Thread by @wickedgeekie

And the #dadlihack pitches have begun! First up, Team #EEQUALSMC2 and their solution to sweep the sea floor clean.

Delighted with the turnout at #Absip on beautiful #Antigua

Now pitching at #dadlihack it's team The Waves and their Corral2020 project looking at applying #AI to map building applications to existing standards, in order to increase overall resilience.

Reposting the second team's pitch...

Now it's team #aguamentis and their ideas for energy farms.
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Reposting this too... So hard to live tweet!

The #dadlihack judges are grilling the candidates...
I'll find their handles when am done MCing this...!
Arica Hill
Moe Takamura
Patrick Borgkvist
Anna Persson
David Hanegraaf
Steve Robinson

Next up at #dadlihack it's team Island Minds and their Eco Carib app to book a holiday that meets Eco standards.

Now pitching at #dadlihack it's Shahein Fitzpatrick and his Caribbean Environmental Network, an educational initiative to raise environmental awareness amongst the general public.

Now it's Dadli Yellow and their #swimwear proposal specific to Caribbean women's bodies, and weaved out of sargassum fibers.
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Next up at #dadlihack is team Hacker Hostel and their idea to reduce shipping vessels time at port, in order to reduce emissions.

And pitching now at #dadlihack are @ANUIslandGirls and their idea for a new eco Wellness tourism experience.

Now at #dadlihack it's Team Spice Innovation and their ShorExplore project, using satellite imagery and #ML to map a shoreline across historic data and future projection.

Now Team Dadli Builders is pitching ARK, Access to Resilience and agricultural Knowledge, to help and educate local farmers in providing seasonal fresh produce to local consumers.
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And finally, closing the #dadlihack pitches, team Island Academy Students and their Custom Coral idea.

So, sorry for the suspense, it got incredibly busy last night...

In 3rd place, winning a cash prize of USD 2500, Ms. Seimone of Dadli Builders and her # ARK project aiming to help local fruit and veg producers.
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In 2nd place, winning a cash prize of USD 2500, it's Dadli Yellow, Ms Launesha and her project to reuse sargassum to weave a textile from which she'll make bathing suits tailored to Caribbean women's bodies.
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And the winner of #dadlihack 3.0, recipients of a cash prize of USD 5000, is the eco-Wellness programme for tourists and locals engineered by the amazing @ANUIslandGirls (look them up! These women are a force to be reconned with!)

The winners were announced by the Hon. E. P. Greene, who has supported #dadlihack since 2018, and the event was wrapped by @UNOPS ' Jonas SVENSSON, sponsor and organiser. The mentors, judges and local UNOPS team's hard work made it all possible.
See you next year!

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