Turning regen philosophy into real-world action one person at a time
Based in Ottawa, Canada, we are executing multiple different projects to help create impact in our community. These include hosting educational workshops, creating a ‘getting started in web3’ guide, hosting community meetups, partnering with other web3 protocols to support local impact, donating to local causes, participating in operationwebtree and more. .
In 2024 we have:
- participating in OperationWebTree, purchased 160 white pine seedlings, gave them out to 8+ community partners to help with reforestation in our region.
- hosted a regenerative crypto + greenpill presentation with the Nimiq Community (https://www.nimiq.com/) exploring DePIN, how web3 tools can help foster decentralized collectives, support local communities and more.
- was a community partner and speaker at Innovator and Creative Social - discussed the power of crypto in coordination, the GreenPill Network, gitcoin and other regen web3 tooling (Innovator x Creative Social - Denver 2024 · Luma)
- Partnering with Silvi for #OperationWebTree (reforestation project) to grow and plant White Pines in the Ottawa region (x.com)
Donated to web3 communities:
- Impact Summit (Nigeria)
- Japan earthquake relief
- Denver GP summit
Donated to local non-profits:
- ecology Ottawa
- Parkdale Food Market x2
*Cancer Research foundation Canada
Continued to Incubate RootedLABs + bring web3 tooling into the project
⁃ Urban (Shipping container) engineering specs complete for unit 1 - to be minted on-chain
⁃ Founding member nfts distributed
⁃ Will be distributing on-chain credentials to students who help
In 2023 we…
- Hosted educational workshops and events, helping first-time web3 users earn their first bit of crypto for successfully setting up their EVM wallets and learning how to use them.
- Developed a comprehensive ‘getting started in web3’ guide and resource booklet, offering step-by-step instructions to assist individuals in securely establishing, funding, and using their wallets to explore web3. Most attendees were artists and public goods-focused individuals.
- Donated to Ecology Ottawa, which supports tree-planting initiatives in the city.
- Wrote the ‘Touch Grass’ guide for V2 GreenPill.
- Collaborated with PizzaDAO to organize an in-person Ottawa Bitcoin pizza day, providing practical demonstrations of DAO functionality and organization (attended by over 150 people).
- Co-hosted an official side event for EthWaterloo with PizzaDAO, where more than 150 participants networked around the theme of Public Goods, while also mentoring 5 hackers during the hackathon.
- Hosted an introductory workshop on decentralized social media, led by our Chapter Lead.
- Are incubating RootedLABs to help spearhead the establishment of a network of decentralized Urban Farms and agriculture AI solutions (since July '23)
These accomplishments showcase our dedication to community-building, education and onboarding within web3, as well as our focus on making a positive impact in our local community.
What we are focusing on for the rest of the year
- continuing to participate in OperationWebTree
- running an intro to web3 onboarding session with EEPMON at the Ottawa Art Gallery (June 14h)
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Continuing our series of meetups, workshops, and talks aimed at fostering community activation and education.
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Running an intro into defi and web3 workshop at : Growth Week 2021 (Growth Week 2021)
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Hosting a follow up workshop for people interested in learning more (from growth week)
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Continue to make donations to our local non profit organizations
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Strengthening partnerships with local non-profit organizations, providing support and guidance to facilitate their onboarding into the web3 ecosystem. We want to eventually run a QF round within our community and this will require us to onboard these organizations into the space. We’d also like to get some set up on Giveth. *We have had a meeting with DriftCAN - https://www.drifcan.com/ on helping them set up a system to receive crypto donations and get profile pages up on Gitcoin and Giveth.
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Running more community activiations with other web3 groups like PizzaDAO, EthGlobal etc.
Here is a link to our hypercert (proof of impact) data from April 23’-Nov '23 - https://hypercerts.org/app/view?claimId=0x822f17a9a5eecfd66dbaff7946a8071c265d1d07-15974895997470377105751584320491790455013376