What is volunteer computing? Hi there! Volunteer computing simply means donating the processing power of your computer or smartphone to help researchers. Instead of researchers having to buy or rent a supercomputer, they can get their calculations completed by distributing it out to a network of privately owned computers. Anyone can sign up and donate the processing power of their computer or smartphone. All you have to do is and download the program for the research project. The program that processes the research data allows you to customize how much processing power you would like to donate. I run the program all the time and save enough power for me to still use the computer while it simultaneously runs the research data program. There are a lot of projects available to participate in, and I suggest looking into some of these listed below :-) I participate in all of the listed projects and I have decided to share them based on my own personal interest in trying to better the world.
Below are my current BOINC computing stats. If you want to learn more about your own computing donations, you can go to this website: www.boincstats.com/
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Today I stumbled across a post on reddit and as I scrolled through the comments I was blown away at all the climate change resources and projects that I have not heard about before – and I have been following climate change since 2016.
I also downloaded this cool app, which focuses on small actions on the individual scale to reduce carbon emissions. Check it out! Changeit App: https://changeit.app/ reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/climatechange/comments/m0rpvm/what_is_the_coolest_climate_change_related/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 list of PROJECTS Ocean-Based Climate Solutions, Inc. “a technology that triggers the growth of phytoplankton in the sea that removes CO2 biologically. One unit can remove 250 tons of CO2 per year. With enough in the ocean we could fix the climate issue.” https://ocean-based.com/ Project Vesta “Our mission is to help reverse climate change by turning a trillion tonnes of CO2 into rock.” https://www.projectvesta.org/ Pleistocene Park “The idea of Pleistocene Park is to reverse the ecosystem shift which occurred 10 thousand years ago. If declining animal density for an extended period of time allowed grasslands to vanish, then artificially introducing herbivores to the Arctic and maintaining their existence will promote grass establishment… Restoration of pasture ecosystems in the Arctic can have a cooling effect on the climate” https://pleistocenepark.ru/ climeworks “Climeworks direct air capture technology combined with the storage process developed by the Icelandic company Carbfix removes carbon dioxide from the air and stores it permanently underground” https://www.climeworks.com/ Project Drawdown “The world’s leading resource for climate solutions” https://www.drawdown.org/ SkyBaron “SkyBaron is a collaborative platform, marketplace, and brand for products made with captured and recycled carbon.” https://www.skybaron.eco/ FarmBot “like a CNC machine for backyard farming” https://farm.bot/ Artic Ice Project “The most studied ice restoration effort in the world. We’re developing a safe, localized technique to enhance the Arctic’s natural ability to reflect solar radiation out of the atmosphere, increase the Earth’s planetary albedo, and slow the rate of global warming.” https://www.arcticiceproject.org/ The Great Green Wall “This African-led initiative aims to grow an 8000km new world wonder across the entire width of the Continent to transform the lives of millions living on the frontline of climate change” https://www.greatgreenwall.org/ The Asian Renewable Energy Hub “This project will generate 26,000 MW of renewable energy in Western Australia.” https://asianrehub.com/ SSAB “SSAB is taking the lead in decarbonizing the steel industry” https://www.ssab.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-operations/hybrit The Athos project “The Athos project has been initiated for the construction of a basic capture- and transport infrastructure in the North Sea Canal area, to enable the usage or storage of CO2“ https://athosccus.nl/project-en/ ZeroAvia “ZeroAvia enables zero emission air travel at scale, starting with 500 mile short-haul trips, at half of today’s cost. The Novel approach removes many limitations of the current zero emission programs” https://www.zeroavia.com/ Circulor “provides distributed ledger-based solution to track extraction and processing of metals used in manufacturing of EV batteries. The aim is to provide manufacturers with option to ensure that materials they use come from sustainable and responsible sources” https://www.circulor.com/technology En-ROADS “En-ROADS is a transparent, freely-available policy simulation model that gives everyone the chance to design their own scenarios to limit future global warming.” https://www.climateinteractive.org/tools/en-roads/ The Energy Transition Model “The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement means countries are making plans to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions … The ETM is developed to improve everyone’s understanding of the energy system in order to make more substantiated plans.” https://pro.energytransitionmodel.com/ The Permaculture Institute “the Institute’s work uses education and demonstration to accomplish our mission of training the next environmental and social change makers in the life-enhancing practice of Permaculture Design.” https://permaculture.org/ I remember sitting on the front porch of our college house, with two other college buddies as we shared our last beer together while still in college. It was my last semester at University of Maryland, and the excitement of the upcoming spring break had disappeared as a global pandemic was starting to affect the United States. At that time, the university assured us that we would be resuming in-person classes a few weeks after spring break. I predicted otherwise, and began packing my dorm room up to head home.
Looking back, I still feel some pain that my last few months of college were taken from me. No more nights out with the guys, no more college parties, no graduation celebrations. My time at the University had been especially hard as I had struggled to find my place and determine the degree I wanted. I ended up going through a very difficult process of making my own major, which in the end got me a diploma even with all the extra hard work. When the summer arrived, I began working three jobs to keep myself busy. I started working at a local farm brewery, as well as working for a hot air balloon and a small airport. It was good to return to some level of normalcy, even though we had to wear masks and travel was frowned upon. My whole plan of traveling internationally after graduating university had been thrown out the window, and I tried to make an alternate plan. Meanwhile, all my friends that I graduated with had started their careers out of college and were moving off to new places and starting a new chapter of their lives. I focused on doing my own thing, and in the fall I whittled away my jobs to a part-time position at the airport, working two days a week. I then had to deal with my family and friends asking what I was doing with myself, and carefully worded my answer to make it seem like I wasn’t just being a homebody. But I considered my position unique. Again, my whole plan was to travel around the world, volunteering and searching for a nonprofit to work for, or a town I might consider living in. For now, I keep myself busy with online classes, reading books, and writing stories that I have been hoping to have time to write one day. But still, I am afraid of being judged by people that expect someone my age to be starting a life and working a career and all of that – even though at this point I enjoy being single, and am not considering ever getting married or raising a family (and I realize how many people might laugh at such a statement). I am glad you found me. I can't wait to build a new relationship.
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