tech, ethics and consciousness...for all life
We’ve heard many times that ParTecK magic happens at in-person gatherings. So, we are trying a retreat-style gathering this year with a relaxed, low-structure and optional “potluck” offerings. We'll be staying at a glamping site in the Comox Valley, north Vancouver Island, for 3 nights, from Aug 20-23, 2024. Smith Lake Farm (https://www.smithlakefarm/) offers a number of glamping tents and a tiny house, complete with a barn for gatherings, a sauna and more. We’ve booked for a maximum of 25 in shared accommodation (with a few single tent / RV options).
Some amenities: free sauna, SUP and canoeing on the lake, beekeeping tours, nature bog, barn with bbq area, Uni pizza oven, very accommodating and lovely host.
Come for a day, or stay!
Nori is dedicated to fostering inclusivity and community, building decentralized governance models, and enabling collaborative decision-making in complex and emergent environments.
Founder of ODIN, a network of innovators who believe that decentralized innovation networks will replace centralized corporations as the primary way we solve hard problems in the world. ODIN experiments with and mentors evolutionary organizational principles, and creates ways to scale through connecting high-trust spaces so that innovation networks and their members can thrive. Currently working an a project to build a website to educate these principles called Collaborative Sparks.
A co-founder of Bridge Builders, an organization that nurtures meaningful human connection so collaborative innovation can flourish. Bridge Builders is currently working with several innovation ecosystems to develop strong communities and models of decentralized innovation.
Co-founder of Andamio. Andamio’s mission is to facilitate learning, organization, and information sharing to drive the resolution of significant challenges. Focusing on Learning Management, Contributor Onboarding, Emergent Credentials, and Treasury Governance, Andamio uniquely blends blockchain smart contracts and design patterns for decentralized applications using project-based learning methodologies and principles of evolutionary organizations.
In his free time, he enjoys diving deep into the intersection of blockchain, AI, decentralization, bio-region identity, and Integral theory. He is also a practicing Zen Buddhist.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishigaya/
A local to the Comox Valley, Lee White will help facilitate hikes, river swims, mountain biking or paddle boarding adventures.
Lee started skiing out of his backyard in the Yukon with his brothers at 5 years old. They still ski together whenever they can. Growing up largely in British Columbia the mountains were a constant inspiration for adventures and art. Lee’s love of words started early writing poetry and prose including the eclectic philosophy book rapt in awe published in 2004. Having worked for several years with Outward Bound in Canada and post-Apartheid South Africa, Lee continues to operate an Adventure Therapy Program for the youth jail in B.C. A deep love of nature inspires Lee in multiple art mediums reflected in the brand ethos of Poet Skis.
Aside from art and adventures, Lee is a social impact entrepreneur innovating novel approaches to clean energy transition and data sovereignty through ChinookX Technologies.
Lee is an Ashoka Fellow for his work leading ChinookX building next-gen solutions for data sovereignty and climate action, grounded in a deep respect for Indigenous ways of knowing and being. ChinookX partners with Indigenous communities to develop Indigenous Innovation Districts (IIDs) and StoryBox servers. These data centres, powered by clean energy, are built on Indigenous lands. IIDs provide the infrastructure for Indigenous data sovereignty, as well as a revenue stream by way of data storage and processing for broader communities. It’s a model that positions Indigenous peoples to flourish in the next iteration of the internet.