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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)
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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)
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[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/earthtreasury/ Mailing list]
  
 
==Vision==
 
==Vision==
  
The end of poverty through communication and sustainable commerce
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The end of poverty through education, communication, and sustainable commerce
  
==[[Earth Treasury Mission|Mission]]==
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==Mission==
  
 
Fill in gaps in the OLPC mission, including  
 
Fill in gaps in the OLPC mission, including  
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* Broadband Internet
 
* Broadband Internet
 
* Microfinance
 
* Microfinance
* Free computers running Sugar, two per child, where OLPC XOs are not available. (One at school, one at home)
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* [[Education Team/Creating textbooks|Creating textbooks]]
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* 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
 
* Link [[User:Mokurai/Linking_Schools|schools]] around the world
* Teach children to do [[User:Mokurai/International_business|business]] together.
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* Teaching 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.
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* Teaching 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.
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* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Demonstrations Demonstrating] the XO to anybody who should get involved with OLPC and Sugar Labs
* Going viral.
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* Going viral
* Anyone can participate. We have [[User:Mokurai/101 Things To Do|101 Things To Do]].
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* 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?==
 
==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.  
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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.
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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
 
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Battery_and_power Electricity] for schools in remote villages
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* Publishing [[User:Mokurai/Research|research]] results
 
* 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.
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==See also==
 
 
==Wiki==
 
  
Please put the following category link on any page that is specific to Earth Treasury.  
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There is a plan to move these to the Earth Treasury Wiki.
<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/Linking_Schools|Linking Schools]]
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* [[User:Mokurai/Moviemaking|Moviemaking]]
 
* [[User:Mokurai/Moviemaking|Moviemaking]]
 
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Community_Building Community Building]
 
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Community_Building Community Building]
 
  
 
[[Category:Earth Treasury]]
 
[[Category:Earth Treasury]]

Latest revision as of 19:04, 21 February 2010

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.--Mokurai 18:28, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Mailing list

Vision

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

Mission

Fill in gaps in the OLPC mission, including

  • Electricity for even the poorest and most remote villages
  • Broadband Internet
  • Microfinance
  • Creating textbooks
  • Free computers running Sugar, two per child, where OLPC XOs are not available (One at school, one at home)
  • Link schools around the world
  • Teaching children to do business together.
  • Teaching the genuine free market, not the nonsense in which corporations get to go freely into any country, but people don't
  • Demonstrating the XO to anybody who should get involved with OLPC and Sugar Labs
  • Going viral
  • Telling everyone how they can participate. We have 101 Things To Do.

What is not in the OLPC mission?

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.

There are also issues nominally in scope that OLPC management has neglected. This includes

  • Teacher training
  • Organizing Localization projects in a timely manner whenever a country or language group becomes a likely target for deployment
  • Evaluation of laptop education programs, and comparisons between different laptops and software ("bake-offs")
  • Publishing research results

See also

There is a plan to move these to the Earth Treasury Wiki.