2 at home / willpower-energy
- We-power Energy Coach – The future of energy efficiency / We-power
- Naturally heated homes for colder and poorer regions of the world / Javed Sultan
Carbon Pricing
- Climate Toothpaste: Advancing a Carbon Price using Art and Humor / Climate Toothpaste
- Proxy pricing carbon in state govt procurement, contracting, and acquistion / Adele Morris
- Revenue Neutral Carbon Fee and Dividend: Bending the Emissions Curve / CitizensClimateLobby
- Put A Price On It / Our Climate
Energy Supply
- HELIAC Solar Cooker – Inexpensive, But Efficient / HELIAC
- Scaling the Capacity for Testing and Reporting Solar Cooker Performance / CT/Dr. Alan Bigelow
- Community micro hydropower generation in the Hispaniola island / REDSER
- Clean cooking solutions and development of a climate change mitigation programme / Climate Advocacy
- The financial justification for transitioning to a renewable energy supply / Daniel Howard
Land Use
- Developing an Alternative to Shifting Cultivation in North-East India. / David Gandhi and 4 others
- Forest and cropland rehabilitation through sustainable farming and agroforestry / MUAD Negros
- Waste Business Hub: “nurturing Waste Business Entrepreneurs (Wastepreneurs)” / Ngalim Franklin Njaiwo
- Assam Fuelwood Decision Support System (AFDSS) / Swapan Mehra and 1 other
Shifting Attitudes & Behaviors
- How2Recycle: The next generation recycling label for packaging / Kelly Cramer
- Rwandan Cities toward waste GHG emissions-free by 2035 with Rwanda Blue!Points / Pius Nishimwe
- Connecting dreamers and doers: Making sustainable energy the norm among youth / SEYN
- Empower rural families to achieve a healthier future through hands-on education! / MESA Sostenible
- Engaging media for making climate change part of popular culture / Upasna Sharma
- Climate Chronicles – Women-Centric Approaches to Climate Readiness in S.Asia / WAVE
- Climate Stories Project / CSP
- Climate Stories: a mobile community planning hub for climate adaptation / Urban Fabrick
- Youth Climate Leaders (YCL) / YouthClimateLeaders
- Supporting the change / Amira Odeh
Transportation
- Detox the Fleet / Bill Ferree and 2 others
- Via Green Program (VGP)- Atmospheric Pollutants Management for Supply Chain / Via Green Institute
- E-Bike Public Charger: Flexible, reliable, healthy and sustainable transport / Sciyent sciyent.com
- Solar powered boats; fostering marine eco-conservation / Practical Actioners