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As part of our effort to improve the Climate CoLab and better design online communities, earlier this year we conducted two surveys to understand our members’ demographics and how the Climate CoLab has affected their views on climate change. Survey participants were entered into a raffle for 3 iPad minis, and we would like to announce the winners from […]

The 2014 Climate CoLab Judge’s Choice Winner title in the Waste Management contest went to REACC (Recycled Debris for Adaptation to Climate Change), a model developed by marine biologist and environmentalist Victor Blanco. The proposal provides a management plan to reduce and recycle debris from cement production, an activity with high greenhouse gas emissions. Victor and […]

New Contests Launched How can we effectively mitigate the urban heat island effect in Cambridge, Massachusetts? The City of Cambridge is using the Climate CoLab platform to seek innovative strategies to mitigate the urban heat island effect, which is the phenomenon of a city being significantly warmer than its surroundings.    Click here for contest details.  How […]

Business and non-profit leaders, innovators, academics, policymakers and concerned citizens gathered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) last week for the Climate CoLab’s Crowds and Climate: From Ideas to Action conference. A project of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, the Climate CoLab uses a technology-enabled, crowd-based approach to tackle climate change by dividing […]

PRESS RELEASE Grand Prize Winners Announced at MIT Climate Change Conference Crowdsourced ideas to address climate change honored at today’s conference. CAMBRIDGE, MA – The Climate CoLab, a project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), uses online contests to find innovative, new ways to address global climate change.  Today, the Grand Prize and Honorable […]

A winning proposal in the Communicating Coastal Risk and Resilience contest comes from @conservaction, with their A Collaborative Solutions Communication Platform idea targeted at improving the resilience of coastal communities in Tanzania. The team plans to create an informative radio program that opens dialogue among various stakeholders working to make coastal communities resilient to the […]