I couldn't resist publicly giving a shout-out to Ron Fortunato and AWorldBridge and their connection to these other organizations. In my view, they are leading the globe in this kind of cross organizational "commons-based peer production" effort and all GeoForAll labs should consider trying to mimic what they are doing.
Great work Ron and teams! Charlie Schweik On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 6:29 AM, Suchith Anand < suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > > I would like to congratulate our GeoForAll lab colleagues - Ron > Fortunato’s and his students at AWorldBridge for their exceptional > determination and efforts in contributing technical excellence and > substantive achievements to assisting small-holder farmers in Africa in > managing the Fall Armyworm through the Fall Armyworm Monitoring & Early > Warning System mobile app . They built this for FAO that FAO then > released as their app! Details at http://www.fao.org/news/ > story/en/item/1106850/icode/ > > > The Fall Army Worm is having a devastating impact on Africa. If you want > to know more about the Fall Army Worm FAW, see this, > > http://www.fao.org/food-chain-crisis/how-we-work/plant- > protection/fallarmyworm/en/ > > > > Ron’s AWorldBridge is one of the GeoForAll Labs (they have two labs - one > running projects for NASA and UN FAO in Middletown, NY, USA and a second > one running delivering corresponding data including climate change studies > for USGS, NOAA and NASA at Barrow, Alaska, USA. Everything they produce is > open source. > > > > Please see FAO thank you certificate > > https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/fao/WorldBridgeCertificate.pdf > > > > Thanks to Patrick for sharing this excellent news. > > > A World Bridge is an international award-winning program for learning 21st > Century Skills, using advanced teaching methods that incorporate real- > world projects involving industry and government partners. A World Bridge > continually advances educational models for international leadership, > economic development, and educational research. These dynamic projects > involve the design and implementation of Real-world, Real-time Project- > Based Learning into the curriculum. Students develop professional skills > while working on locally-oriented projects that have relevance to the > larger global community, such as urban management and sustainable > resources. Details at http://aworldbridge.com > > > I am particularly impressed by their work with students through NASA > Europa Challenge. Alaska’s A World Bridge program in Kodiak won > back-to-back NASA Europa - International Grand Challenges the past two > years, competing against the world’s “Best and the Brightest” to generate > solutions to societal issues that will benefit both the local and world > communities. The students are also working on the NASA OpenCitySmart > global initiative, which challenges “the world’s best and brightest” to > find solutions for creating sustainable communities. They are looking for > renewable energy solutions and the development of shared energy grids > suitable for Arctic conditions. > > > Please see the amazing work that the students are doing that was > summarised in our June 2017 Newsletter at https://www.osgeo.org/wp- > content/uploads/Newsletter-Vol-3_6.pdf > > > We are very grateful to the contributions of these amazing students to > GeoForAll. It is important that we can share these amazing ideas with all > so that it keeps building more synergies. We are a global community, and it > is this global perspective which gives us strength. It is important that we > highlight and share ideas from colleagues in different parts of our home > planet. > > > Best wishes, > > > Suchith > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and > attachment. > > Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not > necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored > where permitted by law. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Charlie Schweik Professor Department of Environmental Conservation & School of Public Policy University of Massachusetts, Amherst Facebook: Charles.Schweik Twitter: @cschweik
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