Tag Environment

Groundbreaking Environmental Initiatives…

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The following links showcase projects that Rupert Fee, a very innovative, determined, and hardworking good friend, has been working on for some time now. These environmental projects are groundbreaking on many levels, covering areas such as reproductive health, sub-Saharan regeneration, and soil sequestration. I encourage you to take a moment to explore these links; they may energize and inspire you. Regardless, they all provide insight that can bring hope and assistance to areas most in need, while also contributing to mitigating the effects of global warming.

CYNK, KenGrow and UNCCD join new climate-smart agriculture project to empower female farmers 

CYNK, KenGrow and UNCCD join new climate-smart agriculture project to empower female farmers

African Platform Partners With Unesco on Biodiversity Credits

  • Pilot project based on World Heritage Site in Mexico
  • Biodiversity credits seen as way of funding conservation
UNESCO to forward sell biodiversity credits from world heritage site next month

Hope you find these articles interesting and hopefully inspiring…

Thanks for taking a look,

Mike-Hope

Financial and digital inclusion for last mile payments: Trends, sustainable land use and disruptive financial service options

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A lot of hard work here by my very dear friend who is more like a brother and son to me, and his associate Stephano Celeda

Helping to change the world!

Publication year

2023

Resource type

UNCCD Publication

As the world addresses the necessary realignment in investment strategies to tackle a range of existential issues including climate change, land degradation, polluted oceans and gender inequality; new ways to securely transfer funds and boost digital & financial inclusion are emerging. A high volume of transactions into more hard-to-reach areas are taking place along non-traditional payment corridors, especially where financial infrastructure is limited or does not exist.

Digital identities, mobile wallets, distributed ledger technology, remote Digital, Monitoring Reporting & Verification (DRMV) techniques as well as advancements in mobile network coverage are presenting new opportunities for rural communities and women to participate financially in the green transition. A range of secure ways to pay recipients government subsidies or aid is also an opportunity for organizations to augment and target their impact on the ground.

Governments and global institutions have an important role to play in providing favorable regulatory conditions and in supporting infrastructure for digital solutions, to enable mass adoption and financial inclusion. There has been significant progress and learnings from the private and public sectors on the Indian Subcontinent that have embraced the opportunity afforded by digital identities and mobile wallet technology. This has also provided a platform for start-ups to focus on financially disenfranchised groups, such as, rural communities and women.

As for purpose companies, tech for good, non-profits and NGOs look to create longer term sustainable development, leveraging advances in disruptive fintech and digital infrastructure is key. As the cost of these technologies fall, the greater the opportunity becomes to make a significant environmental and social impact in LMICs.

In this report we examine a range of interconnecting elements that make up financial inclusion and last mile payments and will provide the reader with tangible examples that can be deployed in remote areas to empower underserved groups such as young people and women…

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Thank you for taking a look and if you have any suggestions please feel free to let me know.

Mike-Hope

VIDA Design Studio

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via VIDA Design Studio

 

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Posting some designs on Vida, check it out, here is part of their story…

VIDA’S STORY IS THAT OF THE RICH, INTERCONNECTED WORLD WE LIVE IN — THE STORY OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE AND MINDFUL, GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP.
WE ARE A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP OF CO-CREATORS, FROM A DESIGNER IN PARIS, TO A PRODUCER IN KARACHI, AND A CONSUMER IN SAN FRANCISCO.

Part of the proceeds from all the sales go to worthy causes of your choice …

so… get involved post your best work and make a little extra too!

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Enter at Yor Own Risk by Mike Hope

Thanks for taking a look and check out more art at VidaVida

Mike Hope

Rainforest Connection – Phones Turned to Forest Guardians

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Hi all,

I have been checking this out and find it fascinating on how we can use old phones to potentially stop illegal deforestation of the rain forests, in both Africa and South America. This illegal logging speeds the extinction of endangered species and significantly adds to the effects of global climate change!  This ultimately effects every one of us as we share this planet with many other creatures all of which have a right to survive.  Take a moment to check it out and I think you’ll appreciate what these guys are trying to do. They can also use a little help to get this great project well and truly off the ground.  Great work guys and you’ve got my support!!!

Here is a an extract from their site – the project is supported by KICKSTARTER…

See what Neil Young, Environmentalist, Musician, Inventor, has to say...

Watch the Video

Technology to stop illegal logging and poaching on-the-spot. It’s our answer to climate change & mass extinctions.

Rainforest Connection - Kickstarter

Rainforest Connection – Kickstarter

How will it be done…

Rainforest Connection

Rainforest Connection

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What is Rainforest Connection?

 

Rainforest Connection (RFCx) transforms recycled smartphones into autonomous, solar-powered listening devices that can detect and pinpoint signs of environmental destruction activity—such as chainsaws, gunshots and animal distress calls—at great distance.

Current detection systems rely on satellites which show rainforest destruction days or weeks too late. Our system provides  the world’s first real-time logging/poaching detection system. We can pinpoint deforestation activity the moment it begins, while simultaneously streaming the data openly and immediately to anyone around the world.


Rainforest Connection - Kickstarter

Rainforest Connection – Kickstarter

With the Rainforest Connection mobile app, any interested person from around the world can listen-in on the rainforest anytime, from anywhere…

Taking it one step further: the Rainforest Connection mobile app

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In late 2014,  web & mobile apps will be released to let backers stream the LIVE sounds of the rainforest in Africa and the Amazon. Just click Play above to hear the sounds of the rainforest as captured by the RFCx system in Sumatra.

Rainforest Connection - Press

Rainforest Connection – Press

 

Listen to the cry of the forest!

Rainforest Connection

 

Learn more…

 

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I really appreciate you taking a moment look at this as it’s using technology for a great cause! I like it a lot…

Mike-Hope

Habitat for Humanity

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Habitat for Humanity

If you are wondering what is a good cause to get involved in why not take a look at Habitat for Humanity! There are local groups near by who are always looking for volunteers! you set your hours and choose the options that suit your qualifications or interest. Check out the site and look for a local group near you! I am going to take some photo’s and install some computers in my spare time. Hopefully I’ll see you at some of the events!

Be a Volunteer!

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Do you want to find an organization or cause to get involved in? If you do this is a great place to start. With the new Google Earth app on VolunteerMatch.org you can search anywhere in the world!! You can zoom in on an area of interest and get details of the volunteer organizations for that area. If you see something you are passionate about, the rest is up to you. Please give it a try and tell you friends 🙂 Together we can make a difference!

Volunteer Google Earth

Volunteer Google Earth

World’s Largest Wind Farm Planned In Oregon

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The Portland Business Journal reports that Oregon has just been given the go-ahead by The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council to build a 909 MW wind farm in the north-central part of the state. That’s enough energy to power 200,000 homes.

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The Generational Challange!!

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Here is a link to the latest video from Al Gore that calls for Generational Challange. Please take a moment to check it out. Also

We can solve it!

We can solve it!

take a look at the new blog sites and links at wecansolveit.org

The Truth About Plastic

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This is fom an article in “TIME”, less plastic, less oil consumption! Give some up today!

The U.S. produced 28 Million tons of plastic waste in 2005 – 27 million tons of which ended up in landfills. Our food & water come wrapped in plastic.

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It’s used in our phones and our computers, the cars we drive and the planes we ride in. But the infinitely adaptable substance has its dark side.

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America’s dirty little oil secret: Plastic Bottles and Bags

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America consumes 31.2 billion water bottles a year taking 17.6 million barrels of oil to create them. Enough to fuel 1.5 million cars for a year. America consumes 100 billion plastic bags a year taking 12 million barrels of oil. World figures? 154.3 billion water bottles and 500 billion – 1 trillion bags=147.4 – 207.4 million Bottles n bagsbarrels of oil a year. Hey, let’s just stop drinking out of those plastic bottles, do without plastic bags, pick em up and dispose of them properly! I know you do 🙂

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