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Staking offers predictable returns for investors. Is this the future of investing and why ESG has become an investment mandate.  

Stake to Shape the Future, Investing and the ESG Mandate hosted by Ayla Kremb (S01E12)  

Proof of stake, a blockchain consensus protocol, has attracted investment participation from family offices. institutional investors, hedge funds, custodians, and exchanges. In this episode you'll learn why participating as an investor through staking helps to shape projects, is viewed as a good investment, and how ESG has emerged as an pillar for many and a mandate for institutional investors.  

#staking #web3 #investing #esg   

# About our Guest Alyson Russ, an account executive at Figment.io, is building a better internet by supporting token holders and developers investing and operating on proof of stake blockchains. She has a traditional financial services background and worked in portfolio construction at private investment banks, including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, for entrepreneurs and institutional investors to build diversified portfolios.  

# About Better Worlds Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.

Metaverse real estate market tops $500 million in 2021. What foundations and experiences will deliver real value and are worth investing in?  

S01E11 Metaverse Beyond the Hype hosted by Elena Obukhova.   

The metaverse real estate market is hot, topping $500 million in 2021 and expected to hit $1 billion in 2022. From brands to banks — Adidas, Nike, and Miller Lite; HSBC and JP Morgan — have begun building their presence while many individuals are investing in this new frontier. Francis and Elena  discuss their journey in Web3 through ups and down, booms and busts, exploring human nature and the timeless foundations of value worth investing in. The metaverse, virtual land, and digital real estate is a brave new world that is increasingly connecting and blurring the lines between our virtual and physical worlds. Learn how many investors and brands are entering the space, leveraging digital twins and immersive experiences to create new activations, adapting to regulatory changes, with echoes of the next generation of the internet, the exciting transition from Web2 to Web3, and how innovations are evoking digital cultural norms from China, Europe, Latin America and beyond.

#web3 #metaverse #realestate #xr #digitaltwin   

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Genetic testing is a $12 billion industry. Why don't individuals benefit from their own genetic code?  

S01E10 Better Worlds Podcast hosted by Vivi Lin.

What does equitable and trustworthy genomics research look like? How is the collection of genetic data monetized by large biotech corporations and why don't individuals benefit from their own genetic code? While ownership and privacy are ubiquitous topics of concern across the healthcare and technology industries, for example HIPAA in the US and GDPR in the EU are designed to protect individuals from the misuse of personal data and ultimately give people choice in how that data is being used and monetized. Join Vivi and Pandu in a facinating discussion about applying established Web3 design patterns to allow individuals to retain sovereignty over their most precious personal asset — their own genetic code.  

#web3 #metaverse #geneticowernship  

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Market for carbon and other ecological functions could be worth upward of $50 billion by 2030. How will DeFi (decentralized finance) and ReFi (regenerative finance) expand market access for carbon, renewables, and other ecological functions?

S01E09 Better Worlds Podcast hosted by Ayla Kremb.

Markets can help accelerate investment into worldwide environmental, social, governance ESG solution providers. Join us this week to hear how global market will help drive low carbon technology and carbon removal into the mainstream. Learn how Web3 is driving widespread adoption of decentralized finance and soon regenerative finance. 

#web3 #markets #carbon #renwables

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Technology is changing the creative process for architects. How will the next generation of Metaverse Native and VR Native architects design the world?  

S01E08 Better Worlds Podcast hosted by Julian Guderley.

The field of architecture has already changed with the rise of VR for example reviewing pre-built designs. How will the creative and collaboration process of architectural design change by widespread VR and metaverse access? In this episode, Andreea Ion Cojocaru, CEO of NUMENA, shares a VR first approach and hints at the inevitable new breed of VR Native and Metaverse Native architects which will lead to new and surprising changes to decision making and problem solving. How will learning and skills acquisition in the real world be accelerated through virtual worlds? What does team work and the creative process itself look like for architects? What impact will this have on the built environment and how might this change the field of architecture allowing new avenues for participation and imagination.  

#metaverse #architecture #experience #web3 #transparency 

# About our Guest Andreea Ion Cojocaru is a licensed architect and a software developer. She is the co-founder & CEO of NUMENA, an award-winning German company. NUMENA works at the intersection of traditional architecture and XR development to develop projects that require a high degree of interdisciplinary expertise and a new approach to cognitive and spatial challenges. Currently, she is working on a VR creative tool for architectural environments.

# About Better Worlds Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.

Billions of credits traded on carbon markets worldwide have failed to move the needle for 20+ years. What changes are needed to make them work?   

S01E07 Better Worlds Podcast hosted by Vivi Lin.   

The trading of credits on voluntary and compliance carbon markets worldwide has failed to reduce emissions over the past 20 years. In this episode, Aldyen, co-founder of Nori, a carbon removal marketplace, shares extensive wisdom and a roadmap for success. This episode covers a ranges of problems and solutions including why trading emission rights will never work, why farmers and buyers don't have market access and brokers take 60% to 70% fees, why storing carbon in top-soil is beautiful, why trading carbon removal — not CO2 emission rights— is fundamental, how blockchain can support carbon traceability from farm to fork, and why crypto as an investment vehicle aligns investors and customers. Tune in to find out why Aldyen is firmly optimistic and believes the precipice of change is here.   

#carbon #co2 #markets #carbonmarkets #carbonremoval #ghgemissions #web3 #blockchain   

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500k brands worldwide, the ultimate strategy for viral growth. How will co-regeneration of the planet together with friends, family, and favorite brands become the future we've all been waiting for?  

S01E06 Better Worlds Podcast hosted by Paul Michael Muts.   

From the non-profit Global Mangrove Trust to the for-profit Handprint, which has just raised $2.2M USD, Simon Schillebeeckx and Ryan Merrill are accelerating virtuous viral positive impact. Their product makes it simple to bring doing good into the core brand strategy of the marketing department and out of the invisible world of reporting & sustainability departments. From banking and retail to alcohol and sports brands they are changing the narrative. Learn how closing the loop between brand, customer, and impact leads to a future where customers can co-regenerate the planet together with their family and favorite brands.   

#regeneration #mangroves #web3 #impact #brandstrategy 

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Ryan Merrill loves to combine development science, digital technologies, and entrepreneurship to support global communities and the planet 🌎 He is co-founder of Global Mangrove Trust, a non-profit organisation funding blue carbon forestry through blockchain technology, and Handprint, a tech startup that provides Impact-as-a-Service, enabling millions of businesses to go green by regenerating ecosystems. Sailing is a huge passion of his.  

Simon Schillebeeckx is an academic entrepreneur specialising in digital sustainability. Founder of two climate startups. Father of twins.    

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Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.

$17+ Billion in sales last year. How will endless NFTs are influence events, culture, the environment, and humanity?

S01E05 Better Worlds Podcast with guest host Elena Obukhova, founder of NFT ticketing platform Flashback.one  

#metaverse #nft #web3 #betterworlds  

Join Elena in this casual insider chat with Masha Prusso head of PR for Polygon, former Olympic athlete / snowboard champion. This is a fascinating discussion about brands, marketing, trends, relationships, and community first approach including big budget IRL side events such as ETH Denver and SXSW which differentiate from those hosted by large corporates such as Salesforce or Facebook or World Economic Forum.

NFTs are popping up everywhere with notable use cases and experiments from helping artists and musicians launch creative projects to supporting humanitarian and environmental efforts and how projects such as Avalanche, Solana, and Polygon support. Whether you're already participating or watching on the sidelines you're sure to learn something new.

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Crypto PR Lab received two acquisition offers in 2018 and 2019 but we decided to continue building the business. Masha started to explore cryptocurrencies when her mentor, a former Lehman Brother trader, asked her for help in his new company, his algo trading exchange for bitcoin Exgate, in 2014. It was an internship where she learnt a lot and got enthusiastic about bitcoin. She worked as a corporate lawyer for Clifford Chance LLP and Gowling WLG in France and Monaco.   

As a relationship manager for UHNWI in 2015-2017, Masha represented UBS and HSBC private banks in Switzerland. In 2006 Winter Olympic Games, Masha represented Russia as the youngest participant in the halfpipe event. She was also a Champion of Russia in snowboarding two consecutive years. Masha holds 3 Master degrees in Business Law (Sorbonne, UC Berkeley, University of Nice) and speaks four languages: Russian, French, German, and English. 

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How the legal personhood of NATURE makes protection from humans and corporations possible.  

S01E04 Better Worlds Podcast hosted by Julian Guderley, creator of GreenPlanet BluePlanet Podcast  

#web3 #defi #refi #maori #nature #earthequity  

Legal personhood has granted 200M+ corporations worldwide incredible power. Can the same be done for Nature? In this episode, Reggie Luedtke, Edmund Hillary Global Impact Fellow of New Zealand, speaks with host Julian Guderley, creator of the BluePlanet GreenPlanet podcast. Reggie shares details and his journey regarding the legal personhood of a river and a mountain. How collaboration to protect nature from the the actions of humans and other legal persons such as corporations, suddenly becomes possible. How might purpose driven organizations become owned by nature and thereby avoid pressures from shareholder interests to corrupt and transform their success into the exploitation of people and the earth.

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Reggie is an Edmund Hillary Global Impact Fellow in New Zealand, where he is working with Maori leaders in the movement to grant legal personhood for the more-than-human world. He is also part of a collective stewarding data for the benefit of bioregions and giving a voice for nature on company boards. Before working on Earth Equity, Reggie was the co-founder and CEO of a HealthTech startup called BlueTree Network, which grew to 450 employees before it was acquired in 2019.   

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Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future. Visit betterworlds.com to find out more.

400 Global Telecom Carriers are Upgrading their Networks. How will creators share nextgen immersive experiences?

Better Worlds Podcast hosted by Ayla Kremb, COO of Diffuse Funds

Find out why Susan Brazer considers blockchain a female technology and how innovations including web3, 5G peer-to-peer networks are empowering woman, environmentalists, and scientists to share data and nextgen immersive experiences. A member of Global Women in Blockchain https://globalwomeninblockchain.org she describes blockchain as a female technology rooted in resonant values including collaboration, community, transparency, trust, decentralization, and immutability. 

#metaverse #5g #web3

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Susan has led the launch and operation of consumer-facing mobile, media and technology platforms, applications and services for: Apple, DirecTV, SES Astra, FIFA World Cup Venture Fund, Viacom/Showtime, Virgin Mobile, and Nokia.

Previously, Susan was VP, Wireless Device Strategy and Business Development at Nokia, and VP, Corporate Development & New Products at Virgin Mobile USA. Prior to this, Susan was EVP, Corporate Development at the FIFA World Cup Venture Fund, where she raised $50M+ to develop interactive TV, gaming, and avatar training ventures.

Susan was the SVP, Networks & Marketing for Viacom's Showtime Intl in the Middle East and Africa, overseeing MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, The Movie Channel, TV Land, BloombergTV, Paramount, Style and Discovery. Susan was the VP, Marketing at Compression Labs, where led the business plan and launched DirecTV with Hughes Communications, which created the first 500 channel TV service. As VP, Digital TV Strategy at SES ASTRA, she led the migration of 22 countries with major broadcast operators--BSKYB, CanalPlus, Kinnevik, Bertelsmann, CLT and Multi-Choice.

The genesis of Susan's new products and UI/UX expertise began at Apple Computer, where she launched its 1st portable computer, the Newton, and Knowledge Navigator (the prototype for the iPAD and Siri). She was an M&A analyst at PepsiCo (acquired Kentucky Fried Chicken) and an International Treasury Analyst at Phillip Morris, where she was an early adopter of the first electronic forex trading systems.

Susan holds a B.A. in Economics from Brandeis University, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and attended the London School of Economics.

Susan is on the Board of Global Women in Blockchain and a mentor at Princeton University’s Keller School of Engineering for Innovation and Entrepreneurship."

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