Jarðdagurinn - 22. apríl

Vistræktarfélag Íslands, Sprotamiðstöð Íslands og Garðyrkjufélag Íslands bjóða öllum náttúruunnendum að fagna á degi Jarðarinnar og hlýða á upplýsandi erindi í Síðumúla 1, 1. hæð, þ. 22. apríl kl. 19:30, gengið inn frá Ármúla.

Erindi flytja:

• Eyvin Björkavag - Vistræktarhönnuður - Vistræktarlausnir
• Jóhann Þórisson - Vistfræðingur - Jarðvegsmyndun, eyðing og endurheimt
• Viktoría Gilsdóttir - Kennari - Ormamoltugerð í heimahúsum
• Richard Nelson - Uppfinningamaður - Lausnir til sjálfbærrar matvælaframleiðslu

Sjá meira, á ensku:

On Earth-day April 22 the Icelandic Start-Up Center will host an event with the Icelandic Permaculture Association and The Horticultural Society of Iceland. Richard Nelson will talk about solutions for sustainable food production.

One of our major solutions is the agriPOD, one of PODnet´s products that are today being developed by a global network through Creative Commons Share-Alike licenses. Open source is our way to create viral effect to supply the best possible solutions for local fresh food production.

We share our knowledge and design, our methods that can be replicated by those who are willing to Share-Alike and honor the obligation to 1% Pay-It-Forward donation to support future developments of the open source SolaRoof technology. The SolaRoof foundation that will play important role to lead the way for sharing optimal results when applying SolaRoof building methods.

-PODpioneers are those who will build the first wave of PODnet buildings. Those who grow the food.

-PODpreneurs are social entrepreneurs that operate PODworks social enterprises. We are developing a blueprint of a business model that is build through network of PODworks enterprises that provide products and service solutions to PODpioneers.
-PODners are those who invest and subscribe to fresh local food

PODworksGlobal Collaborative Organization will support PODpioneers. PODworksGlobal is to become a COOP that is owned and operated by those who enter into creative collaboration with the PODnetwork. PODworksGlobal is to be founded in Iceland, with a global outreach to PODworks all around the globe..

We are developing with this a food subscription system that enables people around the PODpioneer to fund the start-up and enjoy the fruits of their modest investment. Advanced online self-service system is in development. A system that will enable those who want to become sustainable on fresh food to act.

The national PODworks hub in Iceland is to be founded in 2015. It is part of a global network that we call the POD Enterprise Network. It evolves around PODnet service and product solutions that our aim is to mass produce as DIY building kits and systems for growing local food. Iceland is in our vision to become the global shipping hub for SolaRoof products.

The POD Enterprise network is now emerging In Iceland. In a global collaboration we hope to provide the solutions to close the hunger gap that is always getting bigger. Food security for all people is part of our mission.