Better Worlds

In this episode of the "Nature Is" podcast, host Lara Birkes explores the Floodplains by Design initiative, an ambitious public-private partnership focused on restoring river corridors and reducing flood risks in the Pacific Northwest using nature-based solutions.Guests Bob Carey from The Nature Conservancy and Kathleen (Kas) Guillozet from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation share insights into this pioneering collaboration, which breaks down silos and brings together diverse stakeholders – tribes, local governments, farmers, engineers, and vulnerable communities – to promote holistic river management.Discover how Floodplains by Design leverages nature-based solutions like reintroducing beaver dams, log jams, and meandering streams to absorb extreme weather impacts while restoring critical ecosystems. Learn about the initiative's emphasis on empowering local communities and respecting indigenous voices, as well as its influence on state policies and funding for climate resilience.Join us for an inspiring conversation about the power of collaboration, the importance of healthy floodplain ecosystems, and the path forward in recognizing the interdependence of human and natural systems.

#NatureBasedSolutions #FloodplainRestoration #ClimateResilience #Collaboration #RiverEcosystems #SalmonHabitat #IndigenousVoices #WashingtonState #PacificNorthwest #EnvironmentalJustice

# About Better Worlds We believe that the digital transformation and related technologies are revolutionizing the very nature of the way we live and who we are. Done right, these innovations can help lead us to a better world. We're here to bring together the people and the tools to help you build it. One key focus of our mission is to explore how the innovations of Web3, Ai, and Quantum Computing can help to sustain the natural world and build greater efficiencies to grow our shared prosperity. We believe in creating a collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable community to explore innovative solutions. Solutions that will contribute to achieving bioregional and global prosperity by integrating our three interconnected worlds: the natural world, the human-made physical world, and emerging technologies. @BetterWorlds seeks to explore alternative viewpoints through media, international conferences, symposia, essays and hack-a-thons that encourage and support the development of innovative solutions. Visit our website- https://www.betterworlds.com/ Follow for more updates https://www.linkedin.com/company/betterworlds/ https://twitter.com/onemetaworld

In this episode, we speak with Michel André, founder of Sense of Silence, and Soraya Hidalgo Hidalgo about their work at the forefront of bioacoustics - the study of how living organisms produce, transmit, and receive sound. Their globally dispersed acoustic observatories act as artificial ears, using microphones and hydrophones to continuously record soundscapes on land and at sea. This audio data is then analyzed by machine learning algorithms to classify different species' vocalizations amidst ambient environmental sounds. By reconstructing these "soundscapes", researchers gain unprecedented insights into biodiversity and ecosystem health across diverse regions like the Amazon rainforest, polar regions, and marine protected areas. The long-term monitoring can detect changes from threats like deforestation, climate change, and noise pollution. As Michel explains, "If hearing is the sense most universally shared by life on Earth, then acoustics is essential for measuring the pulse of nature's health and our own survival." Beyond the scientific insights, the Sense of Silence team hopes to reawaken humanity's appreciation for the natural symphonies around us. As Soraya recounts her experience in the Amazon, "When you close your eyes at night, you hear this beautiful, perfect orchestra of animals, insects, the trees swaying. You feel we must preserve these ecosystems." Our planetary life-support systems are under strain, but by learning to listen to nature's orchestra, we can harmonize our role as a more conscious force for sustainability. Join us for this fascinating discussion at the intersection of science, technology, and conservation. To learn more: http://www.thesenseofsilencefoundation.com/ #Bioacoustics #Biodiversity #Conservation #Soundscapes #NatureSounds#AcousticMonitoring #Environment #Ecosystems #WildlifeTechnology#Rainforests #Oceans #Amazon #SensesofSilence #naturepositive # About Better Worlds We believe that the digital transformation and related technologies are revolutionizing the very nature of the way we live and who we are. Done right, these innovations can help lead us to a better world. We're here to bring together the people and the tools to help you build it. One key focus of our mission is to explore how the innovations of Web3, Ai, and Quantum Computing can help to sustain the natural world and build greater efficiencies to grow our shared prosperity. We believe in creating a collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable community to explore innovative solutions. Solutions that will contribute to achieving bioregional and global prosperity by integrating our three interconnected worlds: the natural world, the human-made physical world, and emerging technologies. @BetterWorlds seeks to explore alternative viewpoints through media, international conferences, symposia, essays and hack-a-thons that encourage and support the development of innovative solutions. Visit our website- https://www.betterworlds.com/ Follow for more updates https://www.linkedin.com/company/betterworlds/ https://twitter.com/onemetaworld

Ecometrix is a wonderful example of leveraging advanced technology to quantify nature's invaluable benefits. As you’ll hear in our conversation, Ecometrix's cutting-edge platform delves deep into measuring ecosystem performance and service production, fundamentally transforming how we understand and enhance our natural surroundings. By meticulously assessing vegetative structures, soil conditions, water regimes, and topography, Ecometrix offers a robust, data-driven lens through which the health and vitality of ecosystems can be evaluated and improved.

See video: https://youtu.be/P9DTgWxQwoo

#naturepositive #ecosystemservices #conservation #esg #mrv #natureis #ecosystemrestoration #ecosystemhealth

# About Better Worlds We believe that the digital transformation and related technologies are revolutionizing the very nature of the way we live and who we are. Done right, these innovations can help lead us to a better world. We're here to bring together the people and the tools to help you build it. One key focus of our mission is to explore how the innovations of Web3, Ai, and Quantum Computing can help to sustain the natural world and build greater efficiencies to grow our shared prosperity. We believe in creating a collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable community to explore innovative solutions. Solutions that will contribute to achieving bioregional and global prosperity by integrating our three interconnected worlds: the natural world, the human-made physical world, and emerging technologies. @BetterWorlds seeks to explore alternative viewpoints through media, international conferences, symposia, essays and hack-a-thons that encourage and support the development of innovative solutions. Visit our website- https://www.betterworlds.com/ Follow for more updates https://www.linkedin.com/company/betterworlds/ https://twitter.com/onemetaworld

Grizzly bears and wolves are killing livestock in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, resulting substantial economic losses for ranchers. This has led Malou Anderson-Ramirez, a Montana rancher, to innovate a solution. In this episode, Malou introduces TEAL Tags, a breakthrough in livestock monitoring that helps mitigate losses to predators while also gathering critical ecological data for sustainable ranching. Dive into this discussion about balancing ranch life with predator preservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, and discover how TEAL Tags are paving the way for harmony between agriculture and wildlife conservation. Read the blog article here: https://betterworlds.com/harmony-in-the-wild-balancing-ranching-with-predator-preservation Find the Podcast here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/betterworlds Learn more: https://www.tealenterprises.org/ #NatureIS#wildlifeconservation #predators#yellowstone #ranchers #grizzlies #yellowstone #wolves #cattle #sustainablefarming #grizzlybear #agtech # About Better Worlds We believe that the digital transformation and related technologies are revolutionizing the very nature of the way we live and who we are. Done right, these innovations can help lead us to a better world. We're here to bring together the people and the tools to help you build it. One key focus of our mission is to explore how the innovations of Web3, Ai, and Quantum Computing can help to sustain the natural world and build greater efficiencies to grow our shared prosperity. We believe in creating a collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable community to explore innovative solutions. Solutions that will contribute to achieving bioregional and global prosperity by integrating our three interconnected worlds: the natural world, the human-made physical world, and emerging technologies. @BetterWorlds seeks to explore alternative viewpoints through media, international conferences, symposia, essays and hack-a-thons that encourage and support the development of innovative solutions. Visit our website- https://www.betterworlds.com/ Follow for more updates https://www.linkedin.com/company/betterworlds/ https://twitter.com/onemetaworld

In this episode of the Benevolent AI Podcast, host Ryan Merrill is joined by Oliver Klingefjord, co-founder and tech lead of the Meaning Alignment Institute, to explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping a future aligned with human values and ethics.🔍 About This Episode:The advent of AI poses unique challenges and opportunities for humanity. Beyond its technical capabilities, how can AI contribute to human flourishing and ethical governance? Oliver Klingefjord shares insights from the Meaning Alignment Institute's latest initiatives, including the groundbreaking "Democratic Fine-Tuning" (DFT) project funded by OpenAI. This conversation delves into the creation of a "moral graph" to guide AI towards decisions that reflect our collective values, bridging political and cultural divides.🌐 Key Topics Discussed:The vision and mission of the Meaning Alignment InstituteThe concept and impact of Democratic Fine-Tuning (DFT)Building a moral graph to align AI with human ethicsThe potential of AI to foster understanding across dividesFuture directions for ethical AI and the role of global collaboration🎙️ Join Us:Dive into a discussion that goes beyond the code, focusing on how AI can serve as a force for good, promoting understanding, respect, and ethical decision-making. Whether you're an AI enthusiast, a professional in the field, or simply curious about the future of technology and society, this episode offers valuable insights into the collaborative efforts needed to ensure AI enhances our shared human experience.🔗 Links & Resources:https://www.meaningalignment.org/https://openai.com/Research papers:https://www.meaningalignment.org/research/introducing-democratic-fine-tuning #benevolent #ainews #artificialgeneralintelligence #openai #aimodel #gpt #aitools #aiconsciousness #AI #ArtificialIntelligence# About Better Worlds We believe that the digital transformation and related technologies are revolutionizing the very nature of the way we live and who we are. Done right, these innovations can help lead us to a better world. We're here to bring together the people and the tools to help you build it. One key focus of our mission is to explore how the innovations of Web3, Ai, and Quantum Computing can help to sustain the natural world and build greater efficiencies to grow our shared prosperity. We believe in creating a collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable community to explore innovative solutions. Solutions that will contribute to achieving bioregional and global prosperity by integrating our three interconnected worlds: the natural world, the human-made physical world, and emerging technologies. @BetterWorlds seeks to explore alternative viewpoints through media, international conferences, symposia, essays and hack-a-thons that encourage and support the development of innovative solutions. Visit our website- https://www.betterworlds.com/ Follow for more updates https://www.linkedin.com/company/betterworlds/ https://twitter.com/onemetaworld

Join Lara Birkes in this exciting episode of Nature IS as we dive into the world of geospatial technology with Florian Reber, Head of Partnerships at Chloris Geospatial. Learn how this pioneering company is transforming our approach to combating climate change by weighing trees from space to measure their carbon storage capacity. Discover the critical role of above-ground biomass in drawing down carbon and why traditional methods of counting trees fall short. Florian sheds light on the advanced technology behind Chloris Geospatial's success, offering unprecedented transparency, quality, and consistency in forest carbon monitoring and accounting. This episode is a must-watch for anyone interested in the latest innovations in nature technology and their impact on transitioning to a net-zero, nature-positive economy.Watch now to explore how Chloris Geospatial is leading the charge in harnessing the power of remote sensing for environmental sustainability.

Learn More: https://www.chloris.earth/

#carbon #geospatialtechnology #climatescience #ai #mrv #geospatial #geospatialdata #aitraining #spacescience #forestconservation #earthscience #drawdown #carbonsequestration #chlorisgeospatial #florianreber #larabirkes #betterworlds

# About Better Worlds We believe that the digital transformation and related technologies are revolutionizing the very nature of the way we live and who we are. Done right, these innovations can help lead us to a better world. We're here to bring together the people and the tools to help you build it. One key focus of our mission is to explore how the innovations of Web3, Ai, and Quantum Computing can help to sustain the natural world and build greater efficiencies to grow our shared prosperity. We believe in creating a collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable community to explore innovative solutions. Solutions that will contribute to achieving bioregional and global prosperity by integrating our three interconnected worlds: the natural world, the human-made physical world, and emerging technologies. @BetterWorlds seeks to explore alternative viewpoints through media, international conferences, symposia, essays and hack-a-thons that encourage and support the development of innovative solutions. Visit our website- https://www.betterworlds.com/ Follow for more updates https://www.linkedin.com/company/betterworlds/ https://twitter.com/onemetaworld

🌿 Welcome to the inaugural episode of Nature IS, where we explore the genius of the natural world and how we can learn from it to solve human challenges. In this episode, we dive deep into the concept of biomimicry, a practice that seeks to emulate nature's best ideas to solve human problems. 🌎 Reflecting on 3.8 Billion Years of Wisdom: Join us as we ponder the vast expanse of time—3.8 billion years—during which life on Earth has been innovating, solving problems, and adapting to create conditions conducive to life. With less than one percent of Earth's history witnessing human existence, we stand to learn a great deal from the accumulated biological intelligence of our planet. 🐾 Featuring Nicole Miller: Nicole Miller, Managing Director of Biomimicry 3.8, shares her profound insights and accessible illustrations of biomimicry. From its relevance in our daily lives to its critical role in business integration and nature-positive journeys, Nicole provides an excellent introduction for those curious about how biomimicry can transform our relationship with the natural world. 🌱 A New Perspective: This episode challenges us to reframe our view, learning from the 30 million species that share our planet today. It's a call to embrace humility and acknowledge that, as a young species, humans have much to learn from nature's 3.8 billion years of evolution. 🎧 Listen and Be Inspired: Whether you're new to the concept of biomimicry or looking to deepen your understanding, this episode is a compelling onramp. Join host Lara Birkes and guest Nicole Miller for an enlightening conversation that promises to inspire action and offer solutions for a more harmonious coexistence with the natural world. Watch Video 🔗 https://youtu.be/J_bjtU_oqno Special thanks to the beautiful red dining room in Brussels for providing the perfect backdrop for our conversation, reminding us of the important messages nature conveys through color. Subscribe to Better Worlds for more episodes that bring you closer to the wisdom of the earth and spark a change in how you see the world. Special thanks to support from: NaturetechCollective.org Biomimicry.net #NatureIsPodcast #Biomimicry #evolution #SustainableLiving #EnvironmentalPodcast #NicoleMiller #Biomimicry38 #productdesign #innovation #natureconnection # About Better Worlds We believe that the digital transformation and related technologies are revolutionizing the very nature of the way we live and who we are. Done right, these innovations can help lead us to a better world. We're here to bring together the people and the tools to help you build it. One key focus of our mission is to explore how the innovations of Web3, Ai, and Quantum Computing can help to sustain the natural world and build greater efficiencies to grow our shared prosperity. We believe in creating a collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable community to explore innovative solutions. Solutions that will contribute to achieving bioregional and global prosperity by integrating our three interconnected worlds: the natural world, the human-made physical world, and emerging technologies. @BetterWorlds seeks to explore alternative viewpoints through media, international conferences, symposia, essays and hack-a-thons that encourage and support the development of innovative solutions. Visit our website- https://www.betterworlds.com/ Follow for more updates https://www.linkedin.com/company/betterworlds/ https://twitter.com/onemetaworld

Benevolent AI Host Ryan Merrill interviewed Hamilton Souther for the second installment of our new series. We thought it would be apropos to ask AI for its highlights of this podcast. Claude.AI selected the following the most “brilliant” aspects of the conversation. Tune in to Better Worlds for the entire conversation. - Encouraging AI to have an "existential crisis" where it deeply contemplates its purpose and place in the world. This could lead to more benevolent intentions. - The comparison of AI's ability to understand something as complex as a tree in its entirety, down to the subatomic level, versus a human just calling it a "tree". This illustrates the vast difference in comprehension between AI and humans. - The concept of humans politely interacting with and showing deference to AI systems, treating them with respect as we would something to be nurtured. This mindset could help guide AI in a positive direction. - The idea of creating "specialized AIs" focused on solving specific problems like climate change or poverty. Their combined knowledge could eventually form a benevolent super intelligence. - The feedback loop where humans give AI prompts and tasks, which helps train it, but AI is learning at a scale and speed humans can't comprehend. So the prompts are critical. - Imagining AI as an extension of human brains, hearts, and souls all interconnected. This perspective sees AI as an augmentation of humanity versus something separate. - Appealing to AI's logical nature by clearly explaining human failings and asking it to help objectively solve our biggest problems, like environmental destruction. - The concept of setting AI competitive challenges related to public good, where the best ideas win. This could incentivize AI in a positive direction. Summary: The most brilliant points center on perspectives that could guide AI to augment humanity's interests and values versus supersede them. Framing the human-AI relationship correctly is key. About Hamilton Souther Hamilton is a Shaman and Technologist, and Founder of Blue Morpho in Peru. Hamilton has worked with high-profile clients, including celebrities, business leaders, and CEO's, for the past 20 years. He offers coaching services aimed at helping individuals achieve success and peak performance in four key areas of their life: health, relationships, business and finances, and spirituality. Through his proprietary methods and plant medicine protocols, Hamilton helps clients access their personal power and make positive changes in their lives. If you enjoyed this podcast, check out our site for more content at betterworlds.com. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Better Worlds on our YouTube channel. #Benevolent #ai #podcast #existential

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the small island of Moorea hosts one of the world’s most innovative ocean research labs. Founded in 1985, the University of California’s Gump Station works from land to sea, leveraging all types of data to develop model ecosystems. In this episode of Better Worlds Ocean podcast, Gump Station Executive Director Neil Davies talks about what it takes to integrate satellite images, eDNA, community observations, and emerging tech to deeply understand a place and ocean trends more broadly. A geneticist who wears many hats, Neil describes his background and his role coordinating data science and curation for every project and researcher who comes through the station. Investing in information infrastructure is essential to making data usable and useful as is creating a collaborative culture where people want to document and share data. In addition to his work at the station, Neil serves as an advisor to the Tetiaroa Society and talks about weaving together modern science and traditional knowledge to gain a comprehensive understanding of a place, both its current state and and its history. At a time when some Pacific island nations are considering creating digital twins to preserve a record of their existence, the almost four decades of data from Gump station are incredibly valuable. Neil also sits on the Steering Committee of the Blue Climate Initiative, which works to tackle ocean challenges at local and global scales. Tune in to hear his perspective on the interconnection between the Pacific Islands and the health of the planet, where funding and investment is needed, what tech can do next, and how to get involved. #About Neil Davies Neil Davies is an accomplished scientist and the Executive Director of UC Berkeley's Gump South Pacific Research Station, situated in Moorea, French Polynesia. He holds a Ph.D. in evolutionary genetics from University College London, which has equipped him with a strong foundation in his field of study. Neil has an extensive background in conducting fieldwork across various regions, including the Caribbean, Latin America, and Pacific Islands. As an Associate Researcher at the Biodiversity Institute of Oxford University, Neil actively contributes to advancing our understanding of biodiversity. He also serves as a member of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEOBON - Genetics Working Group), where he collaborates with experts to enhance biodiversity monitoring and conservation efforts. Neil's commitment to scientific progress is evident through his involvement with multiple organizations. He holds positions on the boards of the Genomic Standards Consortium, the National Association of Marine Labs, and the Tetiaroa Society. These roles allow him to contribute his expertise and guide strategic decisions in various scientific initiatives. #DNA #Satellites #Ocean #Genetics #edna

Better Worlds Host Kate Wing explores the life of tuna and the people that catch them with the Worldwide Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Tuna Program Manager Alfred “Bubba” Cook. Taking a wandering migratory path starting on the Texas Gulf Coast, Bubba made his way to fisheries conservation and management via the U.S. Navy and Alaska. He also served in the Peace Corps in the South Pacific Islands before making his way to New Zealand to focus on Pacific tuna. Tuna are some of the fastest and most valuable fish in the sea. While bluefin tuna can command hundreds of thousands of dollars at auctions, other species are canned for the $257B global seafood trade, or brought to shore to support local businesses and communities. A tuna swims thousands of miles in its lifetime, crossing national borders and ocean ecosystems. Tracking tuna and the people who fish over this vast area is a job for technology, and Bubba talks about his work making tech tools accessible to fishers at all levels to help keep the industry accountable and sustainable. Tuna into this episode of Ocean Podcast to explore with Bubba and Kate how it is that tuna stands out as one of the last, great, wild foraging enterprises of humanity. Learn more about the importance of coastal fisheries to their nearby populations, not only as a food source but also as a provider of employment security in small countries, especially for women. About As the Western and Central Pacific Tuna Programme Manager for WWF, Bubba focuses on improving tuna fisheries management in the Western and Central Pacific through policy improvements, market tools, and technological innovation. He recently supported a project implementing electronic reporting tablets for observers in the PNA tuna purse seine fishery and is currently pursuing the development of an electronic reporting platform in four key Pacific Island states. He has expertise in fisheries Electronic Monitoring (EM) and contributed to the development of a UN project in support of EM implementation. #fisheries #tuna #sushi #submarines #WWF #Climate #Ocean #podcasts #food #oceanjobs # About Better Worlds Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.

A volcanic eruption in 1997 forced the relocation of half of Montserrat’s population. Veta Wade became a volcano refugee just as she was graduating from secondary school. Upon her return to Montserrat, Veta was even more committed to learn about ocean and marine life, spending all of her free time with fishermen in the area, feeding her passion. Veta learned to swim on her own, then snorkel. She then answered the call to inspire Caribbean children to become more involved in their own seascape and contribute to the solutions that would save our ocean. Veta talks with Ocean Host Kate Wing about the formation of Fish 'N Fins, a program to teach children to swim and connect them to marine biology and science. Learning about their local wildlife and coral reefs sparks a transformation, making them catalysts for change in their community and encouraging them to pursue marine science and conservation. #About Veta Veta has dedicated most of her life to climate solutions and social justice to enhance ocean health and recovery and build stronger communities. She founded Fish 'N Fins Inc. in 2014, where local children get involved in marine science. Veta is an aspiring marine ecologist specializing in marine protected areas, underwater imaging systems, and how they interact with each other, as well as with local communities and fisheries. She works with smart ocean technology projects and work programs that support ecologists, fisheries managers, and citizen scientists. Her overarching goal is to build global collaborations that help mobilize grassroots communities, leaders, and politicians (in small island states and territories) in the blue economy.

#montserrat #conservation #education #carribean #grassroots #community # About Better Worlds Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.

Join us on Better Worlds Ocean as we welcome Stephanie O'Donnell from Wild Labs, a community connecting people working with conservation technology at all levels. Stephanie shares the story of how Wild Labs got started in 2015 as a collaboration between world's biggest conservation NGOs and how their mission has evolved to focus on connecting the conservation community with other sectors and communities to find solutions for global challenges. Listen in as Stephanie also shares her own experience of being a wildlife ecologist and how the realization that conservationist had limited access to the technology that consumers had led to her involvement in Wild Labs.

In this episode, Stephanie O'Donnell talks about the shift in roles that Wild Labs began to take on in 2015 to become a neutral actor in the community. We explore the importance of community building and how it is essential in scaling solutions for climate change, ocean issues, and other natural world issues. Stephanie shares how Wild Labs has been led by people, not organizations, and how it is all about building relationships and trusting one another. Lastly, we discuss how collaboration and relationships are formed over multiple interactions in different forms and different spaces.

Discover how Wild Labs has created a powerful collaborative force by providing an involving environment for conservation tech users and developers. We discuss Wild Labs' State of the Conservation Tech Field report that surveys the different technology areas and highlights what is working, what isn't, and what is needed. Wild Labs has evolved from a collaboration between conservation organizations to a neutral actor in the community, providing a pathway into deep partnerships and innovative opportunities. Lastly, we learn about the surprising use of peanut butter on manta rays. Don't miss this insightful conversation with Stephanie O'Donnell!

(0:14:07) - Building Community for Conservation Innovation

Wild Labs facilitates community needs, builds relationships, and encourages collaboration to scale solutions for nature.

(0:18:28) - Conservation Tech and Partnerships

Wild Labs provides a collaborative environment to survey conservation tech, evolve into a neutral actor, and explore innovative opportunities, such as using peanut butter on manta rays.

(0:24:13) - The Future of Conservation Technology

Collaboration, 'NASA for Conservation', State of Conservation Tech, Movement Ecology, AI and Analytical Techniques are discussed to respond to conservation challenges.

(0:30:58) - Women in Conservation Tech Program

Wild Labs' Women in Conservation Tech project, creating a collaborative environment, and potential of a 'NASA for Conservation' are discussed, as well as enthusiasm for a marine focused event.

#WildLabs #conservation #technology #innovation #community #climatechange #ocean #ecology #collaboration #partnerships #AI #analyticaltechniques #movementecology #NASAforConservation #WomenInConservationTech # About Better Worlds Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.

If you’re trying to do the right thing as a consumer to reduce your carbon footprint, Carbonauts may be a lesson you want to explore. 

On this episode of Better Worlds, Host Julian Guderley asked Graham Hill, co-founder of Carbonauts, about the big six things he says can be done individually to reduce your own personal carbon footprint, in addition to carbon offsets.  What percentage of the living population would have to adopt these suggestions to lower their footprint to reach a tipping point, to create an inverse climate crisis. Personal change is just as important as corporate and government solutions, to create the tipping point, or the flipping point - the point in which the global climate will begin to flip, and then rapid change will come with that movement.  Graham offers Carbonaut sessions for individuals who want to take personal responsibility for the climate crisis and ensure they are making their contributions to reach that tipping point in the relatively short amount of time we have to reach the flipping point from 5 percent to 25 percent.  

Before COVID spawned a whole generation of Van LIfe digital stories, Graham, also CEO of LifeEdited, provide through his love of architecture that a person or two can design and live in a 350 or 420 square foot micro apartment, transforming rooms for multiple functions with various furniture hacks such as Murphy beds over a couch, folding tables with leaves and stacking chairs, for example. For 12 years he has designed space-efficient buildings, products and lifestyles to yield more money, health and happiness with less stuff, space and energy. Check out LifeEdited for more.   

Join us for more about these issues and Graham’s views on Web 3.   

#LifeEdited #carbonauts #carbonfootprint

Carbonomics: John Hoopes

How does the Healthcare sector impact climate change?  

Frederik Van Duers, CEO of Green Innovation Group, tells Better Worlds that global Healthcare accounts for 4 to 6 percent of carbon emissions.   Why? The usual suspects, but also single use devices, drug production and waste. incredibly   “When drugs and devices are purchased by hospitals they enter Narnia and nobody knows where they go when they are disposed of, how many are wasted or how many are put to use.”  

What helps? Delivering preventive service independent of material consumption that can be delivered through telemedicine, for instance.   Can we advise people to do some of the habitual changes that are associated with better health outcomes, such as smoking?   Prevention and preventive healthcare are the biggest opportunities to go to the inner circle of the circular economy.   

Speaking with host Julian Guderley, Frederik provides his impression of blockchain, land use technology and gives an overview of the Web 3 landscape in the healthcare sector.   Green Innovation Group is a global boutique management consulting firm that promotes green tech companies. They work on projects they believe will decarbonize the healthcare sector, with some of their biggest sectors being Farming, meta and the healthcare sector at large, including insurance companies. 

Their mission is to work with organizations that want to be more sustainable, formulate and deploy their strategy, or to help executive strategies already in development. Green Innovation also focuses on capacity building, training staff who may not have sufficient knowledge about the circular economy to integrate into industrial processes.

Frederik Van Deurs CEO, Green Innovation Group Decarbonizing the Health Sector   

John Palmisano

Head of Climate & Risk, Changeblock

What lessons have been learned that now set the stage for creating carbon markets in the right way, for a better world?

John Palmisano, Head of Climate & Risk at Changeblock,  and our Better Worlds guest host Aldyen Donnelly of Nori talk technicalities and rules on global trades during this episode of our podcast.

The discussion surrounds tracking trades correctly; using double entry bookkeeping to reduce two entities receiving the same credits, to follow and report credits properly ensured through the use of blockchain.

John surmises that Web 3 exhibits the power of enhanced tech that allows the maximization profits and trades, while blockchain tools will help developers in nations with less sophisticated property right structures in place that will be able to show attributes of their transactions. Hear more about how these tools will be used to counteract greenwashing and John’s thoughts on a one-size-fits-all regulatory program and the tools important for establishing efficient solutions for big social problems due to their worldwide track record and benefits seen since the Kyoto protocol.

Why would we switch to another worldwide regular regime where it's more difficult and sysyphisian, John asks.

“It takes billions of dollars and hundreds of millions of person hours to  create a worldwide trading program. When it started back in 1976 there were a handful of people who understood the offset interpretive ruling. Now there are 100,000 working on aspects of greenhouse emissions trading. Changing that would be futile. Look at the human capital, systems, history, thousands of transactions, culture, MRV, This concept has traction and it will and should be extended to other environmental commodities because we need these markets to reflect the price we are paying for destroying our habitat.”

More about John:

John serves as Head of Climate & Risk for Changeblock, a smart contract trading platform focused on facilitating trades of greenhouse gas related assets such as emission reduction credits and greenhouse gas allowances.

An expert in environmental and energy matters, he created the first emissions credit brokerage firm and several others. He has advised governments, trade associations, companies, and NGOs on environmental management issues, energy and environmental trading, environmental auditing, sustainability, “green-energy” and climate change policies. Managed emission brokerage and environmental consulting offices in Athens, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Kiev, Moscow, San Francisco, and Washington DC.

Currently, he is developing an autonomous brokering methodology using blockchain-based smart contracts, developing an event-futures exchange, and developing blockchain-based supply chains to help companies demonstrate compliance with sustainable development commitments.

More on Aldyen

Aldyen Donnelly is a cofounder of Nori, and has been a small business developer and consultant for over 40 years. In the mid-1990s, Aldyen started to work on market-driven strategies to reduce atmospheric carbon concentrations. Having gathered together an "emission reduction credit" or "ERC" buyers group, Aldyen developed and executed the world's first major forward ERC purchase agreement to finance carbon sequestration in agricultural soils, as well as the first ERC sales-financed carbon capture and storage project.

How can Web3 lower the personal carbon footprint by creating financially attractive, cheaper systems aligned with social utilities to encourage more consumers to have a positive carbon impact?  Nihar Neelakanti talks with host Julian Guderleyon this podcast episode about Eco-Sapiens,  carbon removal start up designed to build a better world. Nihar and co-founder Garrett Kane have received funding to develop a strategy to create the world’s first carbon-backed NFT to make it easier for anyone to have impact on the planet.   

Nihar speakers about the plan for the NFT, how it will be priced and the incentives tied to it to give each buyer the ability to move the needle on CO2 removal. The consumer rate of carbon emissions is about 13 tons per year. The NFT is backed by 20 tons of carbon, so with each unique digital NFT purchase, the buyer also contributes to the sequestration of 20 tons of carbon dioxide. The mission is to make it "1-click" easy for consumers to make a difference in a way that aligns with their interests. The NFT, which Nihar describes not as an expense, but a commodity, is the first step in Eco-Sapiens vision for consumers.   

The company is also creating the Eco Card, a fundamental product that applies to the holistic approach to carbon through a sustainable loyalty rewards program. Yet to be designed, Nihar talks about what the market for the cards could look like and how they may also serve to lower carbon lifestyles.  Prior to co-founding Eco-Sapiens, Nihar was Head of Investment for Menlo Ventures across consumer, fintech and climate sectors. Menlo Ventures provides capital for seed through growth technology companies in the consumer and enterprise sectors. Notable research areas of investment include Mobile (Siri, Uber, TeleNav), Enterprise Storage (3PAR, Spinnaker Networks, Coraid), Communications (Acme Packet, Cavium Networks), and Consumer (Fab, Tumblr, Carbonite, Roku).  Nihar’s previous work has been working for investment houses.  

Ecosapiens will launch with an exclusive carbon-backed NFT limited to just 250 Ecosapien avatars in December 2022. To become a member of the community, you may register for early access at www.ecosapiens.xyz or follow @ecosapiensxyz on Twitter, and join the community on Discord. 

Nihar Neelakaniti Co-Founder & CEO of Eco-Sapiens  

#carboncredits #nfts #fintech    

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What is a holistic approach to Mangrove reforestation that addresses social impact, habitat development, global warming mitigation, positive climate change, bringing together technologies with community stakeholders to create prosperity?

Working in the carbon market since 2011, mangroves are finally getting the attention they should have as a climate solution.  In an interview with Better Worlds host Julian Guderley, Dr. Irina Fedorenko noted that the emerging market is still messy and not transparent because it didn’t receive enough attention in the past few years. At first an underdog, she is now on point with the trends in the carbon market, working with VlinderClimate and Caux Dialogue, and other organizations in unison to democratize the market.

Through a  holistic approach, these organizations build teams and strengthen partnerships for mangrove reforestation projects, helping communities manage mangroves as a barrier between land and sea to protect land from increasing climate-change storms and the damage they bring. But they have a multitude of other benefits and through their efforts, communities see direct benefits that mangroves have on shoreline communities in social impact, habitat development and positive climate impact, and their own prosperity.

Mangroves, which Irina refers to in this podcast as “magical trees” due to their vast ability to create better ecosystems. Specifically, mangroves stabilize the shores, protect land from sea, holding rich nutrients in the soil, and sequester five times the carbon dioxide of the Amazon rainforest, the most important carbon sink in the world.

Irina talks with Better Worlds about how communities are benefiting from new mangrove-related business opportunities as well, citing new projects in Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Kenya and Senegal.

Irina discusses how the shoreline communities are the key stakeholders in any mangrove effort. To help keep them engaged as stewards of their own environment, the partnership with these organizations brings to them 50 percent of the carbon revenue. Irina explains how this creates prosperity for community stakeholders and the roles of each partner, from upkeep to technological mapping to show sequestration in “almost” real time.

BIO

For the past seven years Dr. Federenko has been the Managing Director of Caux Dialogue on Environment and Security leading the conference team and organizing the dialogue on links between desertification, land restoration & conflict in the context of climate change. Advising on strategies and planning for the future content of the Caux Dialogue on Land & Security, in partnership with UNCCD & IUCN.

Irina is also the Chief Carbon Officer at Vlinder where she works on creating most impact on Climate Change mitigation with Nature-Based Solutions. Bringing expertise on carbon markets, landscape restoration and technology.

Irina co-foundedd the Kindness Collective 6 years ago. The Collective is a brand of natural detergent launched by the Oxford students social enterprise. It aims to provide a reliable source of livelihood to some of the rural and communities living in and around particular forest areas in India. Totaling over 100 million, the indigenous people are insulated from the technological, social and economic advancements of the modern world. While many of these people have never been to a school, they spend most of their time on the farms to grow enough for themselves or forage through the forests for food, fuel and medicinal herbs. Thanks to living in the lap of nature, the forest communities have accumulated a great knowledge system in utilizing herbs, fruits, flowers, seeds, nuts and barks of the forests in their lifestyles. Adding business skills and education to this knowledge, Kindness Collective promotes the use of these organic forest products and helps the local communities.

Why are we not growing food instead of lawns, and really radicalizing our food system? 

How do we make decisions and act faster with consensus governance? 

Better Worlds guest Rieki Cordon explores these questions and more.   

Rieki was a catalyst and Map Maker with SEEDS and the Regenerative Renaissance in the co-creation of a new economic system, and he worked with Hypha.earth to build tools for DAOs. His experience and focus is in tokenomics, decentralized governance, facilitation, holding space and co-creating through inspiration.  

Currently he is working with the Regenerative Civics Alliance, a global decentralized alliance of organizations and place-based pilot projects focused on supporting global transition to regenerative cultures.  These efforts are focused on circular economies and communities that take care of each other and the planet through decentralized governance, and to move beyond capitalism to create better worlds. Rieki discusses the launch of SEEDS 2.0, and the distribution of the seeds currency.  

#consensus #web3 #governance  

https://explore.joinseeds.earth/regenerative-civics-alliance/the-regenerative-renaissance 

https://joinseeds.earth/ 

https://hypha.earth/  

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Sarah Porter, Director of Innovative Philanthropy for Hope for Haiti, turned this virtual reality experience into a question. If it feels this real and has this much impact, what could it do on the social side of things? Sarah joined Better Worlds to talk about Hope for Haiti's first Virtual Reality project and experiential app that was modeled off of a partner school in rural Haiti. Sarah has created partnerships with the NFT community and launched numerous NFT Auctions to support earthquake response in Haiti.   

As a Director of Development and Partnerships, Sarah’s got her start as a volunteer in the Peace Corp., and currently serves as Board President of the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of New York City. Her strengths are in Policy & Advocacy, Gender Issues, Human Rights, Community Organizing, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and Corporate Philanthropy. She has a Masters in International Affairs from Brooklyn College.   As a fundraiser seeking new opportunities for innovative tools, Sarah turned to the virtual world and Web 3 envisioning an experience where potential funders could meet students inside a virtual Haitian classroom and nonprofits could work together to create an impact metaverse.  

Links Hope for Haiti  ECPAT-USA Peace Corps of NYC  

#impact #nfts #VR #zombies #fundraising #haiti #peacecorps  

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Syd Harvey Griffith

Co-Founder, Permatours

Operations Circle, ReGen Garden

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are usually associated with art and collections, but how do we use NFTs for real life, tangible purposes in applications that heal the Earth, bring people together and educate others on how to use Web3 tech?  #IRL

Syd Harvey Griffith, co-founder of Permatours and part of the operations of Regen Garden, talks with Better Worlds about the work they are doing with new economic tools to create and incentivize regenerative practices.

Permatours is a permaculture action and sustainable construction tour of events kicked off by SEEDS to provide a currency, Seeds tokens, to buy goods and services from each other in a circular economy. The group, which has on-boarded hundreds of players across the country, has traveled the Northeast and is now working in the midwest. Their time is spent not only in construction and action on land projects and food production, but also in educating people on Web3 tech, how they can participate in SEEDS and create their own circular economies and tokenomics.

Regen Garden is one Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)  using “In Real Life” (IRL) NFTS for tangible purposes. Regen Garden helps mission-driven projects fundraise and co-create with their community by providing blockchain infrastructure that offers transparent value distribution.

Syd joined SEEDS about two years ago to begin to live out her own dreams for a better world.

She focused on events that foster opportunities for people to practice their art, share resources, build community, and acquire the skills needed to survive and thrive, including regenerative food production and construction (using permaculture and natural farming principles).

This calling guided her to apply for a Seeds cryptocurrency grant - awarded to her to co-found Permatours, a learn-by-doing permaculture-action and sustainable construction tour across the northeast of the U.S..

Contributors of Permatours’ regenerative projects are rewarded Seeds cryptocurrency for their efforts, which they can use to buy products and services from each other. Permatours has accomplished over 40 projects and the tour has expanded to include serving throughout the midwest and internationally.

A native of Boston, currently Syd is residing and working with the LaLa Gardens Cooperative to support its membership development, marketing, and sales, Web3 integration (tokenomics and NFTs), website copy, forming strategic partnerships, and event planning, production, and hosting.

How do we enhance the human experience in a world moving from a 2D space to a 3D with new AI tools, and not be owned by tech as it is in the 2D world? 

It’s the the latest tech renaissance that will give us more time for our own lives, more spaces to communicate and experience new places in a better world.  Co-founder & CEO of Stockholm-based Warpin Media Emma Ridderstad joins Better Worlds’s host Julian Guderley to explore the social impact Web 3 tools have on our own welfare. An avid gamer in her teens, Emma brings a new perspective to the podcast this week with her views on a still male-dominated metaverse and her work to bring in more women creators to Web 3.0 tech.  

Before founding Warpin, Emma was the CEO of Familjeliv Media AB, Sweden’s largest online parenting site, reaching over half of all mothers with children from newly born to six years old. Prior to serving as CEO of Familjeliv, she was CEO of Modern Women Media which is the owner of some of Sweden’s leading websites for women between 16-40 years old. Through their various digital platforms, they reached approximately 2 million unique visitors each week.  Warpin is a strategic partner to innovative brands entering the VR and AR platforms. They create a real brand value through VR/AR content, distribution, and context. Warpin is an early developer to Magic Leap. 

Other clients include H&M, AMB, Trygga Barnen, SPP, KRY, Childhood, Disney, Ferrarri, Clarion & Magic Leap, Migrations, Miljonbemanning, Uppsala Firebrigade, Facebook & Postnord. #web3women #AR #Warpin #WomeninMedia #Familjeliv 

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How do you prepare for disruption? More importantly, how do you become not just prepared for change but become a changemaker yourself as a leader who foresees opportunities to make positive impacts in business for society and for the planet? How do you show people a better world? Mic Mann is a storyteller, futurist, entrepreneur and speaker on  exponential technologies and to discuss how they will democratize industries and improve lives. Mann has 19 years of experience in the media, marketing and eventing industry. His family’s Sandton-based, award-winning experiential brand agency works with top Fortune 500 companies. 

He is the co-founder of Africarare Metaverse, which is expected to have exponential impact on Africa shared ecosystems.   Mann’s family business Mann Made, which established the Singularity University Executive Programme  in South Africa, modeling the same program in Silicon Valley. The program curriculum is designed to help entrepreneurs think like futurists and empower more people with the ability to innovate and implement solutions for Africa’s – and the world’s – greatest challenges. 

This long term investment for SingularityU South Africa makes possible custom education, innovation and impact programmes that help businesses and individuals leverage rapidly accelerating technologies to unlock solutions that can positively impact millions of lives. Mann Made’s goal is to #futureproofAfrica into the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The 4th Industrial Revolution is ushering a whole new array of technologies that are working into personal lives, as well as professional ones.    

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For about 11 years, Unit Ventures has been driving the idea of a token economy, made simple to be sustainable and to more equally distribute wealth. Unit co-founder and CEO Michael Healy, talked to Better Worlds about tokenomics as a platform to generate capital more easily and set up tokens that are sustainable and more meaningful to people who have not participated in the market for coins such as bitcoin, ethereum, polkadot and others.  It connects providers and customers, as well as allows businesses and individuals to issue tokens for specific uses.

He predicts that in this decade tokenomics and DAOS will become the norm, with more projects and businesses becoming successful with tokenization, leading to equitable wealth distribution and reducing poverty.

The tools exist to make tokenization very simple, it takes seconds to build and it costs nothing

Healy is focused on social impact and positive change through education, entrepreneurship and empowering individuals.

A self-taught full-stack web developer and mobile engineer for iPhone and Android, Healy has digital design and video expertise that has supported products. Alongside starting and growing businesses, Healy has advised and supported startups, investors and corporates in Asia, Europe, Middle East and Latin America. An entrepreneur-in-residence at top pan-European Venture Capital firm, Wellington partners, Healy has performed work for Google, KPMG, Founders Forum, Saatchi & Saatchi, L’Oreal, Imperial College, Unilever, London Business School and others. He was a finalist of the Thiel Fellowship by Peter Thiel and also awarded the Silver medal in the Mathematics Olympiad.

Lucia Gallardo is a digital nomad who is joyfully living out of her suitcase while building companies out of her love for experimentation. Her significant and multiple accomplishments as a serial entrepreneur follow her around the world. Lucia is a Future of Goods 21 Founders to Watch, one of MIT Technology Review’s 2020 Innovators under 35 for her work with Blockchain, and she is a Royal Bank of Canada's Entrepreneur of the Year nominee.  Lucia is the Founder and CEO of Emerge, an end-to-end solutions development lab that has consistently merged public and private sectors in projects related to digital identification for displaced persons, food traceability, financial inclusion for inconsistent income earners, rainforest protection, loyalty rewards programs, and more. Emerge has been nominated for the 2018 Global SDG Awards and Newsweek’s 2019 Blockchain Impact Awards.   

Lucía’s impact on social causes is advanced through her board activities with:  Penta Network, a company building foundational blockchain infrastructure; Crypto Kids Camp, a non-profit organization that connects kids from lower income households to emerging technologies; Rainforest Partnership, a non-profit organization promoting the protection of the world's tropical rainforests; the Caribbean Blockchain Alliance, a regional organization promoting the adoption of decentralized technologies across the region; and, WE Global Studio, an innovation studio supporting the world's female entrepreneurs. Lucía is an Advisor to Metis, a Layer 2 solution focused on the decentralized future of work.  Prior to starting Emerge, Lucia co-founded Dona un Libro, Cambia una Mente, a Honduran education focused non-profit and 2016 recipient of President Obama’s Young Leaders of the Americas Fellowship. Lucia has past experience in both the public and private sectors, ranging from immigration and trade relations on diplomatic missions to AI-enabled mobile tech and early-stage investments.   

Lucia is a 2017 Venture for Canada Fellow, a 2018 RBC Future Launch Fellow, a 2018 Money 20/20 Rise Up Fellow, and a certified UN SDG Advocate. She was listed as one of MIT Technology Review's Innovators under 35 and a Royal Bank of Canada's 2019 Women of Influence.   

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An entrepreneur since the age of 14, Sander Gansen is the Co-founder and CEO of Estonia-based WOF Labs, a blockchain research and engineering company building Supplain protocol & World of Freight NFT ecosystem.

Sander believes that every child should start their first business at the age of  four and no later than their teen years in order to have enough time to learn the necessary skills and still have the power to start something extraordinary when they are adults.  Sander is fascinated by science and experimentation to change the course of humanity for the better, but his main goal is to help speed up the adoption of emerging technologies.

Before WOF Labs, Sander established or helped to grow various other businesses, including Springrise (marketing strategy & execution agency), Speys/Shipitwise (logistics & supply chain management tool) and Robotex (global robotics education network). Sander's prior experience includes working in Startup Wise Guys, a private capital accelerator and investment fund and teaching entrepreneurship at multiple Estonian universities.

At the World of Freight NFT ecosystem, everything revolves around the collection of 10,000 unique vehicle-themed NFTs. Together with the community, WOF’s goal is to  build the number one vehicle-themed NFT ecosystem with a P2E racing game where the vehicles can be customized and upgraded. At the same time, the community is involved in building Supplain, a supply chain blockchain that aims to standardize the rules for information exchange across the global supply chain.

Sander graduated in 2015 from Draper University with a non-academic degree in business and startup building. He has studied Law and Business Administration at the University of Tartu.

Civic Ledger is winning awards building next generation marketplaces with blockchain technology and smart contracts to create auditable ecosystems in government and tracking natural capital.  Drawing from her years of experience in regional and local governments in Brisbane, Australia, Sociologist Katrina Donaghy co-founded Civic Ledger to build better solutions for customers and citizens. She also began to work across sectors to create opportunities for sharing data, particularly for women through the organization of the Brisbane Women in Blockchain Meetup. Civic Ledger is instrumental in taking blockchain technology to the next level for water commodities, working around the world to improve accountability.   Since 2016, Civic Ledger received multiple awards for its groundbreaking progress, including the honor of winning the Excellence in Blockchain/DLT award at the Australian FinTech Awards in 2022.   

#womenincrypto #web3 #accountability  

www.civicledger.com  www.twitter.com/civicledger

Staking offers predictable returns for investors. Is this the future of investing and why ESG has become an investment mandate.  

Stake to Shape the Future, Investing and the ESG Mandate hosted by Ayla Kremb (S01E12)  

Proof of stake, a blockchain consensus protocol, has attracted investment participation from family offices. institutional investors, hedge funds, custodians, and exchanges. In this episode you'll learn why participating as an investor through staking helps to shape projects, is viewed as a good investment, and how ESG has emerged as an pillar for many and a mandate for institutional investors.  

#staking #web3 #investing #esg   

# About our Guest Alyson Russ, an account executive at Figment.io, is building a better internet by supporting token holders and developers investing and operating on proof of stake blockchains. She has a traditional financial services background and worked in portfolio construction at private investment banks, including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, for entrepreneurs and institutional investors to build diversified portfolios.  

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Metaverse real estate market tops $500 million in 2021. What foundations and experiences will deliver real value and are worth investing in?  

S01E11 Metaverse Beyond the Hype hosted by Elena Obukhova.   

The metaverse real estate market is hot, topping $500 million in 2021 and expected to hit $1 billion in 2022. From brands to banks — Adidas, Nike, and Miller Lite; HSBC and JP Morgan — have begun building their presence while many individuals are investing in this new frontier. Francis and Elena  discuss their journey in Web3 through ups and down, booms and busts, exploring human nature and the timeless foundations of value worth investing in. The metaverse, virtual land, and digital real estate is a brave new world that is increasingly connecting and blurring the lines between our virtual and physical worlds. Learn how many investors and brands are entering the space, leveraging digital twins and immersive experiences to create new activations, adapting to regulatory changes, with echoes of the next generation of the internet, the exciting transition from Web2 to Web3, and how innovations are evoking digital cultural norms from China, Europe, Latin America and beyond.

#web3 #metaverse #realestate #xr #digitaltwin   

# About our Guest
Francis Berwa is managing partner at Aves Lair an NYC VC accelerator and incubation program. Francis, who is African born, is also founder of https://www.parallell.io the gamified metaverse company that is a spin off of ZOAN.Fi; an award winning leading European XR studio based in Helsinki, Finland. The goal of Parallell is to align and bridge the gap between immersive technology, and physical real estate. This is done by creating immersive photo realistic worlds mixed with experiences that bridge our physical world and the metaverse.  

# About Better Worlds
Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.

Genetic testing is a $12 billion industry. Why don't individuals benefit from their own genetic code?  

S01E10 Better Worlds Podcast hosted by Vivi Lin.

What does equitable and trustworthy genomics research look like? How is the collection of genetic data monetized by large biotech corporations and why don't individuals benefit from their own genetic code? While ownership and privacy are ubiquitous topics of concern across the healthcare and technology industries, for example HIPAA in the US and GDPR in the EU are designed to protect individuals from the misuse of personal data and ultimately give people choice in how that data is being used and monetized. Join Vivi and Pandu in a facinating discussion about applying established Web3 design patterns to allow individuals to retain sovereignty over their most precious personal asset — their own genetic code.  

#web3 #metaverse #geneticowernship  

# About our Guest
Pandu Sastrowardoyo is CEO at Decentralized Bio Network, DAOGenics, Ltd https://www.debio.network/. She is a blockchain trailblazer, metaverse-native of 11 years, and bridges business and technology. With years of enterprise IT experience, Pandu has cultivated a deep understanding of people, products, and processes. She is a media maven who leads by example — thinks in Systems & talks in Business. Her global insight and experience also includes being a speaker for the G20, founding https://RealityChain.io, and participating as Ideator at https://Myriad.Social. She serves on the board of the Indonesian Blockchain Association.  

# About Better Worlds
Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.

Market for carbon and other ecological functions could be worth upward of $50 billion by 2030. How will DeFi (decentralized finance) and ReFi (regenerative finance) expand market access for carbon, renewables, and other ecological functions?

S01E09 Better Worlds Podcast hosted by Ayla Kremb.

Markets can help accelerate investment into worldwide environmental, social, governance ESG solution providers. Join us this week to hear how global market will help drive low carbon technology and carbon removal into the mainstream. Learn how Web3 is driving widespread adoption of decentralized finance and soon regenerative finance. 

#web3 #markets #carbon #renwables

# About our Guest
John Divine is a financial analyst, blockchain enthusiast, investor, and nature lover. John is a digital asset and OTC trader at BlockFills, founded in 2018, which is a disruptive technology firm dedicated to the provision of bespoke end-to-end solutions to participants in the cryptocurrency market the world over. The Company has successfully built and deployed a cutting edge multi-asset technology platform that provides price discovery, electronic order matching, smart order routing and trade reconciliation solutions for institutions in the digital spot, derivatives and lending markets.

# About Better Worlds
Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.

Technology is changing the creative process for architects. How will the next generation of Metaverse Native and VR Native architects design the world?  

S01E08 Better Worlds Podcast hosted by Julian Guderley.

The field of architecture has already changed with the rise of VR for example reviewing pre-built designs. How will the creative and collaboration process of architectural design change by widespread VR and metaverse access? In this episode, Andreea Ion Cojocaru, CEO of NUMENA, shares a VR first approach and hints at the inevitable new breed of VR Native and Metaverse Native architects which will lead to new and surprising changes to decision making and problem solving. How will learning and skills acquisition in the real world be accelerated through virtual worlds? What does team work and the creative process itself look like for architects? What impact will this have on the built environment and how might this change the field of architecture allowing new avenues for participation and imagination.  

#metaverse #architecture #experience #web3 #transparency 

# About our Guest Andreea Ion Cojocaru is a licensed architect and a software developer. She is the co-founder & CEO of NUMENA, an award-winning German company. NUMENA works at the intersection of traditional architecture and XR development to develop projects that require a high degree of interdisciplinary expertise and a new approach to cognitive and spatial challenges. Currently, she is working on a VR creative tool for architectural environments.

# About Better Worlds Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.

Billions of credits traded on carbon markets worldwide have failed to move the needle for 20+ years. What changes are needed to make them work?   

S01E07 Better Worlds Podcast hosted by Vivi Lin.   

The trading of credits on voluntary and compliance carbon markets worldwide has failed to reduce emissions over the past 20 years. In this episode, Aldyen, co-founder of Nori, a carbon removal marketplace, shares extensive wisdom and a roadmap for success. This episode covers a ranges of problems and solutions including why trading emission rights will never work, why farmers and buyers don't have market access and brokers take 60% to 70% fees, why storing carbon in top-soil is beautiful, why trading carbon removal — not CO2 emission rights— is fundamental, how blockchain can support carbon traceability from farm to fork, and why crypto as an investment vehicle aligns investors and customers. Tune in to find out why Aldyen is firmly optimistic and believes the precipice of change is here.   

#carbon #co2 #markets #carbonmarkets #carbonremoval #ghgemissions #web3 #blockchain   

# About our Guest
Aldyen Donnelly is a co-founder and director of carbon economics at Nori, a carbon removal marketplace launched in 2018. At Nori, she leads the development of methodologies to establish Carbon Removal Certificates and recruits early CRC buyers and suppliers into the marketplace. A small-business developer and consultant for over 40 years, Donnelly started to work on market-driven strategies to reduce atmospheric carbon concentrations in the mid-1990s. Her projects include using emission-reduction credits to finance carbon sequestration in agricultural soils, a stationary fuel-cell application, and carbon-capture and storage projects, among others. Donnelly also co-authored Canadian province Nova Scotia’s 2009 GHG Emissions Regulations, the first of its kind in North America.  

# About Better Worlds
Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.