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Next Podcast Episode - November 19th - Trailblazers of Octant Pt 1
DAOs || ENVIRONMENT - REFI || EQUITY & INCLUSION || FINANCIAL INCLUSION - DEFI || NFTs || PHILANTHROPY || SCIENCE - DESCI || SOCIAL IMPACT || SUPPLY CHAIN || EDUCATION || COMMENTARY
Podcast Starter Pack - Financial Inclusion
In this podcast starter pack, we’ve bundled together five episodes highlighting five incredible projects using the power of web3 to advance financial inclusion for the unbanked and for marginalized populations. This starter pack includes renowned guests from ImpactMarket, AgUnity, GoodDollar, Celo Foundation, and RemittDAO
7 projects using the power of web3 to support smallholder farmers
With the growth of web3 technology, new and innovative solutions are being developed that have the potential to greatly improve the lives of smallholder farmers all over the world by giving them access to new technologies and financial support to improve their businesses and livelihoods. In this blog post, we highlight 7 projects using web3 technology to support smallholder farmers around the world.
Podcast Starter Pack - Decentralized Science (DeSci)
In this podcast starter pack, we’ve bundled together four episodes focusing on collectives using web3 to advance scientific research and development. This starter pack includes renowned guests in the Decentralized Science (DeSci) space including DeSci Labs, Crowdfunded Cures, Cherubs DAO, and Antidote DAO.
10 projects working at the intersection of web3 and mental health
Web3 can be overwhelming and stressful. It’s the space where 1 month feels like 1 year, making it difficult to keep up and find the time to care for yourself. Thankfully, there are many projects working at the intersection of web3 and mental health who are hoping to build a web3 that celebrates mental health and wellbeing, and that is supportive of all of its members.
10 projects and organizations using the power of web3 to advance LGBTIQ rights
As we enter Pride Month, we are reminded that the fight for LGBTIQ rights is just as important as ever. There are many changemakers who are bringing the fight to web3, and using blockchain, cryptocurrency, and NFTs to advance LGBTIQ rights in and outside of the metaverse. In this blog post, we highlight ten of these projects and organizations.
Ten more DeSci projects disrupting scientific research, development, and knowledge sharing.
The Decentralized Science (DeSci) movement has gained incredible momentum in recent months, with the launch of many new DeSci projects and DAOs, and the hosting of DeSci conferences and events all over the world. In this blog post we highlight 10 more web3 projects and collectives that are leading the way in the DeSci movement, and positively disrupting scientific research, development and knowledge sharing.
Three Indigenous-led NFT Projects elevating Indigenous art and culture
In this blog post, we highlight three extraordinary, Indigenous-led NFT projects that are providing a platform for Indigenous artists, and that are helping elevate and preserve Indigenous art and culture around the world.
Ten projects and collectives using web3 and blockchain to support ocean and marine conservation and regeneration
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.
20 web3 projects focusing on the environment, sustainability, and conservation
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.
Celebrating International Women’s Day - Highlighting 40 women-led web3 projects, Collectives, and DAOs
In honour of International Women’s Day, we shine a light on and celebrate some of the amazing women-led projects and collectives that are helping build a more inclusive and equitable web3 space. For this blog post, we highlight 40 of these amazing projects and collectives!
5 projects using DeFi to build financial capacity in underbanked communities
Over the past couple of years, the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) movement has made enormous strides in working towards a world where everyone, regardless of where they were born, has the ability to access financial instruments and services to improve their lives. In this blog post, we highlight five projects using DeFi to build financial capacity in unbanked communities.
Five innovative ways Bitcoin miners are working to become more eco-friendly
Five examples of bitcoin mining operations that have come up with innovative ways to run more environmentally friendly operations.
Twenty more NFT projects & collectives building greater inclusion and diversity in web3
Building off of our pervious blog post, we highlight twenty more NFT collectives and projects that are promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion in the web3 space.
Fifteen NFT projects & collectives building greater inclusion and diversity in web3
One of the most exciting things in the NFT space is all the amazing projects using the power of NFTs to empower traditionally underserved populations, to celebrate diversity, and to build inclusion in web3. Collectively, these projects are helping break down barriers and build a more inclusive NFT and web3 space for all.
ARTXV – NFTs to celebrate diversity and support neurodiverse artists
Highlighting the amazing work of ARTXV, a community that supports and represents neurodiverse artists to sell their work as NFTs and works to show the world the power of neurodiversity.
Ten NFT Projects and Collectives Disrupting Social Impact
2021 has been a year of incredible growth for NFTs, culminating on Tuesday December 7th with the first ever #NFTuesday, an initiative aimed at raising funds for a variety of charitable causes. Here are ten NFT projects, collectives, and organizations, disrupting social impact.
Web3 - A Disruptive Tool For Social Impact
Cryptocurrency is more than just an investment. Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and web3 are generational technologies that have the potential to change the world for the better. These ground-breaking technologies will positively disrupt nearly all aspects of our lives in the coming decades: the internet, our financial systems, supply chains, health care, and everything in between. From a social impact lens, blockchain is the single greatest development since the internet.
It has the potential to revolutionize the way aid is disbursed, how funds are raised by non-profits and charitable causes, how communities and collectives organize and engage in self-governance, how CO2 is tracked and managed, how important financial services are delivered to the nearly 2 billion unbanked people around the world, and much more. We are only just scratching the surface of the intersections between web3 and social good.
Crypto Altruism is the leading platform for content highlighting the social impact use cases of web3 and the extraordinary organizations and projects that are using this technology to change the world. Through our blog, podcast, and educational resources, we elevate stories of how crypto, blockchain, NFTs, DAOs, and other web3 innovations are being used all over the world for novel and inspiring use cases.