Updating Democracy: The Citizens Foundation
Citizens Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Reykjavik, Iceland, developing digital systems that allow citizens to directly participate in their government's decision-making. The organization has worked with local and national governments in over 20 countries across Europe and Australia.
Could Blockchain Help the Growth of Online Voting?
Online voting has existed in the public imagination for decades. Until very recently, it remained suppressed by doubts about its security. Enormous advances made during the past decade in cryptography and blockchain technology have finally put online voting on the
How Blockchain could promote global sustainability
There’s no doubt that blockchain is growing to be one of the biggest buzzwords of 2018. Blockchain is a continuous list of records (blocks) which are tied together and secured by cryptography (chains) and is almost impossible to modify a
Relying on the Crowd: An Interview with HeroX
A 2017 World Economic Forum article defined the “crowd economy” as one characterized by a “focus on economic models powered by ‘the crowd’, including but not limited to crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. Examples of companies that fit this model include Kickstarter,
OM Signal – Smart Clothes to monitor our wellbeing
Our phones are smart; many of our watches are smart as well. And very soon our clothes will be smart, too. Artificial Intelligence is already changing the way we live our lives, and every day we get more familiar with
Why We need Social Impact Innovation
In 1959, Peter Drucker, one of the most influential management theorists of the 20th century, observed that “the new frontiers of this post-modern world are all frontiers of innovation.” Landscape-altering discoveries and inventions, once so infrequently stumbled upon as to
Why does sustainable agriculture remain a challenge?
The term “sustainable agriculture” has been in use since the late 1980s, and, although interpretations vary, it is usually understood as the adoption of practices and technologies that improve productivity without harming the environment. However, the level at which countries
Fueling the Clean Energy Market: Global Goals Need Global Solutions
It’s nearly two years since the United Nations launched the Global Goals – also known as the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs – a series of ambitious targets to end extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030. Global Goal 7
Re-Thinking the Blood Collection Process
Blood draws are not pleasant –for anyone. With a roughly 760 inpatient blood draws conducted every minute in the United States alone, these are the most common invasive medical procedure and yet one of the most critical aspects of patient
Sustainable Development Goals – What Do They Mean for Youth?
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS CONTRIBUTED BY THE EUROPEAN YOUTH FORUM. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BY YO!MAG, THE EUROPEAN YOUTH FORUM’S PLATFORM FOR YOUTH WRITING AND MULTIMEDIA CONTENT. IT IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG’S). SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE
Interview with Mitchell Joachim: an Innovator in Ecological Design
Mitchell Joachim is an innovator in ecological design, architecture, and urban design, Co-Founder at Terreform One and Associate Professor at New York University. He has won many awards like the AIA New York Urban Design Merit Award, 1st Place International
Google’s Digital News Initiative: Supporting Innovation or Wooing European Journalism?
Ever wondered about the myth of start-ups launched in a garage? The story of Google’s founding proves that it’s not entirely a myth: the story starts in 1994 with the launch of the Digital Library Initiative (DLI) by three US government