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What if you happened across a simple idea, that could solve multiple problems, yet no-one has tried?
Greenheart has.
The Greenheart ship is a small ocean-going merchant ship
that is zero emissions, low carbon and low impact
and capable of delivering
economic resilience and independence
to coastal communities around the world.
She's 32 meters long.
That makes her the perfect size
to be able to sail with only renewable energy.
She's powered by sun
on regular rooftop solar panels
and wind in cloth sails
gives her unlimited range
with absolutely no fuel costs.
She's got a solid and shallow hull
that allows her to get into places
where other ocean-going ships can't.
She can even land cargo on beaches
where there are no port facilities at all.
She also has an innovative combination mast-crane
which when it's not holding up the sails
can lift cargo on and off the boat over the bow or stern.
The same mast-crane can fold flat
to allow the ship to go under bridges,
up rivers or deep into cities.
You can imagine how features like these
will allow people on poorer regions
to access rich markets like this.
Raising their standard of living
by empowering them to make
the economic decisions that decide their own future.
We have the architectural plans.
We have the construction drawings.
We have engineering and corporate sponsors
and we have a builder standing by in Bangladesh.
We need your help
to raise $120,000 to get the ship built.
A year from now we want to be sailing
around the world on a 60,000 mile voyage
testing the green technologies,
visiting remote communities as well as big cities
and finding new and promising applications for a ship like this.
This is a voyage you can join us on.
For $25 dollars, your name will sail with us around the world.
At $100 dollars and above,
and above,
you can have a share of the maiden voyage.
You can redeem it against
articles that we trade
when we bring them into a dock
in a city near you.
You can actually ship
cargo with us from any one point
to another along our route.
You can pool your shares
with like-minded individuals and effect
the voyage itself,
help with the planning of the voyage
or you can stack them up
and you can use them to join the voyage as crew.
We also appreciate it if you can share this video with
with people that have the same ideals for the
environment
and for social justice.
The Greenheart ship is a technology
that can really transform the lives
of tens of millions of the world's poor
and it can have a profound effect
on the world's shipping in the near future.
So help us launch the first one,
help us help other people
and join us in the maiden voyage
of the world's first completely clean,
sail-solar, long distance ocean transport ship.
Thanks very much