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Samuel Ngugi
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Hi! Hack for future, is this competation, is still active? May Want to participate?
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Currently,people around the world have been focusing on facing climate change. Climate change is the major global challenge today, and the world is becoming more vulnerable to this change. The recent report from the United Nations predicted that the average global temperature could increase by 6 ˚ Celsius at the end of the century . Increasing temperature causes warming oceans and lead to changing weather and rainfall patterns which threaten both urban and rural population.Climate change is best defined as the long term change in weather pattern which causes several events such as melting of polar ice, raising sea level, and increasing intensity of natural disaster .In my report,I decided to outline the main problems caused by climate change, and evaluate three possible strategies to address its negative impacts. The report argues that climate change has negative impacts on human life. However, its impact could significantly be reduced by implementing three strategies, including supporting green transportation, building green cities and implementing organic farming. There are various potential impacts of climate change on human life. Firstly, the rise of sea level as a result of increasing global temperature and unknown weather patterns. A report from the Union of Concerned Scientist points out that the average global sea level has increased by 8 inches since the last century. This increases the risk for low laying areas from flood and threatens coastal properties. At the moment 65% of major cities are located in low-laying coastal zones . Secondly, climate change may also affect energy demand. Another impact of climate change is the effect on human health. The report from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) points out that climate change affects human health due to decreasing quality of fresh air caused by air pollution and disruption of food supplies. These three impacts are the major impacts of climate change, and it would be worsened by the rapid growth of urbanisation and population. Without systematic and organised action, such effects from climate changes will become more difficult in the future. In order to address the effects of climate change, there are three strategies that can be done. 1. First of all by establishing green transportation. Transportation is the most important source of emission (UNDP 2012). Best known that transportation sectors are responsible for 30% gas emission and nearly 95% are from fossil fuel (EPA 2018b). Green transport is established by reducing the use of private cars and encouraging public transport. In addition, vehicles should be eco-friendly and encourage renewable energy. The government may impose a pool sharing policy to reduce the use of private cars which are bound to be successful. Moreover, the industry sector is also stimulated to develop green car technology which reduces fuel consumption and pollution. 2. Development of green cities. The city is the centre of the population nowadays. More than 50% of the world population lives in the city, and by 2050 urban dwellers are expected to reach 66% of the world population (FAO 2018). The UNDP reported that around two-thirds of global energy use is coming from urban areas. Cities are responsible for 67% of energy demand and major contributors of greenhouse gas emission. Building a greener city cannot only be done by developing and planting urban trees but also by implementing better urban planning. Urban planning means that city development and infrastructures such as transportation, sanitation, water management, housing and other cities facilities are well managed. Singapore is one of the successful cities on implementing green urban planning by reduction of vehicular emission, development green building and implementation energy efficiency. In addition to accomplishing the two previous strategies, this report proposes the application of organic farming. Agriculture sectors contribute around 24% of global emission, it mostly comes from the use of fertilizer in crop and livestock production . Organic farming means using non-chemical fertilizer and local input in its production process. Chemical fertilizer is commonly used in conventional farming, and it is the source of gas emission. Organic farming would produce healthier food and support food sovereignty since it encourages sustainability in agriculture production. To sum up, climate change has negative impacts on human life. There are many problems that are caused by climate change, including increasing sea level, rising demand on energy, and threatening human health. This report ends by arguing that three solutions including: supporting green transportation, building a greener city and implementing organic farming could significantly solve the climate crisis.
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Plastic Pollution is affecting the whole world, including mankind, wildlife, and marine life. It seems to be spreading like an ailment with no cure. We all must realize the harmful impact it has on our lives so as to avert it as soon as possible. Why do I call it a "pandemic? An ailment growing vastly is described best as a pandemic,why don't we address this problem therefore as a serious pandemic? Plastic that is unmanaged ends up in the environment, where it continues to have climate impacts as it degrades. Efforts to quantify those emissions are still in the early stages, but a first-of-its-kind study demonstrated that plastic at the ocean’s surface continually releases methane and other greenhouse gases, these emissions increase as plastic breaks down further ; current estimates address only the one percent of plastic at the ocean’s surface. Climate change and plastic pollution have many of the same root causes, including over-consumption of natural resources, non-renewable energy, insufficient recycling and reuse systems-plastic pollution contributes to environmental problems, like biodiversity loss,we shouldn't retain this fate that we have on ourselves, Recycling, as it exists now, does little to curb plastic pollution. Less than 10% of discarded plastics are recycled, partially because many plastic products are laminated with non-recyclable materials,recycling programs also vary between locales, making it hard to know which plastics are recyclable—and misleading labeling doesn’t help. Biodegradable plastic is a big hope” for reducing waste, but historically these options have hit cost and efficacy obstacles. “It's very challenging to create biodegradable plastic. “Part of the benefit of plastic is that it is not biodegradable,” it's seriously a crisis that we can barely describe. Trusted with issues in the future ,Hack for future should be given a chance to help cab this plastic pandemic by having all "plastic problems addressed and solutions brought about. They have been trusted with issues larger and they delivered.
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Mdshahab Uddin
96 w
IT is necessary for human lives.
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Leela Hann-Soden
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EcoGame is a framework for incentizing players to remediate soil and sow+plant on public land to directly produce free basic resources and minimize transportation emissions. This demonstration EcoGame was made with Leela Maps (www.leelamaps.com). To have an autonomously- or player-managed EcoGames, the Leela Maps could be developed with features and a cross-platform version. (www.leelamaps.com/upgrades) The direction of EcoGaming can include bidding and speculate on land+seed futures, as we decide how we cultivate our local ecosystems for our health, wellbeing, collective wealth and the future of our planet. www.youtu.be/BxEQLYbB5BY
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Patrick Kiash
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Once in a while is ok to get out of Norm,to go out #THERE where serenity exists. If there is any voice to be heard it's only your Echo as it speaks back to you. In a serene place... You can empty any disturbing thoughts. There are no worries or anxieties You can be you... The quietness offers clarity of mind.. Gratitude builds in with the refections born here.. In this serene place you can recalculate your life.. You can count your blessings... You can discover the beauty in you.. You can gaze at the wonders of creation.. You can stand amazed in awe of the Creator,in this one serene place, I saw the water falling beautifully but effortlessly from the highest rock to the bottom of the valley... The mountain held the rocks tight as they curled around each other... The ground gave roots the vegetation,the trees stood firm in the ground that bore them. The river was flowing freely around the rocks. In this #Serene place I couldn't help to wonder about the beauty of this divine creation. My mind was clear and I could feel the beauty of the spirit and creation of nature and the creation within me! Mother nature is beutiful,no wonder I support what mainly #WEDONTHAVETIME, do and many others do for the #ClimateChange, #ClimateCriss, for the love of our mother nature and for the #Insights for generations to come. https://youtu.be/aW42PZN157A Yours #Patrick The winner of the best Climate idea globally of the year via @wedonthavetime foundation.
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Trinedie Wahagho
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Great app! Like it Soo far!
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David Mike Terungwa
198 w
A carbon fee and dividend or climate income is a system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address global warming. The system imposes a carbon tax on the sale of fossil fuels, and then distributes the revenue of this tax over the entire population (equally, on a per-person basis) as a monthly income or regular payment. Carbon fee and dividend is Citizens Climate Lobby preferred climate solution to emission reduction mechanisms such as complex regulatory approaches, cap and trade or a straightforward carbon tax. While there is general agreement among scientists and economists on the need for a carbon tax, economists are generally neutral on specific uses for the revenue, though there tends to be more support than opposition for returning the revenue as a dividend to taxpayers. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, our burning of fossil fuels has steadily increased the carbon dioxide content of Earth’s atmosphere. For many decades, we enjoyed the benefits of such fuels without realizing that the increased atmospheric carbon was trapping heat and hastening global climate change. Today, we understand that climate change carries potentially catastrophic health, environmental, and economic costs. Nevertheless, in most places there is no financial penalty for adding to the carbon pollution that drives climate change. As long as carbon pollution remains free, the true costs of fossil fuels will be hidden, and may appear cheaper than low-carbon alternatives even as they put long-term health and economic prosperity at risk. The ravaging coronavirus pandemic has almost erased the gains of the Sustainable Development Goals but climate income can provide a great opportunity to provide basic income for all citizens especially in Africa and other developing countries. This climate and poverty eradication tool over the following benefits: • Basic Climate Income for all • Good for the people • Good for the Economy • Carbon Neutral It’s good for the economy AND even better for people. A study from REMI shows that carbon fee-and-dividend will reduce CO2 emissions 52% below 1990 levels in 20 years and that recycling the revenue creates an economic stimulus that adds 2.8 million jobs to the economy. A structured rising price on greenhouse gas emissions will focus business planning on optimizing investment priorities to thrive in a carbon-constrained world. Additionally, Carbon Fee and Dividend is projected to prevent over 230,000 premature deaths over 20 years from improved air quality. How Carbon Fee and Dividend Works 1. Place a steadily rising fee on fossil fuels To account for the cost of burning fossil fuels, we propose an initial fee of $15/metric ton on the CO2 equivalent emissions of fossil fuels, escalating by $10/metric ton each year, imposed upstream — as near as feasible to the mine, well, or port of entry. Accounting for the true cost of fossil fuel emissions not only creates a level-playing field for all sources of energy, but also informs consumers of the true cost comparison of various fuels when making purchase decisions. 2. Give 100% of the fees minus administrative costs back to households each month. 100% of the net fees from the carbon fee are held in a Carbon Fees Trust fund and returned directly to households as a monthly dividend. About two-thirds of Americans will receive more in Dividends than they will pay in higher prices. This feature will inject billions into the economy, protect family budgets, free households to make independent choices about their energy usage, spur innovation, and build aggregate demand for low-carbon products at the consumer level. Use a border adjustment to stop business relocation. Import fees on products imported from countries without a carbon fee, along with rebates to industries in a country with the policy exporting to those countries, will discourage businesses from relocating where they can emit more CO2 and motivate other countries to adopt similar carbon pricing policies. Building upon existing tax and trade systems will avoid complex new institutional arrangements. Firms seeking to escape higher energy costs will be discouraged from relocating to non-compliant nations (“leakage”), as their products will be subject to import fees. Carbon Fee and Dividend does not increase the size of government, require new bureaucracies or directly increase government revenues. The dividend increases real disposable income protects personal spending decisions and will recruit widespread, sustained engagement. Finally, Carbon Fee and Dividend is elegant in its simplicity, transparent in its accessibility to public scrutiny and clear in its signals and benefits.
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Sweeha Panwar
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This hackathon not only aimed for a green event but also focused on continuous innovation with the growing demands of a cleaner future amidst the COVID19 crisis. The hackathon was a great platform to connect with experts, enthusiasts and budding climatepreneurs globally and design solutions of tomorrow. I look forward to such initiatives! :)
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Patrick Kiash
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Establishment of a local e-waste recycling facility in Kenya. IDEA BY-:) Patrick Kiarie Nyokabi, Entrepreneur-Thika,Kenya pakinyok@gmail.com Kevin Njeru Mount Kenya University IT LECTURER. njerukevin@gmail.com Introduction The production and use of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) continues to grow in both developing and developed countries (Purnomo & Lee, 2010). This has led to an increase in the amount of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) at its End-of-Life (EoL). According to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), the world produces as much as 50 million tons of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) a year, weighing more than all of the commercial airliners ever made. Consider this, the UN for example argues that The U.N. says that while the world’s 7 billion people have 4.5 billion toilets, they also have over 6 billion phones (MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTRY NATIONAL E-WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY **** REVISED DRAFT ****, 2019). Only less than 20% of e-waste is formally recycled, with 80% either ending up in landfill or being informally recycled – much of it by hand in developing countries, exposing workers to hazardous and carcinogenic substances such as mercury, lead and cadmium (Asiimwe, n.d.). E-waste in landfill contaminates soil and groundwater, putting food supply systems and water sources at risk.. The agency further opines that Global e-waste production is on track to reach 120 million tons per year by 2050 if current trends continue(Liza, 2015). Many electronic gadgets, including cell phones, computers, televisions, HiFi systems, refrigerators, and a host of other electronic appliances are manufactured using a variety of harmful substances including lead, hexavalent chromium, phthalates and brominated flame retardants. Yet these substances are so critical to the devices that they cannot function without them. Lead, for instance, is effective as a solder while flame retardants keep computers from bursting into flames as we type. But for all their usefulness, they come with serious health implications. The fact that electronic waste is non-biodegradable presents another serious challenge for disposal of electronic waste to global governments(UNEP & Our Planet, 2013). The most detailed study of the used electronics issue was performed in 2009 by the UN Environment Programme, which found that Ghana imported 215,000 metric tons of “electric and electronic equipment” that year. Thirty percent of that total was new equipment. Of the 70 percent that constituted used goods, 20 percent needed repairs and 15 percent—or roughly 22,575 tons—was unsellable and bound for the dump. The Stockholm Convention is a global treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from chemicals that remain intact in the environment for long periods of time, that become widely distributed geographically, that accumulate in the fatty tissues of humans and wildlife, and that have harmful impacts on human health or on the environment. There are several persistent organic pollutants present in E-waste, and the listing of E-waste requires parties of the Stockholm Convention to take appropriate measures to eliminate the release of these pollutants from stockpiles and wastes. According to Samwel Matonda, a chemist and the director of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers, warns that some of the discarded electronic gadgets have radioactive elements that are hazardous to the environment and health. “The heavy metals or chemicals can cause diseases such as cancers and skin irritation in people who get into contact with them. Also, the chemicals can leak into rivers whose waters are used for irrigation, posing further challenges, Problem statement A research conducted in 2014 UNEP titled Solving the E-waste Problem” indicated that Kenya generates more than 44,000 tonnes of e-waste annually, with experts noting that irresponsible disposal of electronics has contributed significantly to environmental degradation and an increase in poor health among citizens (www.unep.org). Much of this e-waste is disposed off in compost heaps or stays isolated in offices and work areas for lack of better formal ways of disposing it. In most cases, citizens have turned to burning electronic waste as a way of disposal thereby endangering their health and the health of those in the society as these harmful gases are released into the environment. Even more destructive is the harm that these gases cause to the environment. It is important to note that in the emerging field of research on green information Technology (green IT), disposal of electronic waste has for long been argued (Otieno & Omwenga, 2016). One option that some people have already taken in developing economies has been the use of informal e-waste recycling. Those involved in the trade collect the gadgets, separate the plastic, motherboards, batteries and copper wire for sale and then burn those that are of no value to them. But there are concerns that such primitive recycling techniques of burning the materials such as cables to extract copper expose those involved to toxic fumes, which can lead to respiratory illnesses. Proposed solution There is need to refocus the global environmental conservation efforts to Africa. As much as Africa's contribution to global Greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions remains low (estimated at just 7.1%), all indications are that the carbon footprint of Africa is expected to grow tremendously over the next decade. For long, African economies have been heavily reliant on imports from Western economies and Asia, yet in the last few years the GDP of African countries has consistently grown owing to improvement in infrastructure, transport, construction and real estate, focus on manufacturing and shift to ICT.Needless to note that these are the key industries that have the highest carbon footprint with the construction sector for example estimated to have contributed about 39% of energy and process related Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2018 alone. This points to the fact that as Africa gears up to industrialization, a steep rise in its carbon footprint is expected, this does not sound any good for our environment. But perhaps there is hope; this is because Africa offers an opportunity to integrate a green culture in its development road map; from green transportation, green energy, green construction, green cities, green manufacturing, green supply chain, green ICT and green buildings. This can directly translate to a healthier environment, more productive businesses and a healthier people. Needless to point that going green involves a complete change of our lifestyle to what we would call a "green lifestyle" in which all our economic and social activities are driven by a desire for a healthier and safer environment. In the case of electrical and electronics for example, African is put in a catch 22 situation. This is because their economic disadvantage has created a loophole where developed countries have turned to dumping their obsolete devices to the continent. And whereas African countries have seen this as a benefit owing to the cheap cost of these devices, some of them which actually come as donations, these devices have a short economic life and thus in a few months or years of usage, the burden of disposing these devices had been left on the shoulders of these economies to bear. And with no proper disposal mechanisms for electronic devices to use,most users have developed bizarre and dangerous disposal mechanisms that have not only endangered our environment but even risked the lives of the same people we should be protecting this environment for. This project therefore aims to develop a local recycling center for used electronic devices that would assist in the repair of used electronic devices and giving them out for free in order to extend their end use cycle as well as acting as a collection center for devices that have grown obsolete and transporting them to the only accredited ewaste facility, East African Compliant Recycling (EACR) in Machakos. This will also involve an extensive public awareness campaign for small the communities living within the county with the aim of enlightening them o the dangers of continued environmental pollution as well as how electronic waste affects the environment and human welfare in the society. Thank you and Kind Regards Patrick Kiarie Nyokabi. +254-723-240-736 pakinyok@gmail.com
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Hack for Future
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Join us for our fourth online climate hackathon - this Saturday, June 13th! 🌍✨ Learn more and register here: https://hackforfuture.org Why a climate hackathon? Most people have heard about the climate crisis, and how we rapidly need to bend the curve of global CO2e-emissions downwards. Still, few people take action. We want to change that. That's why we are connecting creative people from all around the world so we can solve this and #HackforFuture, together. Join us! When? This Saturday, June 13th at 14:45-18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Where? Discord Learn more and register here: https://hackforfuture.org
Communication for climate action .Eco sense is cost free and is our real cultural heritage. .Many Pandemics like CoVid 19 were to there and will be there. Dear Citizens on our only home, Terra the eary. .Science is self correcting and technology doesn't have internal control. . Community empowerment for climate resilient life style vital. . Use Best practices in community living through Disasters . Comply with UNESCO UNEP IEEP Tblsi Conference 1977 mandatory guidelines for Environmmental education. That is, Facilitate awarenesses, attitude, knowledge, skill and participation at individual and community. Climate action is possible.. . Use two tools .. 1. You must be the part of a change you wish to see. Gandhi 2. You are your light.. Buddha Climate resilient and Civid-19 resilient life style greetings, Prof V Jagannatha Coordinator EESS a zero cost Ecological and Environmental Studies by Students model based on UNESCO UNEP IEEP Tblsi Conference 1977 guidelines 1977, EESS model listed as one of the 20 best regards eco education guide by Earthday Network 2000. Mysuru India jagsiobbindia@gmail.com
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Clayton Whittle
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General Description - Core Mission We connect behaviors that have positive mental or physical impact with behaviors that have a positive environmental impact. - What communication challenges will this idea address? This idea strives to communicate how environmentally friendly behavior has an impact on the physical and mental health of individuals. We will do so by providing health providers with a website for helping their patients understand the health benefits of certain activities that also benefit the environment. The website provides access to possible behaviors as well as an extremely simple Flash game for inspiring personal engagement with those ideas. Our goal, then, is to provide an understanding of the direct personal benefits of certain pro-environmental behaviors while also increasing the actionable knoweldge base and connection to nature of patients. - How will you reach your target audience with your idea? We will reach our target audience through (1) health provider websites, (2) health provider conversations, and (3) insurance partner communications These providers will connect the target audience to our web-based flash game. - Benefits of this idea Physical / mental health improvements in individuals Increased preventative health behaviors Increased connection to nature in patients Increased awareness of personal impact in patients Increased actionable knowledge in patients - Risks with this idea? Ethical concerns: risk of conflict of interest in health providers. We must remain aware that a health provider must always think first of the health impact of their recommendation. Mitigation: focus on health, with environmental impact being a secondary benefit - What do you need to implement the idea To implement this idea we would require a web developer and a Flash developer. Additionally we would require health professionals to advise on the behaviors for both mental and physical health. - Funding and Distribution In order to create financial stability, we would plan to partner with insurance companies and health providers. By positioning ourselves as an app which helps encourage healthy behaviors, we would be a natural partner for insurance companies seeking to reduce health costs and a natural partner for health providers also. - Application Participating insitutions (providers / insurance groups) will host a single page describing our program and providing a link to our website. Additionally, GPs that are part of the program discuss the behaviors with their patients, using the site and the game as medium for addressing healthy behaviors relevant to their patient. - Connection to Environmental Impact Our solution is based on a proven hierarchy of environmental psychology. Based on empirical science, this framework claims that an individual must engage in the following steps in order to follow through with pro-environmental behaviors. We aim to address to specific aspects of this hierarcy. First, by connection outdoor activities to positive impacts on physical and mental health, we aim to highlight both the "connection to nature" and the "recognition of impact on self". Second, by providing "actionable knowledge" we work to improve the "self efficacy" of our users. Connection to nature -> attitude towards nature -> recognition of impact on self -> actionable knowledge-> perceived self-efficacy -> increasingly impactful behavior Website Functionality Our website has two primary functions. The first is the information base page. The second is the interactive Flash game page. - Information Base Page This page provides the access the core information. It provides information on our mission, our approach, and the behaviors. It also provides information for discussing the behaviors and environmental / health benefits of them with your practitioner. Finally, the page provides social outlets such as simple forums and webinars. The primary social functionality is in the badge system. Health care providers can approve "badges" for patients engaging in identified behaviors using url codes for badge unlock. - Flash based game platform This very simple Flash game gives the player a sytlize interface with a garden. This peaceful imagery and audio provides an interface for tracking the individual's progress. A person wishing to grow their physical and mental health logs in. They are greeted with an empty garden. As they continue to engage in behaviors recommended by their doctor, they report to the app and the garden grows. - Example Behavior Ideas Connecting mental / physical health to being in nature Hiking / walking in nature Health: walking helps diabetes Enviro: increase connection to nature and decrease inside time Connecting mental / physical health to consumer choices Reduced Meat Diet Health: impact on heart disease, impact on diabetes Enviro: impact on water content (used in meat production)
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Clemens Brugger
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Our objective is to get SMEs to go for carbon neutrality. SMEs are the backbone of most our economies with a significant carbon footprint. Engaging and incentivizing them to go for carbon neutrality would have a huge positive impact. Our idea has 2 main elements: 1. to incentivize them: Rankings for SMEs, aka Green "Forbes" - Start a publication like Forbes - Green Forbes or similar in one of the European countries - Sweden - Ranking of SMEs according to carbon neutrality 2. to enable them: One-stop-shop for SMEs to get to carbon neutrality - App for SMEs to be able to calculate their footprint (customized per sector) - Including Best practices and success stories for SMEs which achieved carbon neutrality (best practices on how to adapt your business model) - Including How-to-module for SMEs to get trained on achieving carbon neutrality - Including Information on circular economy - Including Information on how to get audited on carbon footprint if that is wanted (link to partner organizations) - Including Education and best practices on business model adaptation for carbon neutrality
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Hendrik Kohl
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Conventional agriculture has been exploiting entire ecosystems. Extensive use of pesticides and artificial fertilizers have eradicated biodiversity and soil health. A rethinking of agriculture and agroforestry is needed! Permaculture based on the symbiosis in between plants is able to restore soil degradation and bring back biodiversity and moisture in order to heal entire ecosystems and enhance evaporation to prevent impoverishment of rural areas. Online courses and master courses for regenerative agriculture and agroforestry based on permaculture principles.
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Rejina Verghis
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Businesses create jobs and bring development and growth to a country. Food and fashion industry is a major pollutant on the planet. Fast fashion and fast food have impacted food and cloth production in a major way. The unethical treatment of animals in the animal factories and prolonged working hours of factory workers to produce cheap clothing has been a controversy for so long. We want to bring consciousness to modern business, promote fair trade and reduce waste. Happiness first profit second! A happiness index to all involved in business. On a website we will give positive examples of businesses who achieved profit and employee and customer happiness while increasing their profit at once. We engage other businesses to share their examples and best practices as well - also giving them a stage to improve their green image. #team1 Clemens Deivis Rejina
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Patrick Kiash
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GLARING HARSH CLIMATIC TO MOTHER NATURE Climate change can be possibly be referred to as the ugly glaring crisis of modern times.The entire earth is at an adverse risk of depletion and increasingly unfavourable for human, animals and plants habitation.Mother nature-the beauty of a once known green, densely forested,beautiful thick ice capped,freshly aired, pure and clean watered world is under threat.Climate changes exhibited by increased sea and ocean water levels arising from melted ice and glaciers causing sunken coastal towns such as Miami and Osaka,enormous carbon monoxide finding it's way into the atmosphere owing to industrial revolution since the 1950s to date thus causing a greenhouse effect that in turn propels increased temparatures causing changes in rain patters and seasons,adverse droughts,heavy flooding, soil erosion, etc. A duty call by the political class, religious leaders, youths and even the young to address the everyday increasing menace on how to at least curb and possibly control is on the rise.Millions of people are pulling to the streets all over the world and formation of environmental mitigation organisations all calling for concrete and quick action owing to empty government promises and foul play by the relevant institutions into the matter that is of undeniable urgency. Carbon monoxide has been excellent since earth's inception but with the increased global industrial revolution in the recent past with the burning of fossil fuels, car exhaust emmisions, poor industrial waste management,it's hazardous effects ere indeed being felt.Release of gases such as methane into the air space that otherwise fills and henceforth traps the atmosphere causes the greenhouse effect thus warms up and sets its ugliness on earth life thereof. Poor industrial waste management of dangerous chemical,inorganic matter and poisonous liquid effluents that finds it's way into nearby rivers, lakes and oceans posses a great danger to aquatic life composed of creatures such as fish,coral as well as plants.Seeping of this waste into the soil increases toxity hampering growth of plants and their possible depletion.Consumption of this waters by animals and humans causes diseases and may lead to death or altered genetic structural formation. Thika town located in Kiambu county in Kenya is well endowed with industries and factories for example Bidco oil Africa, kifaru steel and numerous others under contrustion are characterised by huge smokey chimneys of the poisonous gases and dirty,filthy waters channeled into nearby rivers with little regulations and efforts or none at all being put in place into their waste disposal mechanisms contributes to chronic diseases and other respiratory ailments of residents residing around. High growth in human populations in many African countries have necessitated the need for housing and farming space and have therefore found their way into wearing down of once thick and vast forests for fertile and adequate grounds thus defforestation.Unregulated tree harvesting for construction and timber trade, quest for grassy grazing fields, collection of firewood among others are what is causing a big cry to every urban and rural resident due to experienced changes in weather and rainfall patters,droughts, floods and soil erosion.In areas of Bundalangi, western Kenya ranging floods experienced during occasional heavy rainy seasons that fills and later breaks the walls of Nyando river among others wrecks havoc to human in deaths as well as animals,massive destruction of property and infrastructure.Agricultural products in farms aren't spared either as are swept away or destroyed too. Charcoal burning in areas such as the rain forests in Congo is a huge contributor to eating up of most forests as wood fuel thirst expecially in urban areas like Kinshasa Brazzerville is never quenched.Exotic and indigenous trees are therefore not spared in this quest thus wild animals and birds habitats are depleted and the very endangered trees, animals and birds species' survival are put on a great threat and in the end extinction.Jane Goodall a dedicated conservationist and zoologist in the well being, safety and existence of the endangered chimpanzees has for many years dearly led in the protection of Gombe national park in Tanzania by discouraging human activity in such wild habitats by creating awareness of the very need of conservation for the greater interest and benefit of the people and wildlife. Recuurent Wildfires in for example in Aberdare forest in central Kenya over the years have ensured an immeasurable wipe out of the once dense forest cover.pastrolists, hunters and gatherers who encroach these forests are suspected of igniting fires mostly during the dry spells that become uncontrollable in a short while that end up blazing for days and hence consuming thousands of acres of forest land. Wild animals and most so the elephants (Jumbos) inhabiting most of the sub Saharan African parks such as Amboseli national park in Kenya,Limpopo natinal park in Mozambique, Khaudum national park in Namibia and in other west and central African parks too are well known in the depletion of forest cover as they fall down tress enormously with their mighty trunks trying feed on the leaves and barks.These are not mostly blamed as it happens within their natural being though. SOLUTIONS STRINGENT CARBON EMISSIONS CONTROL MEASSURES An agreement in Paris,France in 2016 that advocated for reduction of carbon emissions, proper disposal of industrial effluents, possible waste recycling methods, use of green energy among others in every country would see a great reduction in greenhouse effects and thus controlled temparatures otherwise harmful to our environment. AFFORESTATION AND DEFORESTATION There's absolutely no time in pursuit of protecting mother nature and is an emergency alarm is ensuring that every government and individual is on toes in taking care of the planet in the least and better way possible.
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Patrick Kiash
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Accelerating green market traders to engage in cyclic production systems Groceries markets in Kenya are largely run by small scale business owners who are given hawking stalls by the local councils within designated market areas and other street areas. This is the picture one would see in almost every major town in Kenya. These green market trader will acquire the produce directly from the farms nearby and sometimes from through middle traders who ferry green produce from fruther regions. These markets tend to sell everything from fresh perishable groceries, to dried grains, as well as One of the biggest challenges the green traders face is lack of refrigeration for fresh perishable produce of which the surplus is often disposed at the end of the day if not sold. This has lead to a number of challenges to the food supply system including reduced access to fresh and nutritious food due to high waste rate of perishable waste. Secondly, it poses a great challenge to waste management within the markets, and by the council due to the large wastes that are left in the evening. Thirdly, the traders are not keen in separing the waste, and thus recycling and repurposing the wastes is rarely taken. As a result, the markets are often very soggy, and with putrid smells of rotting organic material mixed with plasting and other slow decomposing materials that retain water. These unhygenic vicinities of food markets pose public health threats, and drives down food hygene standards. Having recognised this challenge, we propose to run a pilot project to encourage and support the small traders in Better waste management - This is through waste segregation. We propose that within the markets, there be designated bins for (a) Highly perishable groceries - can be directly used as animal feed and for compost. (b) Dry grain and less perishable. (c) Plastics (d) Recyclable non-plastic woven materials - sisal bags etc (e) Glassware (f) metalic waste. Lobby for the local council to actively clean and keep drains clean to ease flow of waste water into the general sewer system Conduct a business review case for establishment of on-site large refrigeration systems that would reduce wastage of highly perishable groceries. Our Team is made up of: Mr. Patrick Kiarie - A small business owner in Thika town. He has both run small food shop, and seasonally transports green produce from Mount Kenya region to Thika town for sale. Dr. Robert Ndungu - A veterinarian and public health expert interested in food hygiene. Have previously worked on community based health education and promotion. Rosebell Wamahiga- A current small scale green market trader who is the main liaison to the Small business community in Thika Town.
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Hack for Future
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Join our third online Climate Hackathon on May 9th! 🌍✨ Why a climate hackathon? Most people have heard about the climate crisis, and how we rapidly need to bend the curve of global CO2e-emissions downwards. Still, few people take action. We want to change that. That's why we are connecting creative people from all around the world so we can solve this and #HackforFuture, together. Join us! When? Saturday, May 9th at 14:45-18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Where? Zoom + Discord Learn more and register here: https://hackforfuture.org
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*Borrowing from the future: Engaging teen-climate ambassador to highlight local impacts and solutions to climate change in Kenya.* *_Introduction_* Climate change and its impact on people's lives and resources pose serious challenges both on the global and local scales. In Kenya the effects of climate change are experienced in almost every corner of the country but more so in rural which are primarily dependent on agriculture for livelihoods. In recent years, we have seen an increase in erratic weather patterns such as long dry spells and drought, heavy rains associated with heavy flooding, land and mudslides. These lead to massive destruction of resources, properties and decimating livelihoods in both urban and rural areas and disrupting personal, and social lives of many Kenyans. The net effects of these include famine, precarious livelihoods for small scale farmers and other agri-based businesses. In these situations, children's lives are disproportionately affected through disruption of families, loss of parent's livelihoods and education. The actions we take today can greatly influence the future climate and ease the negative impacts of climate change. We may also be able to ease our abilities to adapt and respond to the impacts of and reduce vulnerabilities of our communities to climate change. Importantly, our collective voice can amplify the effort to call our governments to take political and economic actions to reduce greenhouse emissions and thus reduce the magnitude of climate change. An important point to ensuring a sustainable movement for climate change ambassador is to build a critical mass of youngsters that can continually mobilise and educate the public on the importance of implementing climate smart solutions. Our proposal is to engage high schoolers (ages 13 – 17 years) in Kenya to participate in a climate change online training. This training will be a web-based interactive training on various concepts of climate change, its impact at global and local levels and possible solutions to curb climate change. The students will then be given an assessment through the same platforms and those who pass will be given a certificate of participation, and maybe qualified as young climate ambassadors in their respective schools and communities. The initial target will be to have at least 100 students participate in the online training and certification. At the end of the training, the participants will also be given a chance to crowdsource information (Essays, short-messages, images, short-videos) on the impact of climate change in their locality through an online platform (#Wedon'thavetime, #twitter, website?). Furthermore, for the best 10 participants, we will visit their locality and issue them with a camera through which they can continue to participate in crowdsourcing impacts and solutions to climate change at the grassroot levels using a citizen journalism approach. *_What to do?_* To be able to achieve this we will need: Design an easy to navigate and access website with information on climate change in both English and Kiswahili - This would benefit from a collaboration with a good web/graphic/mobile app designer who would assist. Adopt a child-friendly online curriculum on climate change. Build awareness on the training through social media and targeted schools in two pilot counties: (Nairobi - Urban, and Kilifi - Rural/coastal) and enrol at least 50 students from each of the schools. Offer the online training through video-interactive platform (zoom/skype) as well as self-taught options. *_Potential collaborations_* 1. Web//mobile app programmers and graphic designers 2. Fundraising 3. Organisation that can co-host/amplify the crowdsourced stories on local impacts and solutions to climate change 4. Organisations/individuals who may wish to be patrons of the initiatives and co-issue the certificates for ambassadors. 5. Curriculum review for standardization 6. Open to suggestion on how to collaborate on other areas. Idea well thought and Compiled by-:) Patrick Kiarie Nyokabi pakinyok@gmail.com And Robert Ndungu
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Paul Leech
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Late Capitalism is one of our major pathologies likely to lead to human extinction . Answer lies in https://www.unpri.org/
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Paul Krogh
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A lot of what we see and interact with shapes the way we think, act and frame the norm we inhabit. What strikes me most about the present is that despite all that we know from science, we still fail to pivot our policy and daily activity in a way that is appropriate to to the level and scale of the problem we face. I'd like to offer this idea! Global advertising should carry clear labelling (like cigarette warnings in the UK). So instead of selling us lifestyle, advertiser's must convey the social and environmental costs in an open and honest way. No hidden costs - the externalities are then obvious to everyone! Happy to elaborate on this and discuss... 💚💚 I'm not suggesting for a second that swearing needs to be a part of a culture change but this is a great example of a company that is changing the dialogue, trying new things and not afraid to fail and to try again. https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2020/11/brewdog-not-allowed-to-say-fk-on-billboards/
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Ryan Fobel
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Create an app for personal carbon tracking (i.e., like a "fitbit" activity tracker for carbon). Most people have a vague idea about what activities are good/bad for their carbon footprint, but the devil is in the details; we can't expect everyone to make good decisions without access to the right information. Existing carbon footprint calculators require too much user input and give a static snapshot. They are not designed to track changes over time (i.e., quantify the impact of lifestyle choices). Psychology shows that people are motivated by real-time feedback (relevant data presented in a simple, and easy-to-understand way) and by seeing the impact of their decisions. # How will you reach your target audience with your idea? Develop a website/app that automatically tracks the major source of emissions (ideally with little-to-no work by the user). For example: * Energy use (e.g., electricity, natural gas) from utility website or e-bills) * Transportation (e.g., gas purchases from credit card bills) * Food purchases from grocery receipts (e.g., pictures taken with a phone, or online shopping carts) * See some examples/prototypes here: https://bit.ly/3aDBKMu). # Benefits of this idea? * Many people want to do something about the climate crisis and this tool could help educate and empower them to make better decisions and maximize impact * At the macro scale, it could help to identify the most promising actions by seeing what has worked for other people (i.e., generate personalized tips/carbon coaching) * Getting people to take personal actions will help motivate them to support political action (i.e., personal change driving systemic/societal change) # Risks with this idea? * Need resources to build/maintain a tool like this * Community developed, open-source software/data/hardware could leverage volunteer efforts # What do you need to implement the idea? * Volunteer developers, engineers, designers, researchers, educators, organizers * Localized knowledge to build tools/adapt them for different contexts (e.g., will need to customize software for each utility provider, etc.) * A diverse, inclusive, and well managed open-source community
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ombeline lebret
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CO2 SCHOOL CERTIFICATION AND APP Certification of CO2 footprint for schools and an app that helps schools (esp. students and teachers) to reduce their footprint throughout the year TARGET GROUP AND OBJECTIVE The target group of our idea are teachers and students in schools. We want to create awareness for the CO2 footprint among students and teachers and have them experience how their actions influence the footprint and how to improve it. APP The app would be similar as the “We don’t have time” app in that it has a section where initiatives and ideas can be put forward and voted for. the best ideas can then be implemented at a bigger level. Also we would link the footprint calculator to enable schools to constantly check their footprint. KEY FACTS Further we would include a key facts section about climate change - so that teachers have a source to refer to. SOCIAL MEDIA We believe it would be important to have an interactive social media feed also that relates to climate action. A teacher's section could enable teachers to share best practices on how to integrate climate into the existing curriculum. MOVIE PRODUCTION Finally, we would incentivise schools and students to make a yearly documentary on their actions. This would be supported by a curriculum for teachers. At the year end, a nice climate action movie festival could round up the initiative. TEAM Team #2 Ombeline Cindy Philip Clemens image source: www.takepart.com
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Craig Hetherington
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Public attention has shifted away from the climate crises to Covid, but the threat of climate catastrophe is as real as ever. At the same time, the Coronavirus is keeping us locked down in our homes with our loved ones. This is a special time, when hectic daily routines get replaced with deceleration and solidarity. People now realize the importance of listening to each other. Let’s use this opportunity to start a dialogue with our families, friends and partners about the importance of taking climate action. Not in a confrontative way, but through fun and engaging games. Most people in the climate community are not aware of the large number of sustainability games available. We want to create a campaign to promote such games among these people, and encourage them to use games to involve their parents, siblings, kids, friends and neighbours in exploring the subject of climate change. The campaign has three parts. 1) it will introduce the idea of playing a game as a way to raise awareness about the environmental crisis to people who are already engaged in the environmental movement. 2) it will provide resources (e.g. existing websites such as games4sustainability) where existing board, card and online games on sustainability topics can be found and ordered. Some existing games are: SDGeek, KeepCool, Leaps and Flutters, 3) it will use have a hashtag for participants to share images of them playing together with their friends and families/loved ones.
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