A War of Firsts

As you may expect, a fair bit of our time in this episode will be spent looking at stories related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as Vladimir Putin continues to roll his tanks into a free, sovereign Ukraine. We look at ways you can support Ukraine and discuss social media and propaganda. And we also take a look at some other stories, like charity recommendations for how to reduce food waste. Joining host Bex and TFGL team member Greg Ashton we have a returning special guest! Beth Wiltshire, based in Brussels and working on digital, tech and space policy and democratic innovation.  Discussed in this episode: Stat of the week  Ukraine asks for support through crypto donations and had now raised $20 million as of Monday 28th Feb: Ukraine raises millions in crypto donations 'to destroy as many Russian soldiers as we can' - Sky News  Crypto Donations to Ukraine Jump to $20M - Coindesk  Some are taking more direct action: Anonymous launches cyber war on Russia and has disabled several websites - Metro  Bloomberg Instagram post   Charity news of the week 14,000,000 shopping baskets full of food waste could be saved along with 1,110 truck loads of plastic if organisations follow sustainability charity, WRAPS, 3 recommendations: Reducing household food waste and plastic packaging - WRAP Tech news of the week Social media and modern warfare: Is Russia winning the disinformation war in Ukraine? - New Scientist The first TikTok war: how are influencers in Russia and Ukraine responding? - The Guardian  Ukraine invasion: Russia restricts social media access - BBC news  Tech companies rally to help their teams in Ukraine: Tech companies mobilise plans to help employees in Ukraine - Metro  And finally… $4.37 billion sale of offshore wind farm in the US shows a huge financial shift to renewables - Upstream Online   ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected]  We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.