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Data-Informed Governance by PolyteiaBureaucracy Becomes Democracy
Polyteia is a Berlin-based data analytics and visualization platform that allows city leaders to bring together and analyze the data that represents the constituents they serve.
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Digital Democracy by CivocracyFrom Civic Halls to the Internet
Berlin-based Civocracy is bringing democracy into the digital era by providing a space for digital collaboration between citizens, governments, businesses and other groups active in local communities.
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The Biden Presidency and International Science
DWIH New York Director Benedikt Brisch reflects on the incoming Biden/Harris Administration and the outlook for German-American exchange in science and research.
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Open Position: Communications and Operations Intern
Join the DWIH New York Team! The DWIH seeks an intern from February through July 2021.
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Blueprint for Restoration
The development of cities or industrial facilities as well as intensive agriculture affect the environment around the world. Such interventions create challenges for natural ecosystems and their diversity. Over the last years many projects have emerged with the aim of transforming regions that were ecologically exploited back into natural ecosystems. One approach is rewilding.
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Ecosia
Planting Trees with Search Results
A non-profit based in Berlin just celebrated planting one million trees. Ecosia works just like Google or Bing, except 80-100% of their ad revenue is reinvested in tree planting projects around the world.
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Land Reclamation in NeuseenlandCoal Mine to Swimming Pool
When all the coal from a pit mine has been extracted, a moonscape remains. Both in the U.S. and Germany, the extraction companies are responsible for reclaiming the landscape. For environmental and ethical reasons many reclamation projects are criticized. In Germany’s Neuseenland, the effort can largely be praised.
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