EDGI is an action-oriented research collaborative driven by the Environmental Right to Know (ERTK) – the belief that people should be able to know and make decisions about environmental conditions of concern, and that the collection and stewardship of environmental information should equip people, communities, and workers to protect their health and support the flourishing of surrounding ecosystems.

• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency

Building spaces to grow the global conversation on environmental data access and use

• Climate action
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Civic data
• Environmental data
• Civil society research outfits

Just like how we use AI to detect sidewalks, street signs and road names in satellite imagery to display helpful information in Google Maps, we’ll also use AI to identify oil and gas infrastructure, like oil storage containers, in our imagery. Then, we’ll combine it with EDF’s information about oil and gas infrastructure to locate where the emissions are coming from.

• Google
• Climate action
• methane

• Civic maps
• Civic features
• Environmental data

Help us create the world's most advanced open database on litter, brands & plastic pollution.

• Sustainable cities and communities
• apps

• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing
• Blockchain

FathomNet is an open-source image database for understanding our ocean and its inhabitants

• Life below water

• Civic data
• Environmental data

The Africa Data Hub Climate Observer is designed to help journalists and academics reporting and researching climate change in Africa.

• Climate action

• Civic data
• Environmental data

Deploying Open Data to Enable Kenyan Households & Communities Conserve Fresh Water Resources, including civic literacy campaigns and IoT monitoring of water supply and quality

• Clean water and sanitation
• Climate action

• Civic data
• Smart Cities and sensors
• Environmental data

Consolidation of underwater video data will catalyze a new era of discovery.

• Life below water

• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic data
• Machine vision

Low cost, mobile air quality and other environmental sensors installed on City vehicles. The City Scanner is a low-cost alternative to traditional methods of collecting environmental data. The sensor attaches to the roof of vehicles and collects detailed data at a more geographic level than traditional fixed-position sensors. The City Scanner sensors capture data related to environmental conditions including air quality (particulate matter 1, 2.5, and 10), temperature, humidity, and road conditions in New York City. The solar-powered sensors are removable and do not permanently alter vehicles.

• air quality
• cities

• Smart Cities and sensors

• Microsoft

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic data

crowdsourcing environmental data across Victoria.

• Sustainable cities and communities
• animals

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech