Stories
Below is a collection of inspiring / empowering / feel-good articles we have stumbled across where people or organisations are using data for good causes. We hope they inspire you to think about how you are/could be utilising your data or at the very least make you hopeful for the future!
If you come across an interesting article/topic/organisation send it through to us at connect@data4good.com.au and it could be featured on this page or in our next newsletter!
*Words are not all ours, authors are credited in individual articles.
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- Health
- Social Justice
Using Data-Driven Insights to Help Revive a Historic New Orleans Neighborhood
In February 2019, the Center gathered more than 60 Mastercard data scientists in a 36-hour “Datathon” to do a deep dive to support inclusive growth in New Orleans....
Philippines Flying Labs Joins First Responders to Help Victims Affected By Fire
Philippines Flying Labs joined the medical mission as part of the drone team to map three regions ravaged by the fire, including, Barangay Walled City, Barangay Talipao, and Rahmat Island....
Hiria Te Rangi: Stubborn has to be the best trait ever
Hiria is one of the speakers at our upcoming Auckland Data4Good Conference, check out her latest interview at the link below. We can't wait to hear her talk!...
C40 Cities Debuts Data Explorer Dashboards Leveraging the Qlik Analytics Platform
Qlik today announced in partnership with C40 Cities the formal launch of multiple data-driven dashboards in the C40 Knowledge Hub. C40 Cities has jointly developed a series of dashboards, called Data Explorer applications, covering topics such as...
The hard truths of climate change — by the numbers
Using Data Visualisation to show how little progress nations have made toward limiting greenhouse-gas emissions. Nations will have to reckon with some difficult numbers that will ultimately determine whether the world can avoid the rapidly approachin...
Bloomberg’s Data for Good Exchange event gave scientists and researchers a chance to show how they’re using big data to save the environment
This week, data scientists, researchers and company representatives from across the globe came together for Bloomberg's Data for Good Exchange event in New York City, which showcased how data is being used to achieve the United Nations' 17 Sustainab...
Drones a Vital Tool in Climate Change Research
Drones are playing a crucial role in vital work to better understand the effects of climate change in the Arctic. Dr Joseph Cook, a glaciologist at the University of Sheffield, is conducting major research projects in Greenland, exploring the impact ...
Using NASA Data to Monitor Drought and Food Insecurity
NASA’s satellite imagery and model forecasts regularly help agricultural and aid agencies to monitor the performance of crops worldwide and prepare for food shortages....
Using Data for Good: How Data in Marketing Can Save Lives
Data is at the epicenter of marketing today and can be used in various ways, from helping to sell a product or an idea, to influencing social change. Data can even save lives, as evidenced by truth® — one of the largest and most successful youth ...
Here are the grantees of the Google AI Impact Challenge
As part of Google’s AI for Social Good program, we launched the Google AI Impact Challenge, based on our strong belief that emerging technologies will help us address big social, humanitarian and environmental problems....
A new way to use the AI behind deepfakes could improve cancer diagnosis
Generative adversarial networks, the algorithms responsible for deepfakes, have developed a bit of a bad rap of late. But their ability to synthesize highly realistic images could also have important benefits for medical diagnosis....
Britain’s HSBC to help modern slaves ‘rebuild lives’ with bank access
LONDON, June 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - British retail bank HSBC UK launched a scheme on Monday to help victims of modern slavery and human trafficking in Britain “rebuild their lives” by giving them access to bank accounts....
