Today is Earth Day, and in honor of this, we wanted to highlight the many ways that blockchain and cryptocurrency can be used to help in the fight against climate change. In this post, we highlight 7 ways blockchain and cryptocurrency can help in the fight against climate change.

In Ep. 45 we welcome Adam Ghahramani, Founder of Untamed Elephants, a community dedicated to using NFTs, art, and cutting-edge tech to raise money for African and Asian elephants. We discuss how they have raised nearly $75,000 for charities supporting elephants, how they are creating unique engagement opportunities for NFT holders, and the roadmap and long-term vision for this exciting project.

Oceans and marine habitats are in crisis and an urgent response is needed. Numerous web3 projects have emerged with the goal of support marine conservation and regeneration. In this blog post, we highlight ten of these web3 collectives, projects, and organizations supporting ocean and marine conservation and regeneration.

At the core of web3 is the value of decentralization and innovation. This has led the emergence of several movements including Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Regenerative Finance (ReFi), and Decentralized Science (DeSci). In this infographic, we give a brief overview of DeFi, ReFi, and DeSci, and some examples of projects within these three movements.

Despite the bad rap that web3 has gotten when it comes to the environment, there are many projects and collectives with a focus on the environment that are taking tangible action to support regenerative projects and combat climate change. Here, we highlight 20 of these innovative mission-driven web3 projects focusing on the environment.

Despite the bad rap that blockchain gets when it comes to its environmental impacts, it has the potential to create a much more sustainable global financial system than the one that exists today by cutting down on the need for sprawling financial infrastructure, and by reducing the environmental impacts of cryptocurrency.

Five examples of bitcoin mining operations that have come up with innovative ways to run more environmentally friendly operations.

Despite the bad rap that cryptocurrency gets when it comes to its environmental impacts, crypto projects around the world are disrupting climate finance by coming up with new and novel ways to incentivize a low carbon future, one of which, is the tokenization of carbon sequestering assets.

As we enter 2022, the web3 space looks to build off the momentum of the past year. Here are five crypto and blockchain social impact trends to monitor in 2022, that we expect to grow and thrive.

In this episode, we have the privilege of being joined by Sean Honeyman and Christian Chegne, Co-Founders of Crypto Coral Tribe. We discuss the role crypto, NFTs, and community can play in enacting social change, their plans to support marine and wildlife conservation, and the future of crypto for social impact.

In this episode, we have the privilege of being joined by Stefan Renton, Head of Product and Sustainability at REVERSE. REVERSE has the goal of reversing Climate Change by utilizing the power of Blockchain and the web3 community.

For far too long, the prevailing narrative has focused on the negative aspects of crypto and blockchain as it related to climate change. However, not often discussed are the many ways that this revolutionary technology can, play an essential role in combatting and adapting to climate change in the future.

Blockchain-based solutions can help build a more equitable and sustainable agricultural sector, helping even the playing field for smallholder farmers in remote communities.

In the first post in a series highlighting the social impact projects operating on specific blockchains, we highlight three exciting Celo-based social impact projects.

Celo Foundation recently announced the launch of the Celo Climate Collective to compete for XPRIZE’s 100M Carbon Removal Challenge

With increased climate catastrophes being all but inevitable in the future, it will be important to have systems in place to support the world’s most vulnerable. Blockchain can play an essential role in developing and implementing these systems.