@harveen

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Entrepreneur; Liverpool FC fan; EHF Fellow

Past: B2B venture building; logistics in Africa; gold (physical); blockchain-supported trade; law.
Interested in applied #blockchain #altfin #trade #socialjustice 

Concerned about disruption to society by the #ClimateEmergency 🌊🔥🌪, predatory capitalism and automation.

Working at being happy and grateful more of the time, understanding people better, living in harmony with nature more and being a force for positive in the circles I contribute to.
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harveenJan 8

22 villages vanished, dozens more cut off in aftermath of cyclone that hit Indonesia's Aceh.
The #ClimateEmergency is here.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/22-villages-in-aceh-vanish-after-cyclone-senyar-dozens-remain-isolated

22 villages in Aceh vanish after Cyclone Senyar, dozens remain isolated

Twenty-two villages in Aceh vanish and dozens remain isolated after Cyclone Senyar, leaving thousands displaced and in dire need of aid. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times
harveenSep 19, 2025

Fighting invasive fish species in Malaysian rivers to stabilise and protect riverine ecosystems.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/hooking-a-menace-anglers-target-aquatic-invaders-threatening-malaysias-native-freshwater-species

Hooking a menace: Anglers target aquatic invaders threatening Malaysia’s native freshwater species

Invasive species breed rapidly, driving native fish towards extinction and increasing flood risks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times
harveenSep 12, 2025
Philippines is being hard hit by sea encroachment in communities. Land subsidence exacerbates this. Many communities will become unviable.
#ClimateEmergency
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/against-the-tide-filipinos-battle-rising-sea-on-sinking-island
Against the tide: Filipinos battle rising sea on sinking island

Sea levels across the Philippines are already rising three times faster than the global average. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times
harveenSep 12, 2025
mekka okereke Sep 11, 2025

The "civil rights era" never ended. You are still in it.

Black people are still asking for exactly the same things that they asked for in the 1960s: police reform, voting rights, and fair access to employment.

And the exact same proportion of white US voters oppose it with both votes and violence.

harveenSep 9, 2025
The #ClimateEmergency is here to stay.
Expect massive destabilisation in the Indian subcontinent going forward.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wdr08wq2zo
Monsoon: Why rains have been so deadly in India this year

Rains have caused landslides and severe floods in parts of the country and killed hundreds.

harveenMay 28, 2025
Scott SantensMay 28, 2025

Concerned about fertility rates and want more people to have more kids? This ain't rocket science. Make kids more affordable to have. Do a universal basic income that includes kids. Do universal healthcare. Do universal childcare. Also, just do more in general to make the future look bright vs dim.

https://youtube.com/shorts/1eI4TR8AS-8?si=gWwKWKx_4Wx71xxj

Link to full episode:

https://youtu.be/zdakSyxu75w?si=U1UFP2GxvG8lip9E

Link to cited article:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/2/7/21125303/alaska-basic-income-birth-rate-fertility

Before you continue to YouTube

harveenMay 28, 2025

An intriguing crime. Awful, and such harm too.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c071myeve25o

Odisha: Indian teacher gets life sentence for deadly 'wedding bomb' murders

The bomb, disguised as a wedding gift killed a software engineer and his great aunt just days after his wedding in 2018.

harveenMay 20, 2025
A fascinating look at #venom harvesting, and #antivenom production, in #Australia.
Such important work that saves so many lives each year.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lnp3ny4wro
The poison paradox: How Australia's deadliest animals save lives

The public antivenom programme saving lives in a place where, the joke goes, everything wants to kill you.

harveenMay 20, 2025
Last weekend - tornadoes in Missouri and Kentucky killed 25, possibly more.
5,000 buildings damaged.
Imagine if this damage was experienced a few times each year. It's getting to that point.
The #ClimateEmergency is here.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70nw7v5ykyo
At least 25 dead after tornadoes sweep through US Midwest

Kentucky and Missouri report severe injuries and deaths in storms that hit on Friday and Saturday.

harveenMay 20, 2025
Celtic Rainforest - yet another at-risk habitat, among so many.
We're causing so much pain and damage to our planet.
Entire micro-ecosystems are at risk.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7873ynnn57o
Celtic rainforest in Wales facing extinction crisis, ecologists warns

A rare lichen's last refuge on ancient oak felled by a storm puts a unique forest on the brink.