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EAs have long floated the idea of starting or buying a university, but a group of sustainability activists and experts has actually done so. It's privately funded, accredited in Germany, offers bachelor's, master's and MBA degrees. Teaching is online-only, I suppose for cost savings and global inclusivity.
Hey Ludwig, happy to collaborate on this. A bunch of other EAs and I analyzed the initial party programs under EA considerations; this should be easily adapted to the final agreement and turned into a forum post.
Local groups have an opportunity to do much more than just creating and connecting local effective altruists.
Being local to a place, we have special knowledge and influence.
A few ideas:
Fundraising for effective charities: Being local, we can promote effective organisations to local rich people.
Help existing local organisations to be more effective.
Manage a small fund and be forced to actually live and think through the challenges of prioritization.
Hey, there's a new university around!
EAs have long floated the idea of starting or buying a university, but a group of sustainability activists and experts has actually done so. It's privately funded, accredited in Germany, offers bachelor's, master's and MBA degrees. Teaching is online-only, I suppose for cost savings and global inclusivity.
What do you think?
tomorrow.university
I think, on the forum, there should be a clearer distinction between people speaking privately or on behalf of their organization.
Maybe org updates should always be posted by an org account.
Is anyone working on summarizing the new German coalition agreement from an EA perspective?
Otherwise I'll do it soon™. I'm happy to take advice here!
Hey Ludwig, happy to collaborate on this. A bunch of other EAs and I analyzed the initial party programs under EA considerations; this should be easily adapted to the final agreement and turned into a forum post.
Local groups have an opportunity to do much more than just creating and connecting local effective altruists. Being local to a place, we have special knowledge and influence. A few ideas:
Anything else?
See this post on "local priorities research" for more ideas. The author shares this "non-exhaustive list of examples":
Thanks, that's exactly what I've been looking for! :)