June 29 09:00 to July 3 23:59
- Can we understand whether/how a healthy natural environment modulates the spread of COVID-19? And whether changed human behaviours are having an impact on this? Can we use this insight to improve health outcomes?
- Evidence-based support for decision-makers and individuals to mitigate their environmental impact and reduce their personal health risk.
Can we understand from landscape structure and function, the impact of natural capital and ecosystem services on how a healthy natural environment modulates the spread of COVID-19, and what benefits we obtain from this that may lead to better COVID-19 related health outcomes? For instance, do diverse ecosystems suppress disease outbreaks? What characteristics of the natural environment modulates the disease dynamics? Is there evidence that exposure to nature/biodiversity lead to better health outcomes? How can we provide evidence-based support for individuals to allow them to mitigate their environmental impact and also reduce their personal health risk at the same time?
Following the completion of the third Hackathon, ‘Ecosystem Services’, the judging panel awarded the following teams the top three places in the event.
- First place: Team 2FRESH2FURIOUS
- Second place: Team MELLT
- Third place: Team 901ers
Many thanks to all the teams who took part in this event. The results of all the excellent entries made are put online as an inspiration to further Digital Environment outputs.
These three teams were joined by a set of other fantastic entries. To see all the materials entered, please visit our COVID-19 Digital Sprint Github.