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Can saving trees really turn bitcoin green?

TechCrunch

Bitcoin’s thirst for power has grown many times over, recently topping the electricity usage of several countries , including Denmark and Chile, per Cambridge University estimates. The exchange plans to do so by buying tokenized “credits from conservation projects in the Amazon Forest in Brazil.”.

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Synthetaic raises $3.5M to train AI with synthetic data

TechCrunch

In fact, he told me that his time with National Geographic made him aware of the need for more data sets in conservation. million in seed funding led by Lupa Systems, with participation from Betaworks Ventures and TitletownTech (a partnership between Microsoft and the Green Bay Packers). Sound like an odd match?

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How Bezos’ latest plan to protect forests could backfire

The Verge

Jeff Bezos’ $2 billion plan, announced last week, to plant trees and restore landscapes across Africa and the US has already raised red flags for some conservation experts and activists. The hope with the new conservation investment is to preserve ecosystems that naturally draw down and store planet-heating carbon dioxide pollution.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

Lawyers and accountants tend to err on the conservative side, leading to a low failure rate of businesses but less “moonshot innovation,” shall we say. Zurich and Lausanne are for sure the most exciting cities, just because they host great engineering universities. It grants up to CHF 130,000 per company.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Craig is a summer associate exploring new applications for Miradi, Benetech’s user-friendly conservation project planning and monitoring software. She holds a master’s degree in Political Sciences, Public Law and Contemporary History from University of Konstanz, Germany. Kristian Lum Kristian Lum wants to save the world – with math.

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How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact

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Try a green energy supplier. Energy conservation is seen as one of the most important things we can do to fight climate change, and it is – if you use fossil-fuel energy. It’s easy to switch to 100% green energy. Conserve your water. For more tips take a look at the Going Zero Waste blog. Try a vegan diet.

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Earth Day 2010: Reduce

Tech Soup

In honor of Earth Day 's 40th anniversary this year, TechSoup Greentech is going to provide our take on the " reduce, reuse, recycle " waste disposal hierarchy for environmental resource conservation. Stated another way, the most efficient way not to waste resources is simply to use less stuff.