Empowering environmental recovery with software and Elixir - T.Collins, E. deGroot | Code BEAM

CodeSync · December 20, 2024, 2:00pm

An Elixir for Environmental Health: Empowering environmental recovery with software - Emily deGroot and Tom Collins

This talk was recorded at Code BEAM America 2024. If you’re curious about our upcoming event, check https://codebebeamamerica.com

The Open Landscape Network is a diverse community of environmentalists and technologists developing information systems for evidence-based recovery of environmental health. The OLN is conceived as a shared yet customizable infrastructure that provides scalable, dependable, and affordable capabilities to help environmental projects collaborate with landholders (spanning European farmers to Indigenous peoples), scientists, funders, business and governments.

The R&D process led to Elixir as a potential base on which to develop the system. First trials in Europe (The Netherlands and Spain) in 2019 were successful, but revealed challenges in the model. Refinements are made continuously, and in 2023 the project expanded to Alaska in partnership with an Indigenous tribal government, with future growth planned across the U.S…

This talk summarizes the journey, challenges encountered and solutions adopted. It references features such as Umbrella Apps and open source components.

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