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Pödelwitz is an activist initiative  in the central german coal district, which is located in a village which was supposed to be evacuated for a planned expansion of a neighboring coal mine. After successfully resisting this expansion, the activists now promote social-ecological transformation in the village and the wider region. I will collaborate with them as part of my project in C-urge to study the role of justice in such transformations. Thereby we hope to arrive at an understanding of justice that is not opposed to urgent societal transformation in light of climate change, but a means of achieving this.

There are two volumes to this report:  a. The UN scientific committee reported the effect of the atomic radiation based on the  event of Fukushima nuclear accidents.  b. Scientific findings on the effects of radiation exposure to the children. 

The development of the system was funded by their partners (e.g. Making All Voices Count with $55M). the general publics can donate via Facebook or create a fundraiser for Ushahidi via Facebook.

After finished the program, the students will be award with diploma that is recognized by Haiti government and most of the international rehabilitation organizations. And Handicap International is working with Ministry for Health and Population to let this program gaining more recognitions.

Most of the news agencies have provided the similar information that constructed by the university and BBC. It is a great design that focused on the issue that most designer might ignore.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150722081121.htm

http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/news/show/lang/en/id/1909/dir_id/0

http://www.popsci.com/best-of-whats-new-2015/engineering

http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/news/show/lang/en/id/1785/dir_id/0

https://www.theengineer.co.uk/issues/july-2015-online/origami-inspired-folding-bridge-could-aid-disaster-relief/

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33625724