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MIT News,White House features new MIT Climate CoLab Energy-Water Nexus Contest March 2016
MIT News, Getting the world to turn down the heat, March 2016 
MIT News, Crowdsourcing contest to focus on reducing campus emissions, March 2016
CleanTechnica, MIT launches 10 Climate CoLab contests, February 2016
Share America, Crowdsourced climate solutions shine bright at MIT lab, February 2016
MIT News, MIT Lab opens 10 new contests on climate change, February 2016
MIT News, Sharing climate research and strategies in Paris, December 2015
Taipei Times, Taiwan unveils climate initiative at Paris summit, December 2015
MIT News, United Nations and MIT collaborate on climate change resilience, December 2015
GreenBiz, Why Nike and MIT see textiles as material to climate change, September 2015
MIT News, A week of celebration and inspiration ”” Boston-style, September, 2015
MIT News, MIT Climate CoLab announces 32 winning climate strategies, September 2015
Industry Tap, MIT Climate CoLab Leverages Collective Intelligence to Solve Climate Change, August 2015
New City, Proposed Bike-Share Program Would Also Generate Electricity, August 2015
Spectrvm, Crowdsourcing Global Climate Strategies, Summer 2015
MIT News, Voting open for top climate change innovations, August 2015
Grist, Could we fight climate change with bitcoin? This guys thinks so, June 2015
MIT News, Crowdsourcing climate strategy, May 2015
ClimateWire, Latest MIT 'CoLab' Contest Seeks Ideas For Regional Climate Plans Around The World, May 2015
Responding to Climate Change, Wikiclimate: crowdsourcing's place in a Paris deal, May 2015
MIT News, May 19 webinar to discuss U.S. carbon price, opportunities for innovation, May 2015
The Boston Globe,To address climate change, MIT lab seeks the wisdom of crowds, May 2015
MIT News, MIT Climate CoLab seeks high-impact ideas on how to tackle climate change, March 2015
BBC World Service, Boston Calling, Climate Hack, January 2015

MIT Sloan Executive Education, Tackling Climate Change””Collectively, December 2014
MIT News, 
MIT conference celebrates climate change innovators, November 2014
MIT News, 3 Questions: Thomas Malone on the Climate CoLab’s progress, November 2014
PRI's The World, An MIT project crowdsources local solutions in the fight against climate change, November 2014
MIT News, MIT conference celebrates climate change innovators, November 2014
MIT Sloan News, Green building maintenance plan wins at Climate CoLab conference, November 2014
Blouin News, Policy solutions to climate change: start small, think big, November 2014
Blouin News, Climate change: it’s not unsolvable, November 2014
Blouin News, The levels of vital carbon-cutting policy, November 2014
Sustainable Brands, MIT Announces 2014 Climate CoLab Winners, November 2014
ClimateWire, MIT competition uses crowdsourcing to find climate change solutions, October 2014
Sustainable Brands, Crowdsourcing solutions for global problems with Climate CoLab, September 2014
White House Office of the Press Secretary, FACT SHEET: Empowering America’s Agricultural Sector and Strengthening Food Resilience through the President’s Climate Data Initiative, July 2014
ClimateWire, Former Reagan official predicts Republican skeptics will be 'mummed' by climate change, July 2014
MIT Alumni Magazine, Innovation at Work, July 2014
MIT Alumni Faculty Forum, Crowdsourcing Solutions to Climate Change, June 2014
Grist, With collective intelligence, scientists learn it’s your thoughts that count, May 2014
Discovery News, Contests Harness Crowd Smarts to Tackle Climate Change, May 2014
Popular Science, Why MIT Thinks You (Yes, You!) Can Solve Climate Change, May 2014
The Guardian, Crowdsourcing climate change, one contest at a time, April 2014
ClimateWire, MIT taps crowdsourcing for ways to break Washington's climate gridlock, March 2014
TechRepublic, White House attacks climate change with hackathons, crowdsourcing, and big data, March 2014
White House Office of the Press Secretary, FACT SHEET: The President’s Climate Data Initiative: Empowering America’s Communities to Prepare for the Effects of Climate Change, March 2014
PBS NOVA Next, How Millions of People Can Help Solve Climate Change, January 2014

 

Sloan School of Management, A game plan for leadership on climate change, November 2013
Climate Interactive, John Sterman on the Power of Simulations, November 2013
Cambridge Chronicle, MIT CoLab Conference seeks "bottom-up" approach to climate change, November 2013
Guardian Development, 13 tips on building a coalition to tackle climate change, November 2013
Guardian Development, How to build a global coalition to end climate change, November 2013, Expert panel discussion with Climate CoLab
Guardian Sustainable Business, Harnessing the crowd to promote sustainable innovation, November 2013
MIT News, Confronting climate change from the bottom up, November 2013
Green Biz, Cities, Startups tap the wisdom of crowds for sustainability, November 2013
UToday, University of Calgary, HEAT Project takes grand prize at MIT conference on global climate change, November 2013
Think Progress, Citizen Science: How A Facebook Game Could Help Us Tackle Climate Change, October 2013
Danone Down to Earth, Solutions To The Climate Change, October 2013
Imagination for People, What is Collective Intelligence?, October 2013
co.EXIST, 28 Ingenious Solutions To Our Climate Woes, October 2013
UNDP Europe and Central Asia, The winner (could) take it all: MIT ClimateCoLab crowdsourcing competition, September 2013
SmartPlanet, Novel nuclear reactors atop MIT energy contest finalists, August 2013
eBay, eBay Inc. employees create carpool app that's recognized by MIT Climate CoLab competition, August 2013 
SciStarter, Stop, Collaborate and Vote! Help solve climate change with MIT's Climate CoLab Project, August 2013
ScienceOnline Climate Hangout On Air: Looking Ahead - What are the Next Big Things in Climate Communication? August 2013
Framing Resilience, Climate CoLab at MIT and 'Resilient Cities'. July 2013
Green Challenge, Can crowdsourcing help the world tackle climate change?. May 2013
Alliance for Climate Education, $10,000 Grand Prize for MIT Climate Crowdsourcing Contest. April 2013
ICEI USA, Crowdsourcing to Tackle Climate Change. March 2013
Melting Glacier Analytics, Opportunity for Climate Visionaries: Climate CoLab. March 2013
Community Research Connections, Have an idea for how to address climate change? PDF guide to the CoLab. February 2013
Community Research Connections, Can crowdsourcing save the planet? February 2013

 

NASA Research Park (NRP) Post, Proposal Featuring SkyTran Wins Judges' Choice at Climate CoLab 2011, Winter 2012
Dot Earth, The New York Times Exploring Humanity's Evolving 'Global Brain'. December 2012
People's Insights Quarterly Magazine Collaborative Social Innovation: Ten Frontiers for the Future of Engagement. December 2012
Edge, Collective Intelligence: A Conversation with Thomas W. Malone, November 2012
Action Now Network An ingenious crowdsource model for innovative solutions to climate change October 2012
MIT Sloan School of Management Dalai Lama considers devastating problems, innovative solutions with MIT Sloan professors October 2012
MIT News At MIT, Dalai Lama calls for better stewardship of Earth's resources October 2012
Just Means Food For Thought: Eating Our Way to Sustainability October 2012
The Globe and Mail Putting collective intelligence to work on a global threat Video Transcript  September 2012
Sustainable Business Oregon Open source collaboration on climate change taps Earth Advantage Institute September 2012
National Science Foundation Online Citizen Collaboration Provides Climate Solutions June 2012
UNFCCC Newsletter, Harnessing collective intelligence to address climate change: MIT's Climate CoLab May 2012
Trend Guardian Climate CoLab: MIT's Solution to Stop Climate Change January 2012
Fast Company Climate CoLab: Harnessing The Hive Mind To Alleviate Climate Change January 2012
Mass High Tech MIT contestants to present climate-change economy ideas to UN, Congress January 2012
MIT Sloan School of Management MIT Sloan's Climate CoLab Contest Winners Present Proposals to the United Nations and U.S. Congress January 2012

Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media, December 2011
MIT Sloan School of Management November 2011
Scientific American October 2011
IT Web, September 2011
Examiner.com, August 2011 (includes video)
TreeHugger.com, August 2011
New York Times Dot Earth, May 2011

Politico Morning Energy, December 2010
Fast Company, November 2010
New York Times Dot Earth, October 2010
MIT Spectrum, Summer 2010
Harvard Business Review blog, February 2010

MIT Energy Initiative, December 2009
World Policy Journal, October 2009
MIT Sloan Alumni Magazine, Spring 2009
MIT Sloan Management Review, April 2009
Information Week, February 2009
MIT Tech Talk, February 2009

 

InfoWorld, December 2008
New York Times climate blog, April 2008
Nature.com climate blog, April 2008
Nature Network News, April 2008
Sloan Management Review, Spring 2008

MIT Technology Insider, Best of 2007 Special Edition