Madhumitha Ardhanari

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Madhumitha Ardhanari

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Signal of change / New natural nutritional supplement could be key to ‘climate-friendly’ beef
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Sensemaking / Top signal spotter feature - July 2017
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Signal of change / Breakthrough Starshot successfully launch world's smallest spacecraft
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Signal of change / Vertical transportation concept allows city dwellers to cycle up skyscrapers
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Signal of change / Amazon files patent for underwater warehouses
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Signal of change / Singaporean start-up aims to democratise smart urban farming
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Signal of change / 'Guerilla' bike lanes demonstrate the power of citizen experimentation
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Signal of change / Fashioning a customised blazer in 90 minutes
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Signal of change / Eczema treatment made with a person's own microbes
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Signal of change / The world’s first mall for recycled goods
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Signal of change / DNA mapping reveals all river organisms with one scoop
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Signal of change / New Zealand grants river equivalent legal status to humans
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Beyond gut bacteria, similar technologies can help detect cancer too - https://futurism.com/breath-scanning-tech-may-be-the-future-of-cancer-detection/
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Signal of change / Singapore to implement carbon tax in 2019
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Signal of change / In Vancouver, a Climate Program That's All About the Neighbors
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Signal of change / New handheld breathalyser identifies digestive problems
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I highly recommend this article (link below) which argues that the vegetable shortages in the UK point to far more systemic issues in the country's food supply and distribution system. And also has this stat to note: "50 percent of the vegetables and 90 percent of the fruit in Britain is non-domestic. A little over half of these imported vegetables come to Britain from Spain." While the article argues for seasonal local produce and reduced reliance on imports, I wonder how self-sufficient the UK can be, really (I ask as a naïve Singaporean)! http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2017/02/the-great-british-vegetable-crisis/515766/
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Signal of change / Vending machines offer sustainable meat around the clock
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Signal of change / Viber offers free calls to countries affected by Trump’s ban
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Also, ten other applications in this page shared by Ela - applications include virtual weddings and cheat resistant gaming: https://www.swisscom.ch/content/swisscom/en/biz/etp/themen/banking/ban-2017-001.html
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Agree that UBI has a lot of potential in the developing world. Here's a great piece explaining the concept with different case studies that I highly recommend any interested in UBI, written by Scott Santens: https://medium.com/world-economic-forum/why-we-should-all-have-a-basic-income-7177d5b339ec#.pgeyrj6h4
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Signal of change / Investors urge four large meat producers to address water risks
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Signal of change / Portland's CEO tax aims to fight income inequality
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Signal of change / New Seattle Landfill Doubles as Eco-Friendly Community Hub
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Thanks for this insightful article, Anna. I have been finding other uses of Blockchain for sustainability and wanted to share this one on conflict minerals: "Everledger [is] a London-based company that is using the technology to digitize the Kimberley Process, a certification that took effect about 13 years ago to curb the sale of gemstones mined from so-called conflict regions. Everledger’s service relies on IBM’s cloud to operate, a factor that helped it get up and running more quickly than otherwise possible, said Everledger co-founder and CEO Leanne Kemp. The company is also working with some other big companies, including Barclay’s and MasterCard, to scale up the system." Find more at: https://www.greenbiz.com/article/why-ibm-sees-blockchain-breakthrough-traceability
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Signal of change / Indian state of Kerala to introduce 'fat tax'
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Thank you for your write-up, Callum. I was reading on the latest about this - it looks like as of October 2016, the public consultation and open-sourcing phase of the Constitution is over. You pose a great question, on whether the final decision will remain in the hands of the elite. I don't quite know yet but one development holds some promise to me: the Constitution may include a provision on basic income, reflecting a growing public interest in a citizen's income. To read more: http://basicincome.org/news/2016/09/mexico-mexico-city-constitution-may-include-basic-income/
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Signal of change / Litigation finance start-up first to use data-backed methods
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Signal of change / Truly participatory? Boston introduces budgeting by the youths, for the youths
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Thank you for sharing, Li Lin! Been reading quite a bit about this - Microsoft and SAP are similarly doing away with typical hiring processes to accommodate autistic peoples in their workforce. http://www.fastcompany.com/3062835/hr/microsoft-autism-hiring
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Signal of change / First ever commercial Moon landing approved by US government
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Signal of change / Launch of single passport for the African Union
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UThis Startup Turns CO2 into a Sustainable Replacement for Palm Oil
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Signal of change / 24-7 convenience store staffed by an app
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UWorld's largest carbon producers face landmark human rights case in the Phillippines / The world’s largest oil, coal, cement and mining companies have been given 45 days to respond to a complaint that their greenhouse gas emissions have...
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UTracking the effects of Brexit / Among the many political and emotional responses to Brexit, it is hard to make out the direct impacts.Will Dawson, Head of Energy at Forum for the Future, has initiated a new Twitter feed called
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UWorld's first global carbon accounting method launched for logistics supply chain / Universal method calculates carbon footprint of logistics supply chains for firms around the worldThe world's first universal method for calculating the
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Signal of change / The world's first amateur space programme
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Thanks for sharing, Callum. With Google Maps being able to show people in Los Angeles whether climate change will put their homes underwater, it is going to be hard for the Americans (both citizens and policymakers) to ignore the impacts of climate change.https://mic.com/articles/125218/google-maps-now-shows-you-if-climate-change-will-put-your-home-underwater#.lXuGztKWP 
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The FCRN has just released a report to track this development in great detail, definitely worth checking it out. 'Plates, pyramids, planet' - http://www.fcrn.org.uk/sites/default/files/ppp_final_10-5-2016.pdf  
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Signal of change / Mexico City crowdsources its constitution
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Now it's happening in Denmark too! http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/denmark-considers-national-tax-red-meat-fight-climate-change.html
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UMexico City is crowdsourcing its new constitution using Change.org in a democracy experiment
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Signal of change / Dose of the arts as a prescription for wellbeing
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Signal of change / Democratising genetic engineering with new programming language
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Sensemaking / Lavasa: Lessons in building cities from scratch
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I don't know if it's a confirmation bias, but I have been spotting many signals around human-animal collboration around pollution lately. Here's one I just saw yesterday happening in London: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/14/pigeon-patrol-takes-flight-to-tackle-londons-air-pollution-crisisI wonder what impact these efforts have on the animals themselves (over time).. Are they preyed on more easily? Can these solutions be scalable in policing and ensuring transparency? 
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I completely agree with you in that we should not have a one-size-fits-all solution for food security or social sustainability - the context certainly matters. However, a common issue in a lot of countries - regardless of the level of unemployment or development - seems to be that the youth generally refuse to consider agriculture as a viable career option. Do you find that to be the case in your experience? If so, might roboticising the argicultural workforce be a way to ensure that these economies which are heavily dependent on agriculture can continue to be so in spite of the lack of availability of young farmers?
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Signal of change / Social credit: China's new citizen governance game
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UUS releases new dietary guidelines / What stands out in this year's dietary guidelines in comparison to previous years is the focus on cutting back sugar. More notably, they recommend men and boys to reduce their intake of protein while
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Signal of change / Lavasa: India’s first privately built and run city
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Dear Jie Hui, thank you so much for notifying us! We have rectified the error and the article reads correctly now.
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I absolutely admire this and am so excited by its potential - mapping informal transportation systems is not only a way to improve the efficiency of what is already the dominant mode of transport in so many cities because of weak governance but to give legitimacy to these informal routes and the people travelling them, hopefully inspiring urban planners to formalise and develop them further.
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Signal of change / Major ocean ecology review concludes that marine species web will collapse
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In a world where more and more in the global South and growing middle class population are increasing their meat intake, it is interesting to see how religious politics might resist that trend. Unfortunately, this is setting a dangerous precedent, where examples like Palitania (India's first vegetarian city) show an increasing lack of tolerance towards the beliefs and practices of religious minorities in India, as well as the rising influence of the Hindutva ideology in Indian politics. Certainly something to watch out for in a BJP-led central government in India. Can coerced vegetarianism in a world where meat eating is environmentally harmful and potentially cancer-causing ethical, regardless of the motivations?
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Signal of change / Nairobi’s informal transit system is first to go digital
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Signal of change / Experts call for international standards to manage ocean noise pollution
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Signal of change / Fins and flippers inspire new propulsion system for vessels
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Signal of change / APP retires commercial plantations to restore peatlands
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Signal of change / Google helps homeowners decide whether rooftop solar makes sense
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Signal of change / DNA phenotyping depicts Hong Kong litterers
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Signal of change / Solar-powered ATMs to dispense clean water in Pakistan
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Signal of change / One-size-fits-all shoes for children in poverty
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Signal of change / Urban activists plan to transform Helsinki
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Signal of change / Bhutan's new school of law looks beyond winners and losers
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UNew global cancer map aims to improve care in developing countries / The nonprofit Global Oncology, Inc. has launched a Global Cancer Project Map, a first-of-its-kind resource that will connect cancer experts around the world in an effort to...
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Signal of change / Workforce has average age of 76 at Japanese manufacturer
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Signal of change / Humans digest rotten food in hyena-inspired scenario
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Signal of change / India launches TV channel to engage farmers in social and economic issues
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