EVA - Blueprints for a Better World

Check out this presentation on fintech trends to watch that seems to have been put together at the end of 2018: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joyofvancouver_cb-insights-fintech-trends-activity-6545783217578917888-Mq_a I bring it up because I'd love to see how things have played out over the past tw...

I'm always on the lookout for well-made explainer videos that I can send friends and family to build awareness on important topics. Obviously, all of the UN's sustainable development goals fall in that category. But I think this goal (Life on Land) is one of the most difficult to get across. It's ea...

As we all know, the climate crisis has presented one of the biggest challenges to marine life in the history of the world. As the oceans warm, ecosystems are disrupted, species are forced to adapt faster than they can, and chaos reigns. And unfortunately, as the waters go, so goes the world. In othe...

Last month, Bill Gates delivered the McDougall Memorial Lecture and talked about the importance of addressing the climate crisis through agricultural technology/reform. He noted several innovations that have already made an impact, including the creation of "the International Fund for Agricultu...

Looks like they've just put out a report on the progress we're making in our pursuit of worldwide safe drinking water and sanitation. Unfortunately, we're not making progress quickly enough to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals set in 2015. Acccording to the latest date, we'll need to see s...

It's funny you mention this. I had never considered how blockchain technology might impact gender equality issues. Then, a year ago someone forwarded this article to me: https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2018/2/news-event-blockchain-technology-and-humanitarian-action Apparently, UN Women held ...

Has anyone else seen this Kickstarter for an AI-empowered education program called Sidekicks? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crazies/sidekicksai Their goal is to create a holographic AI system that can be used in a number of different ways, including educational applications. They've talked ab...

Last year, the UN said that COVID is the world's greatest health threat. And while those of us in the US have seen things improve, many parts of the world are still suffering greatly. And what's more, variants are gradually emerging that remind us of COVID's longer term effects. People have been tal...

Yesterday, Wired put out an article on a discovery made by scientists at the John Innes Research Center in Norwich, England. You can read it for yourself here: https://www.wired.com/story/mystery-solved-how-plant-cells-know-when-to-stop-growing/ The authors of the Wired article summarize it this way...

I've seen similar articles over the past year or so. This one from the Emerging Tech Brew caught my eye because of the case study mentioned. An immigrant from Mexico was charged $10 for every $200 sent through traditional services like Western Union. Bitso, a Mexican crypto company, only charged $1 ...