Each Gitcoin Grants round, we like to take a moment to highlight all the grantees who we’ve had the honor of highlighting on the Crypto Altruism Podcast! For GG20, there are 10 projects that we’ve featured, including Glo Dollar, $EARTH, Atlantis DAO, The Solar Foundation, Giveth, Hypercerts, ReFi DAO, Traditional Dream Factory, Kokonut Network, and Good Dollar.

In this podcast starter pack, we’ve bundled together ten episodes highlighting projects that are leveraging Web3 tools to advance climate solutions! This starter pack includes interviews with pioneering leaders from KlimaDAO, Vechain, $EARTH, Atlantis DAO, ReFi Phangan, The Solar Foundation, Filecoin Green, Ecological Benefits Framework, Ecosapiens, and ReFi DAO.

Over the past two years, we’ve had the privilege of interviewing 138 pioneering leaders who are using Web3 technology to build a better world. While each conversation has been truly unique, there have been some common threads that have emerged throughout the interviews. In this article, we share 10 common themes about building in the Web3 ecosystem that we’ve learned from these inspiring leaders.

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 and cryptocurrency have the potential to massively disrupt the international development sector, leading to more just, equitable, and community driven international development. In this episode, we discuss three key areas where blockchain and crypto will disrupt the international development sector. First, we look at how it allows for easier access to financial instruments. Second, we look at the role it can play in improving the disbursement of emergency aid and Unconditional Basic Income. Finally, we look at how it can be used to help support and empower refugee populations.

DAOs are one of the most exciting developments to come out of the crypto world in recent years, and have experienced rapid growth towards becoming a vital part of the blockchain and crypto ecosystem. As these organizations have grown, there has been an emerging theme of social impact that has grown with them. In this episode, we highlight some of the social impact use cases of DAOs, and some exciting, mission-driven DAO projects currently underway.

Transparency is a core value in cryptocurrency and blockchain, and can be seen all throughout the web3 ecosystem. In this episode, which is number 2 of a 5 part primer series on crypto for social impact, we discuss the role that blockchain can play in creating more transparent and accountable institutions, and how this leads to greater social impact.