FOSS funding mechanism to save 🌍

[IMPACT]

Revisiting the Solution

What's Ecosia?

Ecosia is a search engine created by a purpose company, that invests all profits into the purpose of planting trees. A:R envisions an open source search engine module that allows Ecosia like purpose companies to generate funds and invest them into their purpose.

The great thing is that tracking (oversight) is done by the purpose foundation, albeit a direct feedback on how Your search engine input has made a change (CO2 sequestered, food produced, CO2 saved, animals fed,…) would be valuable. implementing a track & verify layer via the Cardano ledger is a very nice to have.

What's a circular economy?

An economy where the output feeds the input. Once initially set in motion it runs perpetually.

Creating closed loop systems powering circular (doughnut/donut) economies is the only way forward.

Why Algae?

Blue-green Algae (BGA) are so called superfood can prevent cardiovascular (CVD) and fatty liver diseases

• BGA are nutritious natural products rich in essential amino acids, γ-linolenic acid (GLA), fibers, B vitamins, calcium, phosphorous, iron, pigments such as β-carotene, xanthophylls, and chlorophyll, and other bioactive compounds.

Studies have indicated that BGA have antiviral, antitumor, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, antidiabetic, and antibacterial properties as well as lipid-lowering effects. In particular, inhibitory effects of BGA on hyperlipidemia, inflammation, and oxidative stress can contribute to the prevention of the development of cardiovascular diesase and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

In order to maintain a hospitable planet we need to collectively tackle issues like growing populations and dwindling resources and food supplies.

Our team is collaborating with Algae Token. We're fully supporting their Sustainable Solution Hub proposal by connecting academic researchers from the university of Naples to the hub, providing podcast content and guests. The Sustainable Solutions Hub will use the FOSS funding mechanism to make the hub sustainable in an organic way.

Furthermore we're exploring ways to form a distributed launchpad for SDG driven purpose companies and cooperatives that work with microorganisms to create circular economies.

The cooperation with Algae Token and other microorganism focused projects will most likely continue and hopefully will result in something like a globally distributed microorganism foundation.

How does this fit into the OS dev eco system?

1. motivational alignment of Cardano4Climate and OpenSource communities
2. alternative funding mechanism for purpose companies & cooperatives, usually build on OS tech
3. collaboration of activism, idea generators and developers is key
4. 1st collaboration with Algae Token already confirmed, collaboration with Spiralway currently being explored as well

Biggest challenge is finding a developer that works within the budget.

Biggest risk is not attracting enough "prosumers" to engage with the search engine.

[FEASIBILITY]

• May to June (depending on arrival of funds): coordination and kickoff

• July to August: developer work

• September: testing and project closing

• from September on: make algae production facility sustainable

• October: write proposal for CO2 sequestration tracking via ledger and gamification with NFT achievements

ITEM | WORKDAYS

Frontend project setup

• Github setup | 0.5
• Project initialization | 0.5
• Internationalization setup | 0.5
• Fonts setup | 0.5
• Global styles setup | 1
• Deployment | 1

Search API setup

• Github setup | 0.5
• Project initialization | 0.5
• Deployment | 2

Seaweed production and decarbonization

• API setup Github setup | 0.5
• Project initialization | 0.5
• Deployment | 2

Frontend development HOME

• Home page + Search bar | 0.5
• Decarbonization / Seaweed production information | 0.5

Frontend Search results

• Web section results list | 2
• Images section results list | 2

Frontend static pages

• About us | 0.5
• Our mission | 0.5
• Privacy policy | 0.5
• Terms and conditions | 0.5
• Cookies banner | 1
• Blog search and filter | 2

Search API developments

• Proxy to external API (Bing or other) simple search | 3
• Filtering | 2
• Images search | 1
• Region handling | 1
• Connection to seaweed and decarbonization API | 1
• Quick wikipedia results | 1
• Endpoints | 2

Seaweed and decarbonization API development

• Algorithm integration | 4
• Endpoints | 2

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Total Dev. costs 37 work days + 15% buffer ~ 42,55 work days @ 699 / day ~ 29742 USD

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1 week coordination (5 days@300/day)

1 week testing (5 days@200/day

Total Operational costs (coordination & testing) = 2500 USD

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Total costs: 32242 USD

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• Algae research expert (Ugo);
• Full stack developer (still in process of finding one);
• Product designer & operations manager (Dan)

[AUDITABILITY]

• Progress visualised on team Kanban board (ZenHub)
• Daily Check-Ins (asynchronous "daily stand ups")
• Performance measured as velocity in 2 week sprints with retrospectives in between

1. functioning FOSS search engine
2. search engine generating enough funds to make first algae facility sustainable
3. FOSS search engine used for other SDG driven or biosphere conserving projects

entirely new, however the "Strengthen Local communities" proposal from Fund3 is loosely related to it

SDG Rating

SDG goals:

Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

SDG subgoals:

2.1 By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round

2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality

Key Performance Indicator (KPI):

2.1.1 Prevalence of undernourishment

2.1.2 Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population, based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)

2.4.1 Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture

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