Dear colleagues,
Thanks for all ideas and inputs for our pledge for Open Science and
Education principles [1]. As promised, we will be launching this at
FOSS4G-Europe 2017 . We look forward to work with all on this.
Best wishes,
Suchith
[1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2017-June/003825.html
*The Pledge – I support Open Principles for Science and Education for
building a better world for everyone*
I believe Science is a public good and quality education opportunities
should be open and accessible for everyone.
I will work to eliminate the digital divide and contribute to building
up Open Knowledge for the benefit of all humanity, with special effort
to enlighten future generations.
I contribute my service for the betterment of all humanity using the
guiding principles of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
in building a better world for everyone.
I will work to advance and increase Open Knowledge for the benefit of
all humanity with special consideration of those less fortunate.
I will be a voice for Open Principles in Science and Education and
promote this pledge through my networks.
2017-07-15 11:49 GMT+02:00 Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk>:
> Hi Andrea,
>
> Thank you for your inputs. I meant Openness in the broadest sense
not just
> software or data. I put “Geo” to have the emphasis on people and our
planet
> . I am interested in the philosophy of openness in education and
science.
>
> We are living at a time when our planet is struggling with major
obstacles
> such as climate change, deforestation, land degradation and loss of
> agricultural land. While there is lot of technological advancements
> happening, we still have not solved very basic fundamental problems
. Even
> today hundreds of millions of families are struggling from hunger and
> malnutrition. It is not that we do not have the resources to solve
this
> but we still are not able to bring full focus and determination for
solve
> this . Wealth inequalities are rising at a large pace. Wealth is
> concentrated on few billionares while Billions of families are
struggling
> for basic human needs everyday and do not have access to basic
facilities
> (access to clean water, sanitation , electricity , quality education
> opportunities etc) .
>
> In some developing countries , it is a sad fact that corruption is a big
> problem and the biggest sufferers are the poorest people.
Corruption cannot
> be fully solved by technology , or new laws or regulations (as the
corrupt
> and greedy will always find loopholes) but it needs spiritual
awakening at
> all levels and everyone should take a moral pledge to not to do any
> unethical business practices either directly or indirectly. This is
key to
> end poverty, protect the planet and ensure all people enjoy peace and
> prosperity.
>
> Openness means being open to different perspectives ,ideas, viewpoints,
> cultures and learning and improving to be a better human every day.
We need
> to be open to make the right choices now to protect our planet and
improve
> life in a sustainable way for our future generations.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Andrea Giacomelli <pibi...@gmail.com>
> Sent: 15 July 2017 8:41 AM
> To: Anand Suchith; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The future of Geo is Open
>
> Hi Suchit -
>
> It is very unlikely that I will make it to FOSS4G-Europe, as we will be
> quite busy during the Summer with projects here in Southern
Tuscany...but in
> relation to the the issue you would like to discuss I would like to
ask if,
> in addition to openness of Software and data you have been
considering the
> openness of the people who are in any case part of the system.
>
> With our team we have been monitoring these aspects, and we have oftern
> recorded the fact that the bottleneck towards progress in the open
direction
> comes from people (individuals, even before organizations).
>
> I was hinting to this towards the end of our Apr 7 Geoforall/APSRS
>
webinar<http://www.pibinko.org/the-recording-of-the-webinar-of-open-source-geomatics-environment-and-music-from-southern-tuscany/ >
> .
>
> I will be glad to further elaborate on the topic if you think this is of
> interest, and I would also be interested to learn if other teams
have been
> considering this aspect.
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Andrea Giacomelli
> http://www.pibinko.org<http://www.pibinko.org/>
> i...@pibinko.org<mailto:i...@pibinko.org>
> +39 331 7539228
> P. IVA: 01582480537
>
> 2017-07-06 10:24 GMT+02:00 Suchith Anand
> <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk>>:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> This is a request for help as I need inputs from the wider community
to get
> more ideas for my presentation at FOSS4G-Europe 2017 later this month.
>
> My keynote presentation will be on “The future of Geo is Open” and I
would
> like to invite ideas/inputs for this. It is also an good time to
reflect on
> the developments in Open Geospatial Science [1],[2],[3] as it is over a
> decade now since we started working on the philosophy of Openness in
> Geospatial Science and Education.
>
> I am looking forward to discussing new ideas with you all at
FOSS4G-Europe
> 2017.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> [1]
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/science-applications
> [2]
>
http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/geography/journal/40965
> [3]
>
http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/publication_pdfs/uk_v15i18-058-059-Op951AF3.pdf
>
>
>
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