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Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy

Founder and CEO, GEO

Geologist > Geographer > Environmentalist > Geoecologist > …….

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Open Challenge – 1 billion Good Stoves

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Ben Franklin (one of the founding fatherof America) - on Patents

“..as we enjoy greatadvantages from theinventions of others,we should be glad ofan opportunity to serveothers by any inventionof ours; and this weshould do freely andgenerously”.

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Demonstration - awareness

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Computers to potters clay everything useful for stoves

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Areas of contribution - Recent

GOOD STOVES

1 billion

BIOMASS / BRIQUETTES – AS FUEL

Energy democracy, waste management and oil peak by around 2030

BIOCHAR – Production and application

The extent of soil degradation induced by human activity since 1945 was evaluated as approximately 2 billion hectares, or 17percent of Earth's vegetated land, in a recent study sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

Global warming – carbon sequestration

OPEN TOILETS

At 81.7 million tonnes (Mt), commercial fertilizer nitrogen (N) accounts for approximately half of all N reaching global croplandstoday and supplies basic food needs for at least 40% of the population.

IRRIGATION

Social engineering, 1200,000 hectares, 18000 schemes in Andhra Pradesh

DRINKING WATER AND FLUOROSIS – 400 MILLION CONSUME FLUORIDATED WATER

Yearly polluted water contributes to the death of 15 million children

MINING AREAS GEOECOLOGICAL RESTORATION

SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS

MICROENTERPRISES

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GEOs Objects

a) Establishing scientific knowledge that canbe made available to the Communities thathelp achieve objects of the SustainableDevelopment.

b) Promoting CapacityBuilding andNetworking to foster SustainableDevelopment.

c) Establishing “Open Source Technology”information dissemination platforms todisseminate the information collected fromour innovations / experiences andexperiences across the globe for itsapplication to local Communities.

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Good Stoves and Biochar Communities Project –Supported by Good Planet / Action Carbone

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GEO SHARE ABOUT 5 GB + INFO TILL DATE

Websites 3 – http://e-geo.orghttp://goodstove.comhttp://biocharindia.com

Saibhaskarnakka• 55 blogs• 83 albums – 1 GB• 18 google videos + 3

youtube

Saibhaskar.geo• 13 blogs• 81 photo albums – 1GB

Saibhaskar.geo2• 6 blogs• 32 photo albums – 290

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10 wordpress blogs

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Share all the knowledge / ideas / designs / technologywithout any delay in time in as much places aspossible.

• Blogs are the best places, which come up with dateand time

– Other can easily comment, if any such system is alreadyexisting

– The number of hits by country gives a good idea which peopleare more interested (yes digital connectivity should also beconsidered)

– The country wise analysis

– Confidence that the idea is original will exist

– Blogs and websites are accessed by all kinds of people

– community the website can be enriched.

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– No barriers as in case of scientific journals, whichare static and are mostly paid journals and very fewcan access

– Post your reply to the comments

– This would be dynamic website as with the feedbackfrom

– Dont ever alter the posts already published, ratheradd new text in new posts. The contributions ofothers should be duly acknowledged. Theknowledge becomes commons.

– Join expert discussion groups and share as much asyou can

– The comments from the discussion groups are verymuch useful in improving the technology

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Best is the enemy of the Good, sharethe good and any day we arestriving for the best, best was thetarget, after achieving it is good, thefuture challenge is again for thebest.

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IS THE KNOWLEDGEIMPORTANT FOROTHERS,

IS THERE ANY PATTERNIN ACCESS TOKNOWLEDGE,

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OPEN SOURCE ISBEYOND BORDERS

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22 May 2009 to 1 Jul 2009: 662 visits shown above

Statistics updated 2 Jul 2009@05:43GMT: 684 visits [?]

Count is updated every 24 hours, but map updates are deliberately different, asexplained in Notes and FAQ.

Total since 22 May 2007: 13,448. Previous 24hrs: 16.

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