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Using AI to Help the World Thrive

Andrew Winston

(I've gotten behind on re-posting my articles! This is an article about AI, with a focus on Microsoft's efforts. In 2014, IBM launched a 10-year, $100 million project to use its Watson cognitive computing system to help Africa solve business and social challenges. I'll try to catch up in the next couple of weeks.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. It drives most of the food and beverage industry climate impacts, threatens biodiversity and water, as well as habitat for people and animals. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). 30 Under 30.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

AGreenLiving

This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. It drives most of the food and beverage industry climate impacts, threatens biodiversity and water, as well as habitat for people and animals. Au contraire, it is the reverse. and this requires better collection and analysis of data.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

She’s an advocate of " Absolute Sustainability, " a Quantis philosophy that challenges businesses to take planetary boundaries into account not just for carbon emissions but also for biodiversity, land use, freshwater consumption, the phosphorus cycle and the nitrogen cycle. . Africa counts more entrepreneurs than any other continent.

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The Story of Sustainability in 2018: “We Have About 12 Years Left”

Andrew Winston

Finally, Capetown, South Africa, is essentially out of water due in part to drought — the city nearly shut off all the taps this year, but has held off “Day Zero” through ongoing restrictions and aggressive citizen action. State Department to use blockchain to fight forced labor. Venezuela’s last glacier is disappearing.