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[http://www.earthtreasury.org/ Earth Treasury] (currently redirects back here) has no corporate connection with OLPC, the maker of the $100 Laptop, or with Sugar Labs. Sugar Labs just lets us use their Wiki.--[[User:Mokurai|Mokurai]] 02:51, 3 June 2007 (EDT) |
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==Vision== |
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The end of poverty through communication and sustainable commerce |
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==[[Earth Treasury Mission|Mission]]== |
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* Link [[Linking Schools|schools]] around the world |
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* Teach children to do [[International business|business]] together. |
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* Teach the genuine [[Economics of XO|free market]], not the nonsense in which corporations get to go freely into any country, but people don't. |
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* [[Telemedicine]] |
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* [[Demonstrations|Demonstrate]] the XO to anybody who should get involved with OLPC. |
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* Anyone can participate. We have [[101 Things To Do]]. |
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* Fill in gaps in the OLPC mission. |
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==Who we are== |
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*Edward [[User:Mokurai|Mokurai]] Cherlin, Founder, Earth Treasury |
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*Mark Roest, OneVillage Foundation |
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*David Alan Foster, DesignFluence |
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==[[Earth Treasury Volunteers|Volunteers]]== |
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What we need, where you can sign up. |
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==What is '''not''' in the OLPC mission?== |
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OLPC has decided to focus its attention on the education mission, including [[Constructionism]], and on creating and delivering the laptop hardware and software to support that mission. This includes some parts of [[Rethinking textbooks]], and possibly [[Curriculum development]]. Other issues are out of scope, and are being left to governments and to other organizations to address. |
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[[Earth Treasury]] has decided to tackle all of the remaining issues, either in its own programs, starting with connecting schools and teaching business, or by partnering with others. |
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* [[Electricity]] for schools in remote villages |
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* [[Internet access]] for schools in remote villages |
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* [[Communication between schools]] and with the wider world |
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* A [[business curriculum]] |
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* [[Village governance]] |
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* [[Economic development]] in general, including [[Microfinance]] and [[Job creation]] for students and graduates |
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There are also issues nominally in scope that OLPC management has neglected. This includes |
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* [[Teacher training]] |
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* Organizing [[Localization]] projects in a timely manner whenever a country or language group becomes a likely target for deployment |
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* [[Evaluation]] of laptop education programs, and comparisons between different laptops and software ("bake-offs") |
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* Publishing [[research]] results |
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Further thoughts on these and other topics will appear in Earth Treasury pages on this Wiki. |
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==Extending Give One Get One== |
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OLPC ended [[G1G1]] on December 31, 2007. Earth Treasury has created a similar program, [[GiveSomeGetSome]] (Tell us how many you would like on the page, or [mailto:ed@earthtreasury.org e-mail us]). We plan to buy from OLPC's [http://laptopfoundation.org/participate/givemany.shtml Give Many] program in quantity. |
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Our plan turns out not to be feasible, because the GiveMany program is [[Controversies#Give_Many_is_a_cruel_joke|broken]].--[[User:Mokurai|Mokurai]] 01:09, 18 May 2008 (EDT) |
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==Wiki== |
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Sugar Labs says that we can use my namespace in this Wiki for our business. Please put the following category link on any page that is specific to Earth Treasury. |
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<nowiki>[[Category:Earth Treasury]]</nowiki> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Linking Schools]] |
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* [[International business]] |
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* [[Cultural preservation]] |
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* [[Moviemaking]] |
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* [[Community Building]] |
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* [[Jobs]] for students |
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[[Category:Earth Treasury]] |
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Latest revision as of 07:08, 19 June 2008
Moved to Earth Treasury at Sugar Labs