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A Blockchain-Enabled Smart Meter for Clean Power Trading?

GreenTechMedia

Blockchain’s energy sector uses range from the highly speculative—think peer-to-peer energy trading using cryptocurrency raised in initial coin offerings (ICOs)—to more incremental efforts, grounded in real-world challenges of operating an increasingly decentralized power grid. are testing it out. are testing it out.

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Notes on AI and education for impact investors and social entrepreneurs

Impact Alpha

The post Notes on AI and education for impact investors and social entrepreneurs appeared first on ImpactAlpha. What is a tsunami? Imagine a cubic meter of seawater. Imagine the weight of it. It weighs more than you probably think it.

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Generative AI opportunities and risks for impact investing in education

Impact Alpha

The post Generative AI opportunities and risks for impact investing in education appeared first on ImpactAlpha. OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT took just two months to reach 100 million users. As impact investors, we’re excited about how generative AI might contribute.

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Ecosystems for good: How collaborator networks achieve sustainability

GreenBiz

Powered by accelerative technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, the cloud and the internet of things, digital ecosystems successfully marry forward-thinking partners and cutting-edge technologies to tackle the biggest threats that humanity faces today. One key area where this can have an impact is plastic recycling.

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Inside the world’s first VR circular fashion summit: 4 key takeaways

GreenBiz

With stronger digital integration, we are rapidly seeing the need for education and new skills in the fashion workforce. In the move from physical to virtual engagement, education will be critical. "We Unilever is partnering with the blockchain powered peer-to-peer platform Swapchain to recirculate fashion.

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Crypto Sustainability Coalition launched

Smart Energy International

The new coalition, which brings together a range of thirty organisations from the crypto and blockchain ecosystems, is intended to investigate the potential for these technologies to bring positive benefits to the sustainability agenda. From an emissions perspective the study estimates crypto asset activity in the US to account for 0.4%

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2021

Greentown Labs

These groundbreaking members are working on solutions ranging from a screen that removes dust from solar panels, to reusable N95 respirators, to blockchain for ESG initiatives, and more. Footprint is a web-based enterprise software solution for climate education and action.