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Gitcoin creates solutions that empower digitally native communities to fund, build, and protect what matters.

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EkoDoku - Ethical Silk Production

EkoDoku is a visionary cooperative that intertwines the threads of sustainability, ethical fashion, and traditional textile craftsmanship. Born in Hatay in 2017 and now expanding its roots across Turkey, EkoDoku is a testament to the power of women-driven initiatives that seek harmony between nature and innovation. ## Mission - To revolutionize the textile industry by promoting ethical silk production, preserving traditional textile practices, and championing the principles of sustainable…

Elephant in the Room Strategic Climate Solutions

Elephant in the Room is a decentralized think tank that creates multimedia campaigns to move the needle on climate change. Working with Indigenous organizations, voting organizations, neighborhoods, cities and activists to promote climate action to communities around the world and to counter the vast array of fossil fuel advertising and disinformation. Strategic messaging about the climate crisis needs to be around every corner including the corners of Web3 and yet, it is oddly absent. Even…
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The Solar Foundation & GoodDollar: Solar + UBI to Empower Women in Uganda

# TL;DR Bridging the digital divide via solar energy for women in rural Uganda 50 women, 50 mobile phones, 50 off-grid solar devices, 50 social solar entrepreneurs... powered by blockchain public goods; brought to you by the Solar Foundation & GoodDollar. # Summary The Solar Foundation’s mission is to fund and accelerate off-grid solar solutions for underserved communities in emerging economies. We believe decentralized solar energy is a public good and we’ve witnessed how small solar…

Proof of Renewable Energy Production (PREPchain)

PREPchain *reverses* the large-scale climate impacts of blockchain technology, while making blockchain more secure & decentralized! In this network, block sealing capacity is proportional not to energy burned or economic resources posted, but renewable energy produced. Back in January 2009, Hal Finney (recipient of the first Bitcoin transaction) [wrote](https://twitter.com/halfin/status/1153096538) that he was “thinking about how to reduce CO2 emissions from a widespread Bitcoin…

Tokyo River Friends

[![363893667-162300043552633-2167633261511898732-n.png](https://i.postimg.cc/g2LyYDng/363893667-162300043552633-2167633261511898732-n.png)](https://postimg.cc/gxdLs3yh) Tokyo River Friends (TRF) holds weekly river clean up events on Tokyo area rivers (generally the Arakawa and Edogawa) as well as occasional beach clean ups in the Kanto area. [![tokyo-clean-up-3.jpg](https://i.postimg.cc/xdgw9nkG/tokyo-clean-up-3.jpg)](https://postimg.cc/XZGH8MkX) Participants experience the rivers in and…

Web3beach

### Onboarding Communities Through Beach Clean Ups and Social Impact [![photo-2023-07-28-17-18-06.jpg](https://i.postimg.cc/Hns3xzHN/photo-2023-07-28-17-18-06.jpg)](https://postimg.cc/ZB26srWP) ## WTF is web3beach? 🏝️ Web3beach is a project focused on onboarding marginalized, unbanked, and disenfranchised communities to the world of web3. Our aim is to empower these communities (with crypto) through participation in social and environmental impact activities, such as beach cleanups,…

NFP (Non-Fungible Plants)

**Non-Fungible Plants** (NFPs) store NFTs in the DNA of real plants 🌱 This climate-solutions project is based on cutting edge biotechnology, taking digital NFTs and converting them into a biological format to create NFPs: a new format for data storage that is literally carbon absorbing. The goal of this grant is to raise funds to support the technical costs of developing this experimental project at the intersection of DeSci and ReFi. The long-term vision is to create a public good for…

EverGreenCoin®

### Introduction EverGreenCoin® (EGC) cryptocurrency is an X15 PoW/PoS hybrid launched in 2015 with no pre-mine, no instamine, no pre-sale, no ICO. The EverGreenCoin Foundation, Inc., is a 501(c)3 public charity operating under the laws of the state of Ohio, USA. Over the many years, the project, ecosystem, and platform have evolved and matured in many ways, as has the industry. --- ### The Problem [Proof of Environment](https://EverGreenCoin.org/PoE/) is a program of EverGreenCoin's…

ReFi EBF - Activating the Ecological Benefits Framework 🐉

### TLDR Starting with six words – **Air, Water, Soil, Biodiversity, Equity, and Carbon** – the Ecological Benefits Framework (EBF) is a holistic approach for aligning economic activity with the regeneration of our planet. The mission of this grant proposal, ReFi EBF, is to intertwine and enhance this work within the ecosystem of **Regenerative Finance (ReFi) and Web3 technology**. Together we aim to pioneer a future where finance and technology is a driving force for breathing life into…

Climate Emergency Centers

# What do we do? Climate Emergency Centers repurpose empty buildings for the benefit of local community to organise, meet in person, work on climate solutions. # Where are you based? Currently we are based in the UK and we have access to around 20 buildings around the country. See the map: https://climateemergencycentre.co.uk/cec-uk-network-2/ ![](https://i.imgur.com/e6zOPuh.png) # What's the secret of getting buildings for free? We are a registered charity that gets discount on…

Drylands Agroecology Research (DAR)

What is DAR? A collective born to holistically regenerate our land and the life that it nurtures--through research, design, and implementation, we’re starting a movement to replenish communities and agricultural systems while restoring our planet to a thriving state. What is DAR's Mission? Our purpose is to regenerate landscapes to improve life on Earth. By revitalizing degraded lands and fostering ecological balance, DAR aims to create a symbiotic relationship between humanity and nature,…