RootedLABs : Climate, Agriculture, Open Source Tooling
Developing open-source urban agriculture technology to combat food insecurity and environmental issues by fostering community and tech partnerships for sustainable farming practices and educational programs.User Review
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Reviewed on 17 Apr 2024 02:02 PM
Projects should directly support the mission of DeSci to innovate scientific research by exploring novel mechanisms of funding, conducting, and disseminating scientific research in an open, inclusive, and accessible manner.
RootedLABs is focused on addressing climate change and food insecurity through urban agriculture and aims to create an open-source global network of urban farm hubs. Their vision for reconnecting communities through sustainable food solutions and the use of emerging technologies like blockchain, AI, and IoT demonstrates a commitment to innovating scientific research and making it accessible.
DeSci projects most commonly support this mission by building and testing necessary technological infrastructure, but projects may also be eligible if they are deploying existing DeSci infrastructure in a scientific research context or if they are educating and recruiting members of the scientific community to contribute to the mission.
RootedLABs appears to be engaging in both the development of new technological infrastructures for agriculture and the deployment of existing technologies in a scientific context. Their integration of IoT and AI for data collection, as well as the creation of open datasets and open-source engineering specs for urban farms, supports DeSci's mission through technological advancement and education.
Concrete examples of issues covered by the DeSci mission include: the data reproducibility crisis and archaic data sharing practices; misaligned incentives and poor practices in scientific publishing and peer review; financial, linguistic, and academic barriers to globally inclusive research; intellectual property, patents, and financial incentives to trade progress for profits; academic disconnect and poor science/health literacy and trust in the lay public and government representatives.
The project's commitment to open-source principles, creating accessible smart city farms, and its plan to open-source all data and engineering specifications are indicative of addressing issues such as archaic data sharing practices, barriers to inclusive research, and intellectual property constraints. Furthermore, their educational initiatives aim to address science literacy and public trust.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
Without specific information about the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy, it is not possible to definitively score the project's compliance with these policies. An assessment would require knowledge of the project's adherence to such general policies, which is not provided.