--- title: Five Best: These Drones Could Save Lives in a Disaster Zone description: These drones could save lives in a disaster zone, how girls education is linked to climate action and more. canonical: https://time.com/4958990/these-drones-could-save-lives-in-a-disaster-zone/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-27T16:00:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:58:27.592Z article:section: Ideas og:title: These Drones Could Save Lives in a Disaster Zone og:description: And four more of today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4958990/these-drones-could-save-lives-in-a-disaster-zone/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Drones Could Save Lives in a Disaster Zone twitter:description: And four more of today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Drones Could Save Lives in a Disaster Zone by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Sep 27, 2017 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Sep 27, 2017 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**These drones could save lives in a disaster zone.**](http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/2017-Media-Releases/Drones-in-disaster-zones-could-prove-a-lifesaver/#.WcuvpYr%5FoUE) By the _University of South Australia_ **2\.** [**Girls education is linked to climate action. Here’s how.**](https://www.brookings.edu/blog/education-plus-development/2017/09/27/3-ways-to-link-girls-education-actors-to-climate-action/) By Christina Kwauk and Amanda Braga at the _Brookings Institution_ **3\.** [**Ham radio operators are extending a lifeline to the storm-ravaged Caribbean.**](https://motherboard.vice.com/en%5Fus/article/bjv7d8/ham-radio-hobbyists-are-connecting-the-caribbean-after-hurricane-maria-puerto-rico) By Sarah Emerson in _Motherboard_ **4\.** [**Can we trust imported organic food?**](http://civileats.com/2017/09/25/audit-reveals-weaknesses-in-usda-organic-program-oversight/) By Scott Thill in _Civil Eats_ **5\.** [**Is the world ready for “Kurdexit?”**](https://www.cfr.org/blog/world-ready-kurdexit-referendum-among-iraqi-kurds-has-middle-east-edge) By Steven A. Cook at the _Council on Foreign Relations_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4958990/these-drones-could-save-lives-in-a-disaster-zone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4958990/these-drones-could-save-lives-in-a-disaster-zone/"},"headline":"These Drones Could Save Lives in a Disaster Zone","datePublished":"2017-09-27T16:00:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:27.592Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4958990/these-drones-could-save-lives-in-a-disaster-zone/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","Education","Drones","Kurds","Caribbean","organic food"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4958990/these-drones-could-save-lives-in-a-disaster-zone/","name":"These Drones Could Save Lives in a Disaster Zone"}}]}] ```