15: Talking with the Wildfire Hackathon Winners

Episode 15 of the Talking Climate podcast, hosted by The Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy, titled "15: Talking with the Wildfire Hackathon Winners" was published on February 26, 2024 and runs 38 minutes.

February 26, 2024 ·38m · Talking Climate

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The Wilkes Center held its second annual Climate Solutions Hackathon on January 26th. This was not a coding “hackathon” but a competition to find innovative solutions to the daunting challenges of climate change-driven wildfires. U students were asked to form teams, choose one of five themes to focus their solution, and accomplish this in 24 hours. Ultimately, the Wilkes Center received a total of 17 submissions, with 3 teams winning the top prizes. In this episode I share m...

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The Wilkes Center held its second annual Climate Solutions Hackathon on January 26th. This was not a coding “hackathon” but a competition to find innovative solutions to the daunting challenges of climate change-driven wildfires. U students were asked to form teams, choose one of five themes to focus their solution, and accomplish this in 24 hours. Ultimately, the Wilkes Center received a total of 17 submissions, with 3 teams winning the top prizes. In this episode I share my interviews with each of the winning teams to learn who they are, what their solutions are, and how they came up with them.

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