‘Invent The Future’ with Code Green #7
Code Green's weekly newsletter - for all the latest and greatest in sustainable innovation, tech wizardry, and mind-bending creativity.
Welcome to “Invent the Future” with Code Green- the newsletter for the dreamers, builders, and change-makers who refuse to accept the status quo. We believe that the future is what we make it, and that by harnessing the power of technology, art, and creativity, we can create a world that’s smarter, fairer, and more sustainable.
WORDS that matter
“Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.” - Jane Goodall
THE HEAL V3RSE Game by CODE GREEN
Welcome to the THE HEAL V3RSE - coming soon!
We’re super excited to launch a groundbreaking new Metaverse Game in the Sandbox championing environmental and social justice causes.
At the heart of this vision is the idea of ‘Play to Heal’ - a philanthropic equivalent to the ‘Play to Earn’ concept: creating value for the players, and at the same time having a positive impact on our planet.
Watch this space - we’ll keep you posted on dates for the launch!
TECH disrupting the future
AI promises to beckon in a new dawn for healthcare, but how exactly and what will it mean for society at large?
This article from TIME argues that we should invest in creating an ecosystem of “specialist” AI models that learn like our best physicians and drug developers do today.
PEOPLE inventing a better tomorrow
Jane Goodall: “Change starts within”.
More than 60 years into her career, pioneering ethologist and activist Dr. Jane Goodall DBE is busier than ever. Speaking to 5 in this article, the UN Messenger of Peace and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute talks about harnessing our innate ability to connect – with nature and each other – to conserve a world urgently calling on us to be better custodians.
CONTENT TO INSPIRE
This film by Patagonia, tells the story of Italian fisherman Paolo Fanciulli who has tried absolutely everything to stop deep-sea trawlers from harming his beloved Mediterranean ecosystem. He’s protested, monkey-wrenched and even impersonated a policeman, but nothing’s worked.
Until that is, he hatches a plan to commission 10-ton marble sculptures and place them on the ocean floor…
FACTS TO IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS
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Did you know that Albert Einstein’s eyeballs are in New York City
They were given to Henry Abrams and preserved in a safety deposit box. Abrams was Einstein’s eye doctor. He received the eyeballs from Thomas Harvey, the man who performed the autopsy on Einstein and illegally took the scientist’s brain for himself.
Thanks for reading. We’ll catch you next week, in the meantime TAKE CARE!
With Gratitude
The Code Green Team