Tree Tracker - Money App
An app that allows displaced persons to create and sell environmentally backed digital token created by the act of growing a tree.
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I am passionate about: Solving complex problems
A little known fact about me is: I speak pigeon Maasia
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Location: Anchorage, AK, United States
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidezrajay/
GreenStand
As a father of two, I dedicate my time to work on GreenStand because I see it as a way to employ millions of people out of poverty and make the world a greener richer place.
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An app that allows displaced persons to create and sell environmentally backed digital token created by the act of growing a tree.
GreenStand is employment and empowerment platform for smallholder tree planters.
Hi @Francisco, This project is not short of challenges and you have identified one. We are employing indigenous people, who often don't speak the native language and have never used phones before. Not to mention they often live far from reception, and often survive off the monetary system - yet we are figuring out how to employ them.
Creating a direct financial link to women users in male dominate societies is our biggest challenge. Digital literacy is a close second along with many of the other technical challenges that come with the project. With the tree tracker money app we will be able to overcome these challenges and scale this system.
If this interests you, you are welcome to join the project and help our amazing team solve these challenges.
Hi Sultan Hussein Thanks for your feedback. The idea of planting trees is nice, but the reality behind what is actually happening on the ground is often much different. There must be a shift in the global story - is not about planting trees (as they often die young) it is about growing them, and even then, each tree is different. Do you want a monocrop of an invasive species of eucalyptus or diverse forest of indigenous trees? We are building a system that can incentivize diversification down to the individual tree level.
Aside from the project's potential for environmental impact, our focus is a social one.
We are building this to employ people out of extreme poverty.
We are creating employment in the most remote and extreme environments on our planet. The story of Mary is very personal for me, success is when a mother Mary is struggling for food or a hospital bill, she can go track her trees and immediately be paid for her services. We are almost there.
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