Re: [talk-au] [FOSS4G-Oceania] Considering future Open Geospatial conferences in Oceania

hey community I want to temper this a little with Bruce Bannerman’s recent and very relevant comments on where OSGeo Oceania and FOSS4G SotM Oceania are at. The main question being: ‘how many things can we do at once?’ In my mind, a laser focus on bedding in OSGeo Oceania and sorting out all

Re: [talk-au] [FOSS4G-Oceania] GHG mitigation and FOSS4G SotM Oceania

I've also seen reference to investing in mangroves. Can't see the particular reference just now, but this also discusses the concept further http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf_iucn_mangroves_investment_effectiveness_guide.pdf Possibly another option? Thanks Graeme

[talk-au] Considering future Open Geospatial conferences in Oceania

Hi all, please see the following message below: “What should we do about upcoming conferences for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) and State of the Map (SotM) within our Oceania region?” Image by @mapmakerdavid

Re: [talk-au] [FOSS4G-Oceania] GHG mitigation and FOSS4G SotM Oceania

I don't want to discourage from the local woodlands initiative, I think it's absolutely great to do. I did want to being up the Cool Earth charity[1], which has been through lots of independent evaluation as to their effectiveness. Independent analysis suggests that their rate is at 0.71 USD

Re: [talk-au] [FOSS4G-Oceania] GHG mitigation and FOSS4G SotM Oceania

Great work Adam! I agree this looks like a worthwhile program. On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 09:45, Edoardo Neerhut wrote: > Fantastic work on this Adam. Parks Victoria would be a wonderful > organisation to fund offset with. Much better than a Cayman Island > registered organisation with plantations

Re: [talk-au] [FOSS4G-Oceania] GHG mitigation and FOSS4G SotM Oceania

Fantastic work on this Adam. Parks Victoria would be a wonderful organisation to fund offset with. Much better than a Cayman Island registered organisation with plantations in the Amazon. Hopefully the costs of this approach are within the real of possibility for us. On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 15:26,