The world has lost 1/3 of its forests since the last ice age. If we ever hope to stop reforestation and regenerate the world’s forests, innovative solutions will be required. Blockchain technology has emerged as a leading technological solution, and in this article, we highlight 10 projects using Web3 tools to boost tree planting and regeneration efforts.

In episode 116, we’re excited to welcome Maria Li, Co-Founder of Steward, a Web3 community that aims to create a bridge between the natural world and digital world. We discuss how Web3 tools can help individuals reconnect with nature, the concept of decentralization in natural ecosystems, driving philanthropic action with NFTs, inclusion in Web3, and much more.

By incentivizing investment in the preservation of ecosystems and the services they provide, Natural Capital Backed Assets, enabled by on-chain asset tokenization, present a transformative approach to address climate change, protect the Earth's most vital natural resources, and build a global community of regeneration and conservation changemakers.

Plastic waste is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time. By 2050, it is estimated that there will be more plastic in the ocean (by weight) than fish. In recent years, blockchain has emerged as a powerful fool to help combat plastic pollution. In this article, we highlight 6 organizations using the power of blockchain to help end the plastic pollution crisis.

In the fight to protect endangered species, emerging technologies like blockchain offer a glimmer of hope. Blockchain, with its decentralized and transparent nature, has the potential to revolutionize wildlife conservation efforts and create a more secure and accountable system for protecting our planet's most vulnerable creatures.

In episode 108, we’re excited to welcome Rob Keanalley, CEO at Aquatic Metaverse, a digital asset entertainment and education brand focused on marine life conservation, and also the company behind Salty Sharks. We discuss how Web3 tools can help engage global communities around important causes, using metaverse experiences to raise awareness and educate about marine conservation, why NFTs are a powerful force for social impact, and much more.

In episode 105, we’re excited to welcome Alan Ransil, Project Lead at Filecoin Green, a project focused on building infrastructure that allows anyone to make transparent and substantive environmental claims. We discuss how Web3 can help organizations achieve net-zero emissions targets, building sustainable blockchain protocols, how blockchain can restore trust in carbon markets, and much more.

In this podcast starter pack, we’ve bundled together eight episodes highlighting incredible projects using the power of web3 and blockchain to combat climate change, and drive regeneration and conservation efforts. This starter pack includes renowned guests from ImpactScope, Ecosapiens, ReFi DAO, OASA, Kokonut Network, Topl, WheelCoin, and Celo Foundation.

Web3 and crypto have the potential to be powerful tools in driving regeneration efforts. By incentivizing conservation and regeneration, funding conservation causes through crypto philanthropy, enabling greater transparency in conservation, and facilitating the creation of natural capital-backed assets, we can make significant strides in protecting and restoring our planet.

While not a fix-all solution, blockchain technology has the potential to play a significant role in achieving a zero-waste future. By incentivizing sustainable behaviors through blockchain-based reward systems, and creating immutable and transparent systems for tracking waste, blockchain enables better waste management practices and the more efficient use of resources.

Tracing The Wild, a collaboration between the Sovereign Nature Initiative, Kenya Wildlife Trust, and Nairobi Design Week, introduced a first-of-its-kinds interactive digital and physical art installation that seeks to unite nature and humanity with the power of Web3 technology.

The world has lost one-third of its forests, and urgent action is needed to protect the forests that play a vital role in earth’s biodiversity and in mitigating climate change. Blockchain and Web3 tools can help through on-chain monitoring and verification, greater community ownership, new opportunities for climate finance, tokenization of natural assets, and increased accountability.

In episode 92, we’re excited to welcome Rafaella Orelli, Madhuri Rahman, and Susana González from ImpactScope, a Web3 startup dedicated to helping organizations deploy web3 tools to measure, verify and amplify their impact. We discuss how Web3 tools can help NGOs and social enterprises achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Proof of Impact NFTs, some compelling use cases for social enterprises that are skeptical of Web3, and much more.

Land management and protection continues to be rife with intricate challenges including contentious rights ownership, land grabbing, and the impacts of climate change. Up to 40% of the world’s land is now considered degraded, affecting food security, biodiversity, and water availability. Can blockchain help tackle these problems and provide secure and transparent systems for land governance?

Blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize the carbon offsetting market, making it more transparent, trustworthy and efficient. By creating a secure, tamper-proof digital ledger, companies and individuals can have confidence that their carbon credits are supporting real, verifiable carbon reduction and removal projects.

In episode 90, we’re excited to welcome Gabriela Change, Co-Founder and CSO of EthicHub, the First regenerative finance protocol connecting people & unbanked smallholder farmers globally using Web3. We discuss how Web3 can support smallholder farmers, EthicHub’s innovative crowdlending model, blockchain as an important tool for building trust, the regenerative finance movement, and much more.