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Revision as of 07:16, 17 November 2008
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[http://www.earthtreasury.org/ Earth Treasury] (currently redirects back here) has no corporate connection with OLPC, the maker of the $100 Laptop, or with Sugar Labs. Sugar Labs just lets us use their Wiki.--[[User:Mokurai|Mokurai]] 18:28, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
==Vision==
The end of poverty through communication and sustainable commerce
==[[Earth Treasury Mission|Mission]]==
Fill in gaps in the OLPC mission, including
* Electricity for even the poorest and most remote villages
* Broadband Internet
* Microfinance
* Free computers running Sugar, two per child, where OLPC XOs are not available. (One at school, one at home)
* Link [[User:Mokurai/Linking_Schools|schools]] around the world
* Teach children to do [[User:Mokurai/International_business|business]] together.
* Teach the genuine [[User:Mokurai/Economics_of_XO|free market]], not the nonsense in which corporations get to go freely into any country, but people don't.
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Demonstrations Demonstrate] the XO to anybody who should get involved with OLPC and Sugar Labs.
* Going viral.
* Anyone can participate. We have [[User:Mokurai/101 Things To Do|101 Things To Do]].
==Who we are==
*Edward [[User:Mokurai|Mokurai]] Cherlin, Founder, Earth Treasury
*Mark Roest, OneVillage Foundation
*David Alan Foster, DesignFluence
==[[User:Mokurai/Earth_Treasury_Volunteers|Volunteers]]==
What we need, where you can sign up.
==What is '''not''' in the OLPC mission?==
OLPC has decided to focus its attention on the education mission, including [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Constructionism Constructionism], and on creating and delivering the laptop hardware and software to support that mission. This includes some parts of [[User:Mokurai/Rethinking Textbooks|rethinking textbooks]], and possibly [[User:Mokurai/Curriculum Development|curriculum development]]. Other issues are out of scope, and are being left to governments and to other organizations to address.
Earth Treasury has decided to tackle all of the remaining issues, either in its own programs, starting with connecting schools and teaching business, or by partnering with others.
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Battery_and_power Electricity] for schools in remote villages
* [[User:Mokurai/Internet access|Internet access]] for schools in remote villages
* [[User:Mokurai/Communication between schools|Communication between schools]] and with the wider world
* A [[User:Mokurai/Business curriculum|Business curriculum]]
* [[User:Mokurai/Village governance|Mokurai/Village governance]]
* [[User:Mokurai/Economics of XO|Economic development]] in general, including [[User:Mokurai/Microfinance|microfinance]] and job creation for students and graduates
There are also issues nominally in scope that OLPC management has neglected. This includes
* [[User:Mokurai/Teacher training|Teacher training]]
* Organizing [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Localization Localization] projects in a timely manner whenever a country or language group becomes a likely target for deployment
* [[User:Mokurai/Evaluation|Evaluation]] of laptop education programs, and comparisons between different laptops and software ("bake-offs")
* Publishing [[User:Mokurai/Research|research]] results
Further thoughts on these and other topics will appear in Earth Treasury pages in my namespace on this Wiki.
==Wiki==
Please put the following category link on any page that is specific to Earth Treasury.
<nowiki>[[Category:Earth Treasury]]</nowiki>
Please put Earth Treasury pages in the Mokurai [[Help:Namespace|namespace]].
==See also==
* [[User:Mokurai/Linking_Schools|Linking Schools]]
* [[User:Mokurai/International_business|International business]]
* [[User:Mokurai/Cultural_preservation|Cultural preservation]]
* [[User:Mokurai/Moviemaking|Moviemaking]]
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Community_Building Community Building]
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