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Finalist Evaluation
Judges'' comments
SUBJECT: Climate CoLab Judging Results
Proposal: Swami Vivekananda Fruit-Trees Expansion Mission for environment adaptation
Thank you for participating in the 2015 Climate CoLab Adaptation contest, and for the time you spent in creating and revising your entry.
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2015 Climate CoLab Judges
Additional comments from the Judges:
The underlying idea here is interesting. But there is no clear plan to implement it. The proposal has also not responded to any of the initial feedback provided during the first round of judging.
An interesting idea and I find the simplicity of it very appealing. I also like the idea of solving more than one problem at a time -- hunger and climate. As an ecologist, I would feel a lot better about the proposal if it was focused on plants native to the places where the actions are being promoted. This is especially problematic with the proposed planting in just about every unused space. On the other hand, a focus of planting near roads and already cleared lands does appeal to me. As with all projects, the hard part is scaling from a small area to much larger ones. This proposal is appealing in its inexpensive basics, but getting this spread to the desired scale would probably cost more than expected. A pilot project in a few representative areas, covering the time of people needed to successfully implement would likely yield a lot of understanding of what works and what doesn't work. Projects like this often have unexpected challenges that are best revealed in pilots.
Semi-Finalist Evaluation
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Judges'' comments
Dear waghham,
Congratulations! Your proposal, Swami Vivekananda Fruit-Trees Expansion Mission for environment adaptation in the Adaptation contest, has been selected to advance to the Semi-Finalists round.
You will be able to revise your proposal and add new collaborators if you wish, from July 1st until July 14, 2015 at 23:59pm Eastern Time.
Judges' feedback are posted under the "Evaluation" tab of your proposal. Please incorporate this feedback in your revisions, or your proposal may not be advanced to the Finalists round. We ask you to also summarize the changes that you made in the comment section of the Evaluation tab.
At the revision deadline listed below, your proposal will be locked and considered in final form. The Judges will undergo another round of evaluation to ensure that Semi-Finalist proposals have addressed the feedback given, and select which proposals will continue to the Finalists round. Finalists are eligible for the contest’s Judges Choice award, as well as for public voting to select the contest’s Popular Choice award.
Thank you for your great work and again, congratulations!
2015 Climate CoLab Judges
This proposal contains some insightful philosophical reflections on the nature of human ability to create change and to establish more positive relationships the natural world. The basic seed-saving approach is simple and cheap, and could - it is true - be an interesting way to include action-based environmental education in schools.
However beyond this, the proposal lacks any detailed reflection on implementation, site selection, or the recruitment of participants. Even if the core of this program (seed-saving) is essentially free, the success of this idea depends on creating an educational campaign that would encourage large numbers of students and educational institutions to participate. This proposal does not contain any discussion of how these partnerships would be created. Likewise, it seems unlikely that simply planting seeds in vacant or marginal land would be successful, legal, or safe for children. Much more thought needs to be given to how appropriate planting sites would be selected and cared for.
Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Best regards,
Alexandra
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