Hi, Geeklist's hack4good hackathon is taking place this weekend, starting from 7pm on Friday. Following the success from last time, the Dublin team is hoping to see as many of you as possible to come and also hope you could help spread the word.
The theme this time is hacking against climate change, and the global organiser have worked hard to identify 15 themes/challenges for participants to contribute their knowledge and experience. Leading up to the UN Climate Summit, the world's leading technologists, environmental organizations, NGOs, and governments are uniting in the biggest ever global hackathon on Climate Change. The Geeklist *#hack4good* <https://hack4good.hackpad.com/ep/search/?q=%23hack4good&via=6r3mvZua4r0>* 0.6* <https://geekli.st/hackathon/hack4good-06> takes place 12-14 September and will see over 3,000 passionate software engineers, designers, entrepreneurs and innovators unite online and in venues in 45+ cities around the world to build apps, products and technologies to solve 15 key climate and environment challenges facing the world, from climate awareness challenges to adaptation to action. The Geeklist #hack4good <https://hack4good.hackpad.com/ep/search/?q=%23hack4good&via=6r3mvZua4r0> mission is to create technology-based innovations to address and make a real-world impact on climate change, its impacts and related issues. Challenges are being set by organizations and field workers including: Fauna and Flora International, WWF, 350.org, UK Department of Energy & Climate Change, Friends of the Earth, WeForest, Save the Children, Project 1%, Lead International and the World Resources Institute, along with participation from countless experts working at the forefront of climate change. The event is taking place in every time zone across 45 cities, made possible by JustGiving, Rackspace and, for Dublin, The Digital Hub and again JustGiving . Details about the challenges are here https://geekli.st/hackathon/hack4good-06/dublin Where and When? The Digital Hub, Roe Lane, Dublin 8, Ireland Friday, September 12, 2014 at 7:00 PM - Sunday, September 14, 2014 at 5:00 PM (IST) If motivated, there is still time to register at https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/dublin-hack4good-06-hack-against-catastrophic-climate-change-tickets-4753575071?ref=estw Cheers, Sung-Yueh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
