[Mesh] Script for garden mesh video

Sat Aug 12 03:07:12 PDT 2017

Rough Script:
Hi All,

Sorry, this is late. I had Jury Duty for most of the week.

Everything I re-wrote/edited is in *Italics* and *bolded*.
I also deleated a few things.
Please feel free to use whatever you'd like.

Cheers,
Divine

*Script*:

Cell 1: My name is Mario Gabiati, *I'd like to share an idea that I believe
will help** us* feed *the *9 billion and growing number of people across
this globe.

Cell 2: (we were planning to show some poorly producing community garden
plots here as b-roll while I talked more about the program). Feeding 9
billion people on 100% industrialized agriculture is impossible *and
unsustainable, but that is the path the global agricultural industry has
been on until recently, with studies showing that more and more people* are
turning to home gardening as a way to get fresher, more* nutritious *foods
in their diets.* In the U.S., the* popularity of community and home
gardening has increased over *200%** since 2008 (link
<https://garden.org/learn/articles/view/3819/>)*, and now over a third *(Where
does this statistic come from? Please cite your data)* of US households are
growing *home-use vegetable gardens**. Now with the growing trends of
home-use vegetable gardens, how can we feed the 9 billion plus people
across the globe?** By learning to feed one. For me, this issue hits home
as I have my own home-use vegetable garden and have always had trouble
sustaining vegetable growth. I'd always wonder if I was using the right
soil, if my vegetables had enough water or if the soil was receiving enough
sunlight. Basically, I needed help or my vegetable garden
wouldn't survive. **I began looking for monitoring devices that would
analyze the data I needed from my garden and be easily accessible when I
needed it, say to buy the next batch of garden soil. Unfortunately,
everything I found sold in stores or an Amazon was too expensive,
ranging *anywhere
from 50-100 dollars! Imagine, however, if one could *monitor these home-use
vegetable and community gardens* *with* nothing more than a $5 sensor and*
a* smartphone?

Cell 3: (*M*: *now that I'm writing this out, we may want to change the
order - the intent was to briefly touch on the world-wide implications of
this technology, and our desire to bring it to nations where home gardening
may mean the difference between surviving and starving. D: This isn't a bad
idea I've kept it in because of the way I structred the above. *).  *That*
very low price to build our sensor means *affordable* technology in
building *sustainable home-use vegetable and community gardens in food
deserts across the US and Western & Eastern Europe.* *This technology could
also be brought to places* where growing one's own food means the
difference between survival or starvation; places like *Northern India and
China, areas of the world where agriculture is the backbone of the economy
and a high percentage of the population use cell phones.*

Cell 4: (this will be b-roll of us installing the prototypes at East Bay
Vivarium on Friday and/or lush community garden plots with our sensors in
them). Incredibly easy to install, just activates and place - already I'*m
receiving* real-time data.

Cell 5: (*Info-graphic - yes!*).  This technology requires no
configuration, it simply begins serving data as soon as it's installed,
giving *an individual* real-time access to their garden's data. *Eventually,
with the permission of each sensor's owner, our team would aggregate all
the data received from every available* and* active* sensor to begin
building comprehensive micro-climate maps that give suggestions on the
* types* of plants and vegetables* that grow best in each *sensor's
specific *region*.

Cell 6: (closure, a reiteration of the feeding 9 billion theme) Feeding 9
billion people isn't such a huge problem *when it begins with learning to
feed one. **Would you buy a sensor for $10 if you knew a sensor just like
yours would be given to a family in India, Yemen or Rwanda?* *(**I picked
countries that have a high % of their population that usages cell-phone,
but also have a high agricultural backbone would actually use the
technology)* Please visit our website below to learn more!

On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 6:53 PM, Mario Gabiati <mgabiati at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Divine,
>
> Thank you for getting in contact, YES, I am very interested in your help!
> We were busy at the lab making the prototypes, so I apologize for not
> getting back to you then!  Here is a link to the gardenmesh video I showed
> you in the meeting (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJJiGtuPJF4).  This
> version doesn't have any of the text overlays that you saw but I think it's
> helpful anyway. I have copied my cameraman Vassil, and the sudoroom
> listserve so we can all benefit from your wisdom!
>
> I obviously have no professional tools, but to help visualize what we want
> to put together, I've made a little 6-pc storyboard, nothing is set in
> stone though.
>
> The main points we want to make in the video about the idea are 1) the
> very cheap price, 2) the access to your own real-time data without any
> configuration, 3) our plan to build philanthropy into the business model -
> buy one, give one to a needy community, and 4) how this data can be used to
> make better choices
>
> In order to clench the NatGeo grant, we have to make it all pertain to
> feeding 9 billion people.
>
> Rough Script:
> Cell 1: Hi, I'm Mario Gabiati, and I'm here to tell you about a great idea
> that will help us feed 9 billion people, which sounds like a big problem,
> but it starts with feeding just one.  I was having a lot of trouble feeding
> myself from my own garden because I was guessing all the time; guessing
> what plants would do well in my garden, guessing they'd be okay when I left
> for work or on vacation.  I wanted to find something that would let me
> monitor my garden when I was away or sleeping, but nothing on the market
> could monitor everything I wanted, and were much more expensive than I
> wanted to spend; anywhere from 50-100 dollars!
>
> Cell 2: (we were planing to show some poorly producing community garden
> plots here as b-roll while I talked more about the program).  Feeding 9
> billion people on 100% industrialized agriculture is impossible and
> probably unhealthy, and studies show that people are turning to home
> gardening as a way to get fresher, more wholesome food.  The popularity of
> community and home gardening has increased substantially, and now over a
> third of US households are growing food! But what if we could grow even
> more food in our homes and community gardens using nothing more than a $5
> sensor and our smartphone?
>
> Cell 3: (now that I'm writing this out, we may want to change the order -
> the intent was to briefly touch on the world-wide implications of this
> technology, and our desire to bring it to nations where home gardening may
> mean the difference between surviving and starving).  The very low price to
> build our sensor means that we can bring this technology out of the US and
> bring it to places where growing your own food may mean the difference
> between survival and starvation or malnutrition.  Would you buy a sensor
> for $10 if you knew a sensor just like yours would be given to a family in
> Venezuela or Yemen?
>
> Cell 4: (this will be b-roll of us installing the prototypes at East Bay
> Vivarium on Friday and/or lush community garden plots with our sensors in
> them).  Incredibly easy to install, just activate and place - and already I
> can receive real-time data about my garden.
>
> Cell 5: (Info-graphic? white-board animation? i can use all the ideas you
> have!).  This technology requires no configuration, it simply begins
> serving data as soon as it's installed, giving you real-time access to your
> garden's data.  With your permission, we can aggregate this information
> with all the other sensors on earth and begin building comprehensive
> micro-climate maps that can help give you suggestions on what kinds of
> plants and vegetables to grow in your specific area.
>
> Cell 6: (closure, reiteration of the feeding 9 billion theme) Feeding 9
> billion people isn't such a huge problem when it's fun and easy to grow a
> percentage of your own food and these sensors make growing your own food
> much easier at a price that brings it into the reach of billions of people!
> Please visit our website below to learn more information, and lets mesh!
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> Anyway, this is what I've got so far, let me know what your thoughts are!
> Thank you!
>
> -Mario
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Divine Adesida <divine.adesida at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mario,
>>
>> It's Divine.
>>
>> We discussed that I would help with the script for the video this
>> afternoon.
>>
>> Did you want to send me what you had?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Divine
>>
>> --
>> Divine Adesida
>>
>
>

-- 
Divine Adesida
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