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Patrick Meier
@patrickmeier.bsky.social
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Social Entrepreneurship | Inclusive Innovation | Sustainability | Climate Tech | Climate Robotics Founder | National Geographic Explorer | PhD

Born & raised in Africa

Broadcasting from Swiss the AlpsπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

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Patrick Meier invented the concept of using crisis mapping in humanitarian emergencies, and is a co-founder and the Executive Director of WeRobotics.

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· Mar 4
Swans on a Swiss lake in the Alps πŸ”οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 18h
"Exactitude is not truth." - Henri Matisse

"Real painters do not paint things as they are....They paint them as they themselves feel them to be." - Vincent Van Gogh

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 1d
Thanks for sharing πŸ™

I appreciated their point re: it’s not market failure, it’s values failure. I’d take it one step further and suggest it’s about power and *who* gets to decide the values.

Thanks again!

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 1d
We walk the talk on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) at beV. Just over 50% of fellows identify as women while more than 50% come from rural, resource-constrained communities. The latter have access to monthly & technology stipends to support their participation in the multi-year fellowship.
patrickmeier.bsky.social Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 1d
Next up: monthly 10-hour train to Berlin to join my team at beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship. We enable young founders from 65+ countries to launch locally-led climate & sustainability ventures: bevisioneers.world

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 1d
Next up: monthly 10-hour train to Berlin to join my team at beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship. We enable young founders from 65+ countries to launch locally-led climate & sustainability ventures: bevisioneers.world

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 1d
Today in the Swiss Alps πŸ”οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 2d
#grateful πŸ”οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 4d
#StormGoretti

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 5d
"Don’t forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies…" β€”Paul Coelho

πŸ“·: Swiss Alps last week πŸ”οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 5d
apropos of nothing…

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V for Vendetta - Girl Shot & Dominoes [1080
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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 6d
β€œSo to me it seems possible that cholera, tuberculosis and cancer are the celestial means of locomotion. Just as steamboats, buses and railways are the terrestrial means.

To die quietly of old age would be to go there on foot.”

- Vincent van Gogh

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 6d
β€œJust as we take a train to get to Tarascon or Rouen, we take death to reach a star. We cannot get to a star while we are alive any more than we can take the train when we are dead… (2/3)

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 6d
I’m studying Van Gogh. This is a heck of a quote:

β€œLooking at the stars always makes me dream, as simply as I dream over the black dots representing towns and villages on a map.

Why, I ask myself, shouldn’t the shining dots of the sky be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France? (1/3)

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 7d
Hi @chargeguide.ch, thanks for your great posts! Found an EV charging station in Les MarΓ©cottes that isn’t on the EV maps I use, so figured I’d share in case of interest:

Location: maps.app.goo.gl/7m4zS1EXM3NH...

Price per kWh: 0.55 CHF

EV link: adhoc.swisscharge.ch/session-star...

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 12d
May the world see more ups than downs, more sun than darkness in 2026. Happy New Year from the Swiss Alps πŸ”οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 13d
Today’s moment of Zen from the Swiss Alps πŸ”οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 15d
Tonight in the Swiss Alps, the Clouds Sea was gently lit by the silent moon above πŸ”οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 15d
Today in the Swiss Alps, the Cloud Sea rose higher, as if the tide was coming in πŸ”οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 17d
Sending a little peace and quiet from the Swiss Alps today πŸ”οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

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Randi Weingarten πŸ–‡οΈπŸ“šβœŠπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ @rweingarten.bsky.social Β· 18d
This one was such fun… so I am sharing

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 20d
Merry Christmas Eve Sunrise from the top of the Swiss Alps πŸ”οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ #switzerland

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 22d
From the Van Gogh immersive experience exhibition in Strasbourg

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 24d
Moment of Zen from the Swiss Alps πŸ”οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 28d
Yes!! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘
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Announcing eurosky.social accounts - launching January 2026.

βœ… Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative
βœ… Hosted on European cloud
βœ… Governed by European law

www.eurosky.social/register
Register for a eurosky.social account - one web identity, dozens of apps β€” eurosky
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social Β· 28d
Announcing eurosky.social accounts - launching January 2026.

βœ… Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative
βœ… Hosted on European cloud
βœ… Governed by European law

www.eurosky.social/register
Register for a eurosky.social account - one web identity, dozens of apps β€” eurosky
www.eurosky.social

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· 29d
Swiss Gov't Rejects Palantir, Citing 'Devastating Risks'

(But not to worry, the UN World Food Program didn’t hesitate a second to set up a 5-year partnership with Palantir back in the day). #WFPalantir

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Swiss Gov't Rejects Palantir, Citing 'Devastating Risks'
'Palantir is a US-based company where there is a possibility that sensitive data could be accessed by the American government and intelligence agencies.' The Swiss Army, 24 Dec. 2024
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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· Dec 12
Happy Timeline Bifurcation Day to all who celebrate. This one sucked.
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social Β· Dec 12
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Floridaβ€”and thus the contest for the presidencyβ€”by 700 votes.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social Β· Dec 12
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Floridaβ€”and thus the contest for the presidencyβ€”by 700 votes.

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.bsky.social Β· Dec 11
This winter in the Swiss Alps πŸ”οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Β· Dec 10
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
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