James Downer's guest appearances

James Downer

The Tao of Sports Podcast – The Definitive Sports, Marketing, Business Industry News Podcast

The Butterfly Effect

Odisea

Ben Shapiro

Bill Johnson

Sam Houston

Jeffrey Gitomer

David Young

Randy Cohen

John Ruhlin

James Madison

John Shumate

John Collins

Jesse Cole

Jim Kean

Kevin Kulp

John Barrows

Max Altschuler

OwlTail

This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Dr. James Downer. Dr. Downer has 37 years of experience as a horticulture and plant pathology Advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension in Ventura County. His research is focused on mulch, soil microbiology and disease suppression in mulched soils, diseases of shade trees, and cultural practices to maintain landscape plants. Dr. Downer is an Adjunct professor at California Polytechnic University in Pomona. He has a love of shade trees, Shinrin Yoku (forest bathing) tree work, woodworking, horses, gardening, horticulture, and the study of plants and their biology. In this episode, you will hear about the forests in Chernobyl, his work studying the nuclear effect on them, Gama Radiation, Fukushima, and more. Some notes... More about 1treellion &amp; Dr. James Downer. To support planting all over the world, please check out this link. The great music is credited to Pixabay.

This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Dr. James Downer. Dr. Downer has 37 years of experience as a horticulture and plant pathology Advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension in Ventura County. His research is focused on mulch, soil microbiology and disease suppression in mulched soils, diseases of shade trees, and cultural practices to maintain landscape plants. Dr. Downer is an Adjunct professor at California Polytechnic University in Pomona. He has a love of shade trees, Shinrin Yoku (forest bathing) tree work, woodworking, horses, gardening, horticulture, and the study of plants and their biology. In this episode, you will hear about the forests in Chernobyl, his work studying the nuclear effect on them, Gama Radiation, Fukushima, and more. Some notes... More about <a href="https://1treellion.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1treellion</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-downer-66814218" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. James Downer</a>. To support planting all over the world, please check out <a href="https://www.1treellion.org/where-we-plant" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this </a>link. The great music is credited to <a href="https://pixabay.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pixabay</a>.

Episode 61 / The Butterfly Story of The Trees of Nuclear Disaster, Chernobyl, Hosting James Downer

Hola Last Mile DeFi familia, in this conversation, James laid down the background to the work he is doing with Venezuelan migrants in Colombia as a consequence of the political instability and historical inflation that has affected the country. James has had circular career entering the ecosystem, when back in 2014 he came across Bitcoin being used in Argentina to overcome the cash controls in the country at the time. Since then, James has explored the various ways in which crypto could be leveraged to provide more opportunities for Latin Americans.Today, James works on Roda - a project that aims to provide people who are unable to access traditional financial services in Colombia with alternative routes to access financing. Roda works with delivery drivers to offer them micro-loans that eventually give them the opportunity to access higher ticket size loans that give these drivers the opportunity to access loans to purchase motorized bicycles. With the powered bicycles, delivery drivers are immediately able to double their monthly income, drastically improving their livelihoods. Today, Roda has issued over 8,000 individual loans to over 5,000 individual clients throughout Colombia.Through this conversation, we discuss a future where we can rely on crypto infrastructure to provide better financial services that allow people to verify the extent to which they are reputable actors within an economy, particularly if they are interacting with the informal economy. Roda relies heavily on the social collateral within their ecosystem, which crypto could provide a formal way for the borrowers in their network to formally verify their reputation with any actor, without having to rely on traditional instruments which often do not recognize people’s social capital. James’ work is a testament of the outcomes of grassroots entrepreneurship paired with technological innovation and I look forward to seeing Roda continue to leverage crypto to best provide access to undercollateralized loans in Colombia and beyond!To stay up to date with the latest findings, you can follow along on Twitter (https://twitter.com/marcusdotam) and Lens (https://lenster.xyz/u/marcus) as well. I’ll be publishing updates on the research and behind the scenes content, so make sure you’re joining us. You can also join us in our Telegram channel too (https://t.me/efnextbillion)!This research and podcast is produced with the support of:Ethereum Foundation Fellowship: The Fellowship program is a forum for leaders who are driven by leveraging Ethereum as a public good to help billions of people coordinate and thrive. The Fellowship program aims to support individuals who are passionate about identifying barriers to mass-adoption and breaking down the barriers for underrepresented communities to access crypto.Celo Foundation: Celo is the blockchain built for the real world. Carbon-negative, mobile-first and EVM-compatible, Celo is leading a thriving new digital economy for all. Build together and prosper

Hola Last Mile DeFi familia, in this conversation, James laid down the background to the work he is doing with Venezuelan migrants in Colombia as a consequence of the political instability and historical inflation that has affected the country. James has had circular career entering the ecosystem, when back in 2014 he came across Bitcoin being used in Argentina to overcome the cash controls in the country at the time. Since then, James has explored the various ways in which crypto could be leveraged to provide more opportunities for Latin Americans. Today, James works on Roda - a project that aims to provide people who are unable to access traditional financial services in Colombia with alternative routes to access financing. Roda works with delivery drivers to offer them micro-loans that eventually give them the opportunity to access higher ticket size loans that give these drivers the opportunity to access loans to purchase motorized bicycles. With the powered bicycles, delivery drivers are immediately able to double their monthly income, drastically improving their livelihoods. Today, Roda has issued over 8,000 individual loans to over 5,000 individual clients throughout Colombia. Through this conversation, we discuss a future where we can rely on crypto infrastructure to provide better financial services that allow people to verify the extent to which they are reputable actors within an economy, particularly if they are interacting with the informal economy. Roda relies heavily on the social collateral within their ecosystem, which crypto could provide a formal way for the borrowers in their network to formally verify their reputation with any actor, without having to rely on traditional instruments which often do not recognize people’s social capital. James’ work is a testament of the outcomes of grassroots entrepreneurship paired with technological innovation and I look forward to seeing Roda continue to leverage crypto to best provide access to undercollateralized loans in Colombia and beyond! To stay up to date with the latest findings, you can follow along on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/marcusdotam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/marcusdotam</a>) and Lens (https://lenster.xyz/u/marcus) as well. I’ll be publishing updates on the research and behind the scenes content, so make sure you’re joining us. You can also join us in our Telegram channel too (<a href="https://t.me/efnextbillion)!" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://t.me/efnextbillion)!</a> This research and podcast is produced with the support of: Ethereum Foundation Fellowship: The Fellowship program is a forum for leaders who are driven by leveraging Ethereum as a public good to help billions of people coordinate and thrive. The Fellowship program aims to support individuals who are passionate about identifying barriers to mass-adoption and breaking down the barriers for underrepresented communities to access crypto. Celo Foundation: Celo is the blockchain built for the real world. Carbon-negative, mobile-first and EVM-compatible, Celo is leading a thriving new digital economy for all. Build together and prosper

Last Mile DeFi 05: Crypto-powered opportunities with James Downer

With the advent of the Power 5 schools starting to separate, yet be beholden to the same rules as the smaller schools, it requires a lot of patience when working at Presbyterian College, which has one of the smallest budgets in Division I athletics. James Downer oversees sports supervision, as well as compliance and other details, and tries to build a relationship with each coach and student-athlete. Downer discusses how some of the issues regarding cost of attendance will affect Presbyterian College, as well as how they plan to continue to compete at the Division I level. With an eye toward becoming an athletic director of the future, Downer has to also prepare himself for the unknown realities that may be a key or core part of the NCAA in the years to come. Twitter: @JamesDownerPC

With the advent of the Power 5 schools starting to separate, yet be beholden to the same rules as the smaller schools, it requires a lot of patience when working at Presbyterian College, which has one of the smallest budgets in Division I athletics. James Downer oversees sports supervision, as well as compliance and other details, and tries to build a relationship with each coach and student-athlete. Downer discusses how some of the issues regarding cost of attendance will affect Presbyterian College, as well as how they plan to continue to compete at the Division I level. With an eye toward becoming an athletic director of the future, Downer has to also prepare himself for the unknown realities that may be a key or core part of the NCAA in the years to come. Twitter: @JamesDownerPC

Ep. 516 - James Downer (Associate AD, Presbyterian College)