Agriculture
Regenerative agriculture could save soil, water, and the climate. Here’s how the U.S. government actively discourages it. —March 14, 2019 [The New Food Economy]
The explosive dominance of soy over a century went unnoticed by most Americans—except for those growing it. —December 12, 2018 [The New Food Economy]
Carbon farming isn’t worth it for farmers. Two blockchain companies want to change that —June 4, 2018 [The New Food Economy]
Why blockchain won’t fix food safety—yet —February 4, 2018 [The New Food Economy]
Gardening
How to Grow a Bug-Friendly Garden Absolutely Anywhere —April 4, 2019 [Lifehacker]
Citizen Science
New Spill Tracker Enlists Crowd to Help Monitor Pollution After Hurricanes —September 11, 2017 [Civicist]
Zooniverse Project Builder Is Like WordPress For Plug-and-Play Citizen Science —May 6, 2016 [Civicist]
NASA Partners With iSeeChange on Citizen-Science Climate Project —January 7, 2016 [Civicist]
Environmental Activism
How the Crowd Could Help Keep Zinke Accountable —August 7, 2017 [Civicist]
Peoples Climate March Revives Platform for Distributed Organizing —April 17, 2017 [Civicist]
In Ecuador, Waorani Communities Use Open-Source Tools to Collaboratively Map Their Territory —March 31, 2017 [Civicist]
The People’s Climate: From March to Movement —October 14, 2015 [Civicist]
The Unfinished Business of the People’s Climate March —May 20, 2015 [Civicist]
Open Data & Transparency
Hearing on Algorithmic Transparency Reveals Rift in NYC Tech Community —October 19, 2017 [Civicist]
How the NYC Commission on Human Rights Uses Open Data Against Discriminatory Landlords —July 13, 2017 [Civicist]
Detroit’s Foreclosure Crisis and the Need for ‘Information Justice’ —March 8, 2017 [CityLab]
In Texas, a Model For Sharing Open Water Data —April 13, 2016 [Civicist]
Privacy & Surveillance
Stop & Shop now has big, goofy-looking robots patrolling its aisles. What, exactly, is the goal? —June 10, 2019 [The New Food Economy]
Soon we’ll use smartphones to trace our food on the blockchain. But there’s a catch: We’ll be traced, too. —July 19, 2018 [The New Food Economy]
A Sanctuary City for Data Privacy? —April 25, 2017 [Civicist]
The Uncertain Future of India’s Plan to Biometrically Identify Everyone —August 28, 2014 [techPresident]
Tech & Politics
Beware of Google bearing gifts —April 12, 2019 [The Conversationalist]
Testing Tech for Consensus in a Purple Town —March, 30, 2018 [Civicist]
What’s So Hard About Peace, Love, and Text Notifications About Upcoming Elections? —March 14, 2016 [Civicist]
Civic Tech
Good Tech, Bad Tech —May 17, 2018 [Civicist]
Loveland’s Labor’s Lost: Detroit’s Dubious Civic Tech Champions —March 15, 2017 [Civicist]
Recharging the Brigade: Code for America’s Challenge —July 21, 2016 [Civicist]
