Dear Colleagues, As Barbara notes (thank you!) this seems like an opportunity that we should take advantage of.
Best, Ron On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 6:18 PM Barbara Sneath <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > FYI. Please share this with the climate community. > > There's an XPRIZE Call for Future-Positive Ideas for Future XPRIZE > Competitions with a deadline of April 17th. One area is Climate and > Energy. There are nine short questions to answer. > > I thought it might be worth submitting “Direct Climate Cooling" or > “Refreezing the Arctic “ ideas. What do you think? At the very least, > suggestions for these ideas would be a chance to bring the concept to the > notice of the XPRIZE organization. > > More information below. > > Best wishes, > > Barbara Sneath > MEER.org > > Information: > https://www.xprize.org/futurepositiveideas-faq > > Application: > https://www.xprize.org/futurepositiveideas > > Area: Climate and Energy > > 1st question: > > *(1 of 9) Describe the revolutionary change that you want to bring about > with the proposed prize competition.* > > *Here are some characteristics of prize-driven revolutionary changes:* > > - *Accelerates positive change [decade or greater than presently > expected]* > > > - *Uses fundamentally different solutions or approaches* > > > - *Leverages novel technologies and/or operational systems* > > > - *Engages stakeholders across multiple/previously untapped sectors > (private, industry, government, NGO)* > > > - *Considers different markets/customers* > > *(2 of 9) Describe the conditions (political, economic, social, > technological, legal, environmental) that are preventing this change from > taking place now. Why is this area stuck?* > *(3 of 9) What specific assumptions or misconceptions are holding back > progress in this area?* > *(4 of 9) Describe a practical demonstration that could create the change > that you wish to achieve.* > *(5 of 9) Describe what the winning team must accomplish to win the > competition. Provide a summary description of competition rules.* > *(6 of 9) Propose a name for your prize competition that clearly > communicates your prize concept.* > *(7 of 9) Suggest a one sentence description of the prize that clearly > communicates your prize concept and why you are doing it or what it is > solving for.* > *(8 of 9) Upload an image that graphically communicates your prize > concept.* > *(9 of 9) Do you know of a company, organization, and/or an individual who > would be willing to fund your competition idea?** > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAPhUB9DcUxhiCpq5qOx7M9171tM%3DNPWD9cVsKPyZX9WM0TVnRg%40mail.gmail.com.
