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''OLPCO2e'' was a proposed project to somehow associate OLPC with electronic CO2 certificates - since the XO laptops are some of the lowest-power and greenest laptops around. The proposal mentioned the names of many distinguished global initiatives, including the second UN Millennium Development Goal.


No concrete connections between OLPC and these certificates was made, and the project was abandoned in mid-2009. This page is kept for historical purposes.
''OLPCO2e'' was a project and plan of action proposed by Sven Aerts along the plan of action Agenda 21-Chapter IV and MDG nr.2, to somehow define the Low Carbon Economy-potential and more in particular the CO2e-certificates'potential that could be monetized by investing in green, environmentally friendly laptops such as the XO, rather than traditional power-hungry machines. The proposed project got as far as registering a domain at [http://www.olpco2e.org OLPCO2e.org] (which redirects to this page) and setting up a few administrative pages. The project as a whole did not proceed after Sven left OLPC in mid-2009 after the initiative was not pursued by OLPC Europe.


For older discussions about the topic, '''see [[Talk:OLPCO2e|the talk page]]'''.
Some highlights of the proposed but deprecated idea:
* It was connected variously to the [http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ UN Millennium Development Goals of Universal Primary Education by 2015], and to other UN programs such as [http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/ "Agenda 21"]
* An "Animated OLPCO2e Assistant" was discussed
* A [http://sites.google.com/site/olpco2eteamprivate/olpco2e-business-plan-1/olpco2e-total-quality-control-and-management Quality Control Panel] was developed for the proposal
* IRC chat. Just google IRC if you're not familiar with it... it's brilliant if you want to talk to people that are familiar with OLPC, or OLPC Staff. There's people from every continent=Time Zone, so, you can talk instantly to people 24/7/365)


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OLPCO2e as discussed internally in OLPC was preferably to be an entity completely dissociated from OLPC. It has been developed as such and on all communication this is clearly stated. [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:OLPCO2e More:]

'''Sites and groups not controlled by OLPC''':
* Separate sites have been set up as an [http://sites.google.com/site/olpco2e/ OLPCO2e Virtual/Wiki Office] (on a ''different'' wiki, closed to editing), a [http://groups.google.be/group/olpco2e Discussion Group], and a private [http://sites.google.com/site/olpco2eteamprivate/Home "Staff & Kernel Team"] wiki. The Kernel team is to initiatiate a plan of Action and safe environment for the initiative to foster.
* Aside from perhaps Giulia D'Amico, no OLPC staff have access to those external sites, and no editors of this wiki other than Giulia and Sven. OLPC have no control over their content... even less than over any page on this wiki :-). --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font style="color:#f70; font-size:70%">talk</font>]]
*: Sven comments: Certain people of the OLPC - open and free initiative do have access to the restricted staff-only olpco2e-wiki. The restricted staff-only OLPCO2e-wiki in this is no different from the restricted spaces reserved to OLPC staff, &c --[[User:SvenAERTS|Sven]]
*:: OLPC doesn't have any restricted wikis where active projects are developed. As far as I know (please correct me if I am wrong), OLPC as an organization isn't involved with an OLPCO2e project, and no updates have been posted here about it since it was abandoned in April. Using that name for a project that isn't related to OLPC seems misleading. --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font style="color:#f70; font-size:70%">talk</font>]]
*:: OLPC has restricited wikis and places where strategical information is kept. E.g. the "Leads and customer management follow-up database." Contact OLPC-Europe for more info on this.--[[User:SvenAERTS|SvenAERTS]] 14:42, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
*:: --[[User:SvenAERTS|SvenAERTS]] 14:42, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
* The OLPCO2e-entity's sole purpose was to mobilize funds from the "Fossile Based Economy" and "Low Carbon Economy" to OLPC, by unlocking OLPC's "CO2e-Potential"/"CO2e-Certificate Potential"/"Low Carbon Economy Potential"/"Agenda 21" Potential. In this perspective the name of OLPCO2e was proposed. --[[User:SvenAERTS|SvenAERTS]] 13:22, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

== See also ==
Pages never created:
[[Brainstorming OLPCO2e]]
[[SWOT OLPCO2e]]
[[Plan of Action OLPCO2e]]
[[Prioritize OLPCO2e]]
[[Feasibility Study OLPCO2e]]
[[Business Plan OLPCO2e]]
[[Frequently Asked Questions OLPCO2e]]
[[Vocabulary Terminology Explained OLPCO2e]]
[[The history of Money and its relation to the history of OLPC and OLPCO2e]]

Latest revision as of 17:33, 24 July 2013

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This page was created by a member of the free volunteer community supporting OLPC.

  This page is obsolete, or refers to an old proposal.

OLPCO2e was a proposed project to somehow associate OLPC with electronic CO2 certificates - since the XO laptops are some of the lowest-power and greenest laptops around. The proposal mentioned the names of many distinguished global initiatives, including the second UN Millennium Development Goal.

No concrete connections between OLPC and these certificates was made, and the project was abandoned in mid-2009. This page is kept for historical purposes.

For older discussions about the topic, see the talk page.

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