Google on climate change, poverty and emerging threats

Check out the article, there is a portion there that can give us a potential opportunity with Google.org and their partner companies.

One of the things they will invest on will be putting money for South East Asia read the article

Google.org hopes that the grants will assist communities in predicting and preventing "events before they become local, regional, or global crises" and "by identifying hot spots and enabling a rapid response." The donation is "initially focused on Southeast Asia and tropical Africa"

See the rest of the article at

Google.org Focuses On Climate Change, Poverty And Emerging Threats http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/01/17/google_org_focuses_on_climate_change_poverty_and_emerging_threats/index.html

or check out the official blog of Google.org at http://blog.google.org/

Some ideas:

1. Discuss how the coral triangle can be used to help climate change. To make it manageable, we can get the 'cement block corals' of Oye Peralta as one of the possible ideas to improve the coral reefs, I'm sure the marine biologists have better ideas.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/images/news/microsites/probe/sagip_dagat.htm

2. On poverty we can channel the efforts of Father Beltran to be able to multiply it and create a domino effect here as well

http://www2.dwci.edu/vocations/missart/smokeymountain.html

3. Also teaching computers to kids and highschool students via Misha Pallorina's efforts at Payatas Dump Site.

http://picasaweb.google.com/mpallorina (sorry, cant find anything online regarding your payatas kids)

4. Disease Surveillance techniques at Escalante, Negros, Negros Occidental Phils. Led by Dr. Vaflor (as far as I remember)

http://www.escalantecity.gov.ph/thecity.html


Add up to the list if you have other unique ideas.

Saw the websites of the partners that got the grant from Google.
1. http://instedd.org/
2. http://www.ghsi.org/
3. http://www.clarklabs.org/
4. http://www.healthmap.org/en


Time to prepare the business plans.

"Manila " is promoted on Steve Jobs' 2008 Macworld Keynote Speech

What the heck is 'Ol Stevee Boy doing with that image at the Macworld Keynote speech of 2008?

Well boys and girls. That is a Manila Envelope.

It is named as such because the fiber used in that came from the Manila Hemp, one of our key exports back in the 1850s onwards. Back in the days, when we were very strong export producer of manila hemp. (this was the first time, that we where actually important globally in the economic sense)
Just to sight this article - http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Manila_Hemp

"the exports have increased with great rapidity, as shown by the following table: - In 1901 the value of the export was $14,453,410, or 62.3% of the total exports from the Philippines."

Nowadays Manila Hemp is being farmed in Canada, Europe, Russia, South America, New Zealand and a little of Philippines

Well back to Mr Steve,

So what is in that Manila Envelope?



















Steve Jobs was showing off this new Macbook Air (MBA). The laptop is very nice, but the Manila Envelope was the clincher.

Instant fame for our third world country.

































Now some enterprising kids took this opportunity and promoted www.manilamac.com

A company selling "manila envelope" as the container for the new Macbook Air.


















For more info about the actual Macworld Keynote Speech check out

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/live-from-macworld-2008-steve-jobs-keynote/

Ok, i hope we produce a REAL Manila Hemp envelope as container for the Macbook Air and other gadgets.

Just to give you an idea, the manila hemp is far stronger than most ropes, even the English Hemp. And it is the strongest natural fiber rope.


It is of a light colour, very lustrous, and possesses great strength, being thus exceptionally suitable for the best class of ropes. It is extensively used for marine and other cordage. The hemp. exported for cordage purposes is a somewhat woody fibre, of a. bright brownish-white colour, and possessing great durability and strain-resisting power. The strength of Manila hemp compared with English hemp is indicated by the fact that a Manila rope 34 in. in circumference and 2 fathoms long stood a strain of 4669 lb before giving way, while a similar rope of English hemp broke with 3885 lb.



Maybe... just maybe, we can actually make one.


Well, back to the laboratory.