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RYVIAS
(pronounced Ree-Vee-Us) is a learning and collaboration hub for Sustainability, Innovation and Conservation. RYVIAS aims to inspire, educate and engage individuals, communities and businesses from around the world. RYVIAS believes in creating a unified drive towards a more sustainable future from people all across the sector. It is the project of the established and respected businessman, entrepreneur and multi-talented CEO, Leo Cunningham. RYVIAS has launched and is officially open to the public from the beginning of May 2021.

What RYVIAS offer the industry

The premise of providing a university-esque/central hub of learning with like-minded people and opportunities to put learning into practice within your local community, wherever that is.

Learning is designed to be ultra compressed and meaningful. The collaborative hub is to provide connections that are inspiring and also a community that comes together to make a measurable impact in Sustainability, Innovation and Conservation.

The idea of one world together resonates strongly and the space providing inspiration, learning and a communal space for community based sustainable development is unique to the sector.

Backstory
The driving thoughts behind CEO Leo Cunningham and his son, Ben Cunningham (LinkedIn), were to create a focused network of like minded people who want to live on a better planet. By providing a bunch of tools to learn and get involved in Sustainability, Innovative concepts and Conservation (SIC) and make the experience so exciting, rewarding and fun, members will tell their friends to come and join the club. Leo states “It’s not enough to just say it but we want to make a lasting difference for now and future generations to live in a better world where learning, equality, respect and balance were not just words, but a way of life.”

Name
As well as being committed to living in a better world, the CEO spent time working in the commercials industry and became a fan of anime due to the ability to tell stories in such a short space. As a fan of fun, imagination and adventure, the name is a tribute to the Anime Series Infinite Ryvius. Set in AD 2225 where mankind has spread from earth to inhabit many planets and nearby moons. The story surrounds the rescue spaceship, Ryvius and a group of young characters onboard who must learn new skills and work together for their survival. The principal character is Kouji Aiba who tries his best to maintain a semblance of order and peace in a time of crisis. The story raises the question: Will Kouji be able to help until the Ryvius reaches safety, or will he lose all that's dear to him in the process?

So the product name is a tribute to the concept of the ship and the characters in the series. They must learn new skills and work together to create a balanced existence and live in a better world.

Kazuki Jo
Kazuki is a cool Red Panda who is confident, friendly, funny and a real trailblazer.

The character is an inspired idea from the anime series Infinite Ryvius as mentioned above. The character is not a direct mapping of the main character but adopts the same principles with a bit more of an Indiana Jones feel about him. His mission is to lead the characters (the members) of the RYVIAS (the product) to learn new skills, to discover new ideas, new meanings and new potential horizons. He’s your fearless and funny best friend who’s there to give you a helping hand when you need it, to show you the way, to encourage you to learn new things, to get connected and get involved. “..Come on let’s do this…”

RYVIAS already feature Kazuki within their website https://ryvias.com, however there are plans to extend his reach in a more prominent way in the future, including featuring of sustainable apparel.

Mission RYVIAS are a group of people who are seekers, educators and adventurers. Driven by a can-do approach to life aimed at all people but focused on the productivity of a youthful generation, RYVIAS “see the world and the people who live in it as quite simply amazing. Our mission is for the world to learn, get involved and create a better life for all.”

Positioning
For the balance-of-life seekers, the sustainable innovators and the conservation champions, RYVIAS is the Virtual eco-school that creates an immersive and rewarding learning environment and delivers real-world outcomes in the field of Sustainability, Innovation and Conservation. RYVIAS, and only RYVIAS gives you the tools to discover, learn, connect with others, find careers and get involved in exciting projects that shapes the planet in one single, collaborative place.

Organisational structure
The business was formally formed in August 2020 by Leo and Ben after 18 months of looking at working in the industry and trying to give back using sustainable business methods. RYVIAS has grown their following through links on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. During the pandemic, outsourced volunteers and contracted companies, including their developers, Escola, have built a system to release to a wide audience whilst demonstrating a strong core message.

With a very clear Transparency statement, RYVIAS are a profit for purpose business. Income is generated for the purpose of covering overheads and then being able to be reinvested into community based projects and good causes. They have teamed up with a variety of inspirational individuals and companies to do the same.

===== Volunteer impact model ===== In the same way that “Football is nothing without fans” (Sir Matt Busby. ), RYVIAS take a similar stance in their business model, looking to support and importantly promote the people that assist in their core values and helping to maximise an equitable future. Volunteers are able to research and provide fact-checked blogs and in exchange, are given references and evidence for the time and effort they have committed.

Collaborations
As well as involving volunteers within the sector, RYVIAS have also formed over 30 collaborations with high profile individuals and organisations that hold similar beliefs. Rather than looking to gain, RYVIAS appear to want to actively promote causes that uphold the same beliefs. Speakers for Schools and Sustrans are both well supported by RYVIAS as well as high profile individuals including the well-respected Nigel Marven being involved in some collaborative campaigns to inspire others to take part

Projects and Inspiration
The Storybook feature is there to highlight to positive work carried out by others within the field with varying levels of experience, but centrally to the business ethics, RYVIAS promote causes and projects based on the say-so of their members. Featured within the Storybook, notably are Kristen Tapping of GoRolloe and Noorafsha Manga who are both products of the SouthBank school of engineering. They highlight and promote the achievements of the next generation and encourage everyone to get involved through Projects.

Projects can occur anywhere and are specifically focused towards sustainability, innovation and conservation. These can be commercial and community based and the idea is to actively involve communities in improving their own environment. You can apply to freely submit a project for volunteered involvement and then liaise with volunteers within an inbuilt, member forum.

Incentives

As a points based system, RYVIAS have a sustainable business model that gives back. As a result, members gain points for time on the product amongst a variety of other ways points can be earned through the web-app. The points can be used for discounts within the product, can be donated to projects or can support causes that RYVIAS personally want to back including Trees for Cities and The Charity Hub. The idea has always been to show that members can provide tangible results, whether it be for themselves, their community or the wider environment.

Courses

All courses are built to support interests and careers in sustainability, innovation and conservation. The Waypoint planner shows accurate information into multiple career paths, including product design, solar panel technicians and ecological consultants. The courses made by RYVIAS are intended to be bitesize and provide practical learning that can be immediately applied to either work or a personal setting. RYVIAS continues to offer courses within sustainability and openly promotes courses from other reputable sources including the UN, Raspberry Pi and also encourages experts to provide their own learning either for free or at an affordable rate to be partially reinvested back into sustainability causes.

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