OpenCivics

🌍 Bloom Network helps people discover and spearhead grassroots climate actions where they live, with the support of a platform owned and governed directly by them! With Local Hubs, local media feeds, and a peer-to-peer incubator powered by Web3, we empower people to start and grow projects from A to Z with the support of a passionate global community. [https://bloomnetwork.earth](https://bloomnetwork.earth/) We began in 2008, hosting skillshares and an online network strategizing about what’s…

# Exploring Post-Capitalist Crypto Pathways We stand at a crossroads of humanity's journey. The prevailing system of endless economic growth and extraction has pushed ecosystems and communities to the brink. We must challenge conventional notions of money, capital and crypto, recognizing their role in this trajectory of harm. With advances in AI and automation set to eliminate many jobs, we have an opportunity to envision life beyond labor for basic needs. It is crucial we rethink economics…

Outcome funding for journalists after their stories create tangible impact **Problem** Producing global investigations like the Panama Papers or local stories on community grievances are not sustainable via ad based revenue models. At the same time, such stories uncover new information and often lead to tangible progress on the issue they highlight. Which led us to ask a simple question - instead of having journalists write grant applications for every new story they want to pursue, can we…

The Arbitrum DAO X account is a collaborative effort between multiple DAO contributors with a decentralized story behind it: Back in 2023 someone posted on the Arbitrum forum and asked if the DAO should have an X account, then another member created one. This is how this initiative started in 2023 and since then it has grown into the single source of information on all Arbitrum DAO related topics such as: New proposals New dapps/apps DAO discussions Grant Programs and their…

**1. TL;DR:** - **Climate positive bus** - **Urbánika's Research** **2. Challenges** **3. Mechanical report** **4. Architectural plans and the climate-positive devices** **5. Budget** **6. We are looking for you!** -- # 1. TL;DR 👀 This grant includes two initiatives. On one side the climate positive bus, which is both a school and house, and the Web3 Neighborhood Governance program which aims to facilitate the emergence of smart cities that are peer-governed and regenerative by…

**We are a web3 community building onchain trails to support agroforestry co-stewardship.**  *Get your hands dirty from the confort of your home.* What if we could grow an edible footprint in life? Like, what if we had the chance to support and enjoy productive agroecosystems, experience lifelong yields and retreats while sharing our seasonal agendas?🌱 Then we could simply coordinate the sazonalities of long term agendas. We would…

> The Sensed Governance Initiative is conducting open research towards a suite of collaborative techniques for managing commons infrastructures using collective-sensing methodologies rooted in the sensing body.

CitizenLab creates open-source, privacy first, Advocacy Tools for civic action • CitizenLab has built two primary tools: citizen.chat and pact.social. Citizen.chat is an interactive platform that combines AI and contained datasets to generate informed, accurate responses, fostering educated conversations and preserving chat histories for continued engagement. pact.social serves as a decentralized hub for publishing, promoting, and managing petitions, manifestos, and open letters, offering…

 viaPrize is a crowdfunding platform that includes crowdfunded prizes. Post ideas, crowdfund ideas, and welcome anyone to complete the ideas and win the crowdfunded prize.

The OpenCivics Collaborative Research Round is designed to foster collaboration among researchers and civic innovators to produce open source research & knowledge production that serves community organizers to access the power of web3 and civic innovation. Projects are required to submit as a team or pod which offers an opportunity to experiment with on-chain collaboration and the co-governance of open-source civic engagement research. We’re specifically looking for research initiatives that…

# DGSF: Advancing Transparency and Governance in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations ## Project Description The Distributed Governance Score Framework (DGSF) project is developing an open and participatory framework to re-define how organizations assess their alignment with Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). At the heart of the DGSF project lies our tool, the DAO Index. The key features of the DAO Index include: - **Standardized Principles**: Offering a unified set of…

Bioregions—areas defined by natural boundaries rather than political ones—offer a holistic and sustainable framework that aligns human activities with the natural systems that sustain us. As we face unprecedented global challenges, building our capabilities in bioregional organizing has become crucial for creating resilient, sustainable communities. The bioregional movement is gaining momentum, with innovative initiatives sprouting across the globe, including: - The BioFi Project is…