Whole Earth Coin

NPO organization Whole Earth Foundation (hereinafter referred to as WEF) engages in the construction, provision, and operation of a civic participation-oriented infrastructure information platform. Under the motto “Protecting Infrastructure Together with Citizens,” WEF promotes activities to comprehensively inspect aging infrastructure with the power of citizens.In addition to official events, the citizen-led event “D Battle” has taken off in various locations in July, and activities related to TEKKON are being carried out every week. Furthermore, a new feature has been added to TEKKON, allowing not only the capturing and posting of infrastructure images but also the reporting of the infrastructure’s condition. This development enables management companies to make improvements to their operations.We are utilizing the socially-contributing Web3 application “TEKKON” to engage citizens in nationwide infrastructure inspections. By providing infrastructure image data collected by citizens to local governments and infrastructure companies for maintenance and management purposes, we aim to solve the social problem of infrastructure aging. Additionally, we seek to achieve the establishment of a low-cost infrastructure preservation ecosystem through citizen participation and bridge the way to safe infrastructure for the next generation.Expanding the Circle of Civic Participation in “Tekkatsu (TEKKON Activity)”Results from cooperation by citizens until July 2023 are as follows: The number of power poles collected by citizens has exceeded 840,000, with the daily number of posts showing an increasing trend!<img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/0ed096ea559046618eed3a283f3ce488.jpeg" />Since the general release of “TEKKON” on October 15, 2022, manhole data has been collected from all over the world, and the current number of posts is about 4.1 million. Moreover, with the increasing number of powerful citizens capturing over 100 power poles per day, the speed of collecting infrastructure data has increased, resulting in more than 830,000 power pole data being gathered.In July, events were held every week, and the citizen-led D Battle was highly successful!<img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/4943a2ab1f6d43918609832acf438a4e.jpeg" />In addition to official events, TEKKON users held independent planning events and gatherings, expanding the circle of communities both domestically and internationally. The mechanism of “D Battle,” which allows citizens themselves to launch events, was announced in June. In July, various D Battles were held in Tokyo, Saitama, Aichi, and Niigata. While TEKKON is typically based on online interactions, the events strengthened offline connections, leading to visible communities spreading nationwide.TEKKON continues to expand its functions, and the possibility of special inspections as an alternative to regular patrols is being explored.Since April of this year, we have been conducting a demonstration experiment in collaboration with Tohoku Utility Power Network Corporation, covering all prefectures in Tohoku and Niigata. The items that need to be inspected by power companies vary depending on the timing and location, and special inspection tasks are also necessary.<img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/35c4f1b6c72748e997e3852cf2acd730.jpeg" />For example, in May and June, there were cases where crow nests during the breeding season and ivy entangled with power poles in mountainous areas caused power outages. The demonstration experiment led to the removal of crow nests based on infrastructure information collected from citizens, and the possibility of alternative tasks has emerged in addition to regular patrols.<img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/ca23da3392054634ac91c30fc6a9c17a.jpeg" />A user community has also emerged in the Philippines, and local events have been featured on BBC, reaching a global audience!The activities of citizens in the Philippines were covered by BBC News in “People Fixing The World,” and translations into Chinese, Indonesian, Urdu, Turkish, and other languages have expanded the reach of TEKKON’s activities to countries around the world.<img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/srd-optimized-uploads/adc15ef259344c4e989af879b7168949.jpeg" />■ In conclusion Water supply, manholes, power poles, guardrails, and other social infrastructures are indispensable to our daily lives. They are not only vital infrastructure in Japan but also in any city around the world. However, aging has become a significant social issue.WEF believes that there are ways to prevent infrastructure collapse by involving ordinary citizens (civilians) in the problem-solving process. We are promoting a system where each citizen can participate, collect social infrastructure data while enjoying their daily lives, and contribute to the maintenance and management of infrastructure.Moving forward, we will continue to operate TEKKON with the aim of realizing an ecosystem where “Protecting Infrastructure Together with Citizens” is achieved.---------------- About TEKKONName of Application: TEKKON Fee&#xff1a;Free to Play iOS&#xff1a;<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tekkon/id1628928893" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">App Store&#xff08;iPhone&#xff09;</a> Android&#xff1a;<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id&#61;com.tekkon.Tekkon" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">GooglePlay</a> Software&#xff1a;iOS iPhone&#xff08;iPhone6s &#43; OS ver.15 later&#xff09; Android&#xff1a;Android&#xff08;Android OS ver.7 or later&#xff09; Started&#xff1a;October 17, 2022 About Whole Earth FoundationHeadquarters: Singapore Japan Office: Shibuya 1-chome Building 7F, 1–3–9 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Established: December 2020 URL: http://www.wholeearthfoundation.org/ja/Whole Earth Foundation is about citizen participation. It is an organization that promotes activities aimed at solving social issues of aging infrastructure by participating in a game. In “TEKKON” using Web3, tokens are used as rewards for infrastructure data. It is a mechanism that encourages users to collect more infrastructure data and returns economic value to users who have contributed to society. Functions of the new app “TEKKON” will continually be enhanced and the circle of social activities “Tekkatsu” expanded through the “Manhole Holy War” event nationwide, which has been held so far to call for citizen participation.

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