Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 2nd February 2022

How Collaring Cheetahs Reduced Human-Wildlife Conflict in Namibia

Namibia is home to one of the world's last remaining cheetah populations. But for years, cheetahs have decimated livestock herds, leading to a bloody human-wildlife conflict that further threatened the already vulnerable species. New technology and insights are helping to keep the two sides separated.

Legacy Landscapes Fund • 8th December 2023

5 Ways Protecting Biodiversity Helps the Climate

The natural world faces a dual crisis: climate change and biodiversity loss. Below, we outline five ways that protecting biodiversity also protects the climate.

Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 9th July 2020

In Germany, Technology is Mapping Wolves’ Return from the Dead

Once upon a time, there were no wolves in Germany. For over a century, the species was totally extinct across the country, having been driven out in the 1800s by hunting and the eruption of human civilisation. But since the turn of the millenia, wolves have begun to recolonise Germany’s forested landscape.

Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 26th May 2021

Biggest Barriers to Renewable Energies are Political, New Report States

The potential of renewable energies could be far greater than we think.

GetYourGuide • 9th June 2025

How to travel Montenegro on a budget

Visiting Montenegro on a budget is easier than you might think. There’s a lively backpacking scene and no shortage of low-cost activities, whether you’re relaxing on Budva’s beaches or hiking scenic trails in Durmitor National Park.

Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 13th September 2021

Sustainabill: The Cloud Platform Making Supply Chains More Transparent

As international supply chains grow longer, it also becomes harder to identify human rights and environmental abuses. Now, a cloud platform is incentivising transparency by helping companies track their suppliers.

Digital Freedom Fund • 31st May 2021

Are We Overselling “Smart Cities”?

Headlines can’t get enough of smart cities, but are they worth the enormous trade-offs for our digital rights?

GetYourGuide • 19th June 2025

Visiting China on a Budget

From wild hikes along the Great Wall to stops in Dali Town and beachy Qingdao, here’s how to save money when traveling to China on a budget.

Digital Freedom Fund • 22nd March 2021

When Workers of the Digital World Unite

One out of 10 workers in the EU is employed by a digital platform such as Deliveroo or Uber. It’s a colossal figure, and one that would’ve been unimaginable only 10 years ago.

Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 6th September 2021

Solar-Powered Food: Study Reveals Microbial Proteins Could Lead the Way in a Sustainable Future for Food

A new study has revealed edible proteins that are much more efficient and sustainable than traditional staple crops. But does the world have an appetite for powdered microbial proteins?

Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 30th August 2021

ARC: Bubbles and AI Robotics Combine to Clear Plastics from Polluted Rivers

A student-led initiative in Zurich called Autonomous River Cleaning (ARC) wants to tackle plastic pollution in rivers with a robotic vessel that can gather, sort and analyse waste.

Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 23rd August 2021

Digital Human Rights Lab: Ensuring Everyone Benefits from Increased Digitisation

The digital world throws up a host of serious problems for human rights. The Digital Human Rights Lab, is creating an online space to support and strengthen human rights for all.

The University Times • 25th February 2019

Do Confucius Institutes Threaten Academic Freedom?

Around the world, universities are shutting down Confucius Institutes. We investigate whether these controversial organisations are benign promoters of Chinese language and culture – or if they are cause for serious concern.

Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 6th July 2021

Become a Dolphin and Learn about Our Oceans – In Virtual Reality

Virtual reality (VR) is a blossoming technology that offers untold possibilities. Now, a German social enterprise wants to allow people to virtually explore beneath the waves – and experience life as a dolphin.

Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 29th September 2021

Mapbiomas: The Project Tracking 35 Years of Amazonian Deforestation

By utilising Google's powerful Earth Engine, a Brazilian project is efficiently generating the data needed for policymakers to make better decisions about the environment.

Legacy Landscapes Fund • 22nd May 2023

5 Reasons Why Protected Areas Work

This International Day for Biological Diversity (22 May), we’re taking a deep dive into protected areas (PAs). As a conservation strategy, why do managed protected areas – such as national parks – actually work?

Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 7th January 2021

In Ghana, a New App is Striving to Save Fishermen’s Livelihoods

For years, Ghana’s lively fishing culture has been floundering. Nearly 10% of the country depends on the fishing industry, but illegal activity along the coast is ravaging wild fish populations. Now, a new app called DASE is tilting power back in favour of small-scale fishers and their communities by allowing them to easily report infractions at sea.

Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 1st July 2021

Protecting Marine Life in the Gulf of Mexico – with Seaweed Farms

Pollution is a severe threat to our coastal ecosystems. Now researchers believe that strategically planting seaweed in the Gulf of Mexico could protect marine life and prevent ocean “dead zones”.

Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 15th June 2021

EPIC Academy: A Free Online Course Diving Deep into Ocean Plastics

A new online curriculum is equipping people of all ages with in-depth knowledge of plastics and their impact on the oceans.

Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 4th May 2021

The Global Coal Exit List: The Digital Database Encouraging Impact Divestment

A German NGO is tackling the fossil fuels problem at the source - with the "Global Coal Exit List", an invaluable digital database that encourages influential investors to stop supporting the coal industry.

GetYourGuide • 27th May 2025

Best low-cost things to do in Switzerland

Switzerland may be Europe’s priciest country, but there are plenty of affordable things to do.

Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 18th December 2020

Digital Advocacy & Dogged Determination - Interview with Indian Activist Abhinav Lohkare

Abhinav Lohkare is a 17 year-old with an unstoppable will. Deeply frustrated by inaction on the climate crisis, he’s making the most of his generation’s proclivity for digital tools to lobby hard for environmental change in Assam, India. Undaunted by government oppression, he’s determined to stand up for the people and animals of Assam.

Digital for Good | RESET.ORG • 23rd November 2020

Reimagining a New Generation of Artificial Intelligence - With Indigenous Worldviews

A recently set up initiative is exploring new conceptual and practical approaches to building ethical AI systems - from indigenous perspectives. The work they’re doing is both fascinating and deeply important, and it’s also asking profound questions about the relationship between humanity, nature and technology.

The University Times • 2nd March 2019

The Beauty of the Beast

Through the long grass, I see glints of orange. Slowly and silently, I pick my way over undergrowth, through the trees and across a stream. As I draw closer, I can make out eyes. I try balancing on my haunches, but eventually give in and sit down on the wet ground – I may be in for a long wait. In the air, there’s a familiar pungent scent, the scent of fox.

After a while, he gets up and walks, coat shimmering gold as he passes through shards of sunlight. He eyes me up a couple of times, his poi