GEO's Open Knowledge Initiatives

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GEO’s
Initiatives of Open Source
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Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy
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Founder and CEO, GEO
Geologist > Geographer > Environmentalist > Geoecologist > …….
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2. OKS Open Challenge – 1 billion Good Stoves
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3. OKS Involving
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CHILDREN
YOUTH
COMMUNITY
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Ben Franklin (one of the founding father
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of America) - on Patents
“..as we enjoy great
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advantages from the
inventions of others,
we should be glad of
an opportunity to serve
others by any invention
of ours; and this we
should do freely and
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generously”.
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5. OKS Demonstration - awareness
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6. OKS Computers to potters clay everything useful for stoves
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7. OKS Areas of contribution - Recent
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GOOD STOVES
1 billion
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BIOMASS / BRIQUETTES – AS FUEL
Energy democracy, waste management and oil peak by around 2030
BIOCHAR – Production and application
The extent of soil degradation induced by human activity since 1945 was evaluated as approximately 2 billion hectares, or 17
percent of Earth's vegetated land, in a recent study sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
Global warming – carbon sequestration
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At 81.7 million tonnes (Mt), commercial fertilizer nitrogen (N) accounts for approximately half of all N reaching global croplands
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today and supplies basic food needs for at least 40% of the population.
IRRIGATION
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Social engineering, 1200,000 hectares, 18000 schemes in Andhra Pradesh
DRINKING WATER AND FLUOROSIS – 400 MILLION CONSUME FLUORIDATED WATER
Yearly polluted water contributes to the death of 15 million children
MINING AREAS GEOECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS
MICROENTERPRISES
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8. OKS GEOs Objects
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a) Establishing scientific knowledge that can
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be made available to the Communities that
help achieve objects of the Sustainable
Development.
b) Promoting CapacityBuilding and
Networking to foster Sustainable
Development.
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c) Establishing “Open Source Technology”
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information dissemination platforms to
disseminate the information collected from
our innovations / experiences and
experiences across the globe for its
application to local Communities.
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Good Stoves and Biochar Communities Project –
GEO Supported by Good Planet / Action Carbone
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OPEN SOURCE
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10. OKS GEO SHARE ABOUT 5 GB + INFO TILL DATE
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Websites 3 – http://e-geo.org Saibhaskar.geo
http://goodstove.com • 13 blogs
http://biocharindia.com • 81 photo albums – 1GB
Saibhaskarnakka Saibhaskar.geo2
• 55 blogs • 6 blogs
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• 83 albums – 1 GB • 32 photo albums – 290
• 18 google videos + 3
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youtube
10 wordpress blogs
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11. OKS
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Share all the knowledge / ideas / designs / technology
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without any delay in time in as much places as
possible.
• Blogs are the best places, which come up with date
and time
– Other can easily comment, if any such system is already
existing
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– The number of hits by country gives a good idea which people
are more interested (yes digital connectivity should also be
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considered)
– The country wise analysis
– Confidence that the idea is original will exist
– Blogs and websites are accessed by all kinds of people
– community the website can be enriched.
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– No barriers as in case of scientific journals, which
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are static and are mostly paid journals and very few
can access
– Post your reply to the comments
– This would be dynamic website as with the feedback
from
– Dont ever alter the posts already published, rather
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add new text in new posts. The contributions of
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others should be duly acknowledged. The
knowledge becomes commons.
– Join expert discussion groups and share as much as
you can
– The comments from the discussion groups are very
much useful in improving the technology
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13. OKS
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GOSH '09 Best is the enemy of the Good, share
the good and any day we are
striving for the best, best was the
target, after achieving it is good, the
future challenge is again for the
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best.
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14. OKS http://www.goodstove.com
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IS THE KNOWLEDGE
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IMPORTANT FOR
OTHERS,
IS THERE ANY PATTERN
IN ACCESS TO
KNOWLEDGE,
WHY PEOPLE ARE
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VISITING THESE SITES,
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IS THERE ANY REAL
RELELVANCE TO THEM
OPEN SOURCE IS
BEYOND BORDERS
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15. OKS
GEO VISITORS TO http://goodstove.com
From 22nd May 2009 to 1st July 2009
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300
250
200
No. of visitors
150
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100
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50
0
Germany (DE) United Kingdom (GB) Australia (AU) New Zealand (NZ)
United States (US) India (IN) Canada (CA) France (FR) Philippines (PH)
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16. OKS http://www.goodstove.com
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22 May 2009 to 1 Jul 2009: 662 visits shown above
Statistics updated 2 Jul 2009@05:43GMT: 684 visits [?]
Count is updated every 24 hours, but map updates are deliberately different, as
explained in Notes and FAQ.
Total since 22 May 2007: 13,448. Previous 24hrs: 16.
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17. OKS
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OPEN SOURCE
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