AEG Member Call: Banking on Freedom – How Bitcoin Enforces Human Rights

Banking on Freedom, Krista Edmunds

As a foundational technology, Bitcoin joins the ranks of civilisation-altering innovations like fire, the wheel, and the printing press.

Yet its capacity to advance fundamental human rights through censorship-resistant value transfer remains profoundly under appreciated by the mainstream.

This talk with Krista Edmunds of Access Tribe, explores the power of Bitcoin has to enforce human rights.

AEG Member Call: BECCS: Using Competitive Advantages in Carbon Dioxide Removal to Grow Alberta Energy Exports with Dr Jamie Stephen

BECCS: Using Competitive Advantages in Carbon Dioxide Removal to Grow Alberta Energy Exports

Dr. Jamie Stephen is the Managing Director of TorchLight, an energy and resources consulting and project development firm based in Nova Scotia, Canada.

He has managed bioenergy and cleantech projects for a broad variety of clients including national and provincial governments, utilities, airlines, manufacturers, investment funds, First Nations, and technology developers. His projects have focused on industrial growth strategies, facility feasibility, technology deployment hurdles, policy options, and investment prioritization.

Originally from Saskatchewan and the UK, he holds a PhD in Forestry (bioenergy techno-economics/strategy) and a Masters in chemical engineering from the University of British Columbia and a BSc(H) in Life Science from Queen’s University.