Crypto is(n't) Eco: Two sides of the same coin

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Can blockchain technology overrule the damaging effects to the environment?

The United Nations Environmental Program has shown reports that temperatures have reached a new high due to carbon pollution as a direct result of human activities. Anplac's work 'Meu rei' meaning "My king" in Portuguese, notes that the position that money currently has over many things rules what is important to humanity. What could happen if we used blockchain innovation to change the world and how we think about what has value in relation to money?

Listen to Anplac share her thoughts on the future of our planet in regards to utilizing the blockchain for green solutions.

Have a listen to Dr. Dimitri de Jonghe answer this question and expand on how we can be on par with nature.

Have you heard of the Mapuche?

Mapuche, in the Mapudungun language means "people of the land". Anplac conceived this work to honor all the indigenous people that still inhabit South America, who need to be made visible and heard. Another thing that needs to be heard is the hope Bitcoin brings to emerging communities such as indigenous people that currently inhabit South America.

Think about what would happen if cryptocurrencies could serve the same purpose as the buffalo and better position posterity over money.

Listen to why Anplac places nature above money through her Bitcoin series and why the Mapuche people are important to her.

In this bitcoin, Anplac takes us to Hong Kong, where she created this piece after learning about what happened to this former British colony. This led her on a path to finding out about the history of Hong Kong and its colonization after the war. Noting that the main interest of the colonizer was opium trading and the huge profits they made. During her exploration she found a coin with a flower, that had a very particular, beautiful, calligraphic shape, a Chinese symbol where it was written, Hong Kong.

A small work of art to exchange for art.

Andrea Plaza Carrasco cares about her roots and thinks that the blockchain could be a great way to expand education about financial literacy outside of privileged borders.

Listen to Andrea tell us about an exciting realistic use case for the blockchain and Dr. Dimitri de Jonghe shares how a company can be tokenized.

Are cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin all a digital illusion or the currency of the future?

Listen to Dr. Dimitri de Jonghe breakdown what he thinks about money, generating value on the blockchain and how the world should evolve.

In moments of social, economic and environmental struggles, do we truly know what Social Impact is and are we doing enough to address this as a priority within the technology industry?

Listen to Dr. Dimitri de Jonghe tell us what Social Impact Farming is and what it can do.

What are those NFTs?

Many people around the world are asking questions about this emerging... um... art form? Platform?

NFTs are Non-fungible tokens that prove ownership of a digital item – image, sound file or text – in the same way that people own crypto coins.

Listen to Dr. Dimitri de Jonghe recount the definition of NFTs, digital rights and how it relates to the art market?

Here Dr. Dimitri de Jonghe elaborates on the subject and how you can incorporate Universal Basic Income, art and much more into the mix.

To put flesh on the bones, Anplac in her piece 'Peligro ambiental', which translates to environmental hazard, talks about the control we exercise against nature; privileging money, but extinguishing ourselves. She also shares with us in this audio interview, why she places crowns on her coins. We ask that you look inwards as she thinks out loud about money's position in your life in relation to nature.

Bitcoin is missing a chunk. That chunk being sustainability.

With 'Tus ojos', Anplac alludes to the notion that we all have eyes to see but not into the future, nevertheless we can imagine.

Use your eyes, and ears to listen to Dr. Dimitri de Jonghe give us another option to help solve our cataclysmic environmental issues and how we can rethink value in regards to the blockchain being a game-changer for sustainability transitions.

In 'Mis ojos', Anplac asks us to try and see through her eyes to imagine Bitcoin changing its framework to something more sustainable.

Can you see it happening?

Listen to find out what Dr. Dimitri de Jonghe has to say about this area under a lot of discussion in the crypto-community.

In 'Bitcoin Ojos de Chile' Anplac refers to protests that occurred in Chile in October 2019 that were the central motivation for her to start a series called "Revolución", which is still in the process. In this Bitcoin, she quotes one of the symbols of this important event in Chile. "The eyes are our entrance to the soul. Out of sight, out of mind. I see you. We see you", Bitcoin.

So we ask you…

How can we evolve in times of transition and whose ledger do you trust?

Here's some context from Dr. Dimitri de Jonghe about what he has to say about it.