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[http://www.earthtreasury.org/worknet Earth Treasury] 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)

[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)

~~As of early 2007, Earth Treasury has a~~ [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/earthtreasury/ ~~mailing~~ list] ~~and yahoo group.~~

[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/earthtreasury/ Mailing list]

==Vision==

The end of poverty through communication and sustainable commerce

The end of poverty through education, communication, and sustainable commerce

==Mission==

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* Broadband Internet

* Microfinance

* [[Creating textbooks]]

* [[Education Team/Creating textbooks|Creating textbooks]]

* 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

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* Going viral

* Telling everyone how they 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~~.

OLPC has decided to focus its attention on creating and delivering the laptop hardware, while Sugar Labs concentrates on extending and improving Sugar education software, and making it available on other platforms.

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~~.

Earth Treasury has decided to tackle all of the remaining issues.

* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Battery_and_power Electricity] for schools in remote villages

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* 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.~~

==See also==

~~==Wiki==~~

There is a plan to move these to the Earth Treasury 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]]

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* [[User:Mokurai/Moviemaking|Moviemaking]]

* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Community_Building Community Building]

[[Category:Earth Treasury]]

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-http://www.textmonbocbasr.com
+[http://www.earthtreasury.org/worknet Earth Treasury] 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)
-[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)
-As of early 2007, Earth Treasury has a [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/earthtreasury/ mailing list] and yahoo group.
+[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/earthtreasury/ Mailing list]
 ==Vision==
-The end of poverty through communication and sustainable commerce
+The end of poverty through education, communication, and sustainable commerce
 ==Mission==
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 * Broadband Internet
 * Microfinance
-* [[Creating textbooks]]
+* [[Education Team/Creating textbooks|Creating textbooks]]
 * 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
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 * Going viral
 * Telling everyone how they 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.
+OLPC has decided to focus its attention on creating and delivering the laptop hardware, while Sugar Labs concentrates on extending and improving Sugar education software, and making it available on other platforms.
-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.
+Earth Treasury has decided to tackle all of the remaining issues.
 * [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Battery_and_power Electricity] for schools in remote villages
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 * 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.
+==See also==
-==Wiki==
+There is a plan to move these to the Earth Treasury 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]]
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 * [[User:Mokurai/Moviemaking|Moviemaking]]
 * [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Community_Building Community Building]
 [[Category:Earth Treasury]]