Latin America has quickly become a hub of innovation for Web3 Impact projects, with numerous projects emerging with a focus on regenerative finance, education, and financial inclusion. In this podcast starter pack we’ve bundled together nine episodes highlighting incredible projects building in Latin America!

In episode 175, we’re excited to welcome Michael Kelly, CPO at Open Forest Protocol, an organization on a mission to create high integrity verifiable carbon credits. We discuss the methodology behind OFP’s carbon credits, the role of blockchain in addressing challenges in environmental asset markets, how OFP actively involves local and Indigenous communities in climate projects, and much more.

In episode 169, we’re excited to welcome Jose Santiago Gomez Piedrahita, CEO of Alternun, a ReFi project revolutionizing the gold industry through “Digital Gold Mining”. We dive into the challenges of traditional gold mining, how Alternun is leveraging blockchain to democratize investment opportunities in gold, and how they’re using tokenization to fund local environmental initiatives.

In this podcast starter pack, in celebration of World Water Week we’ve bundled together six episodes highlighting projects that are leveraging Web3 tools for water solutions. This starter pack includes interviews with leaders from MesoReef DAO, Atlantis DAO, Coral Tribe, WaterLab, Ecological Benefits Framework, and Salty Sharks.

Blockchain offers NGOs, governments, and communities with revolutionary tools to help combat climate change and regenerate the earth. Whether it’s establishing new incentives for climate action, bringing valuable climate data onchain, or creating new markets for environmental assets, blockchain is set to be a vital tool in the fight against climate change in the coming decades.

In episode 158, we welcome Jimi Cohen, Founder of Treegens, a platform where anyone can plant trees & get rewarded. He recently set a Guiness World Record for most trees planted in 24 hours by a single individual, with over 30,000! We discuss how Web3 can coordinate tree planters around the world, how blockchain can improve monitoring, reporting, and verification efforts, and more.

In this podcast starter pack, we’ve bundled together ten episodes highlighting projects that are leveraging Web3 tools to advance public goods. This starter pack includes interviews with pioneering leaders from Gitcoin, Tea Protocol, Giveth, Artizen Fund, Hypercerts, Endaoment, Glo, Gitcoin Citizens, and ReFi Phangan.

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.

In episode 150, we welcome Antonio Senatore, CTO of Vechain, a smart contract platform spearheading the real-world adoption of blockchain technology and empowering collective action through the B3TR token. We discuss how Web3 can equip movements with tools for collective action, blockchain as the foundation for a more sustainable future, the recent launch of the VeBetterDAO, and much more.

In episode 149 we’re excited to welcome Marcus Aurelius of KlimaDAO, a decentralized protocol providing public goods and common-pool resources for climate finance & markets. We discuss the coordination failure of climate finance and how Web3 tools can address this, the role of decentralized governance in climate action, the Ecological Benefits Framework as a powerful coordination tool, and more.

In episode 147, we’re excited to welcome Jon Trask, CEO of Dimitra, an AgTech company on a mission to connect smallholder farmers with easy-to-use technology to improve their businesses and livelihoods. We discuss how blockchain and AI can help smallholder farmers thrive, how blockchain can improve MRV by equipping farmers with important data, and much more.

Happy World Water Day! First introduced in 1993, World Water Day aims to celebrate water as an essential part of life and raise awareness of the 2.2 billion people around the world without access to safe drinking water. In this article, we highlight seven projects that are creating novel solutions leveraging blockchain to help build a world where everyone has access to safe water.

In episode 130, we welcome Aurélia Le frapper, Co-Founder of No Impunity a movement using Web3 to unlock the potential of litigation funding to support victims of corporate human rights abuse and environmental damage. We discuss how blockchain can bring greater accessibility to impact litigation funding, using Web3 to coordinate global action, using DAOs to engage the community, and more.

For the sixth episode of The Web3 Nonprofit, we’re excited to welcome Coleen Chase and Jon Ruth of The Solar Foundation, a nonprofit with a mission to fund and accelerate off-grid solar for underserved communities in emerging markets. They believe that decentralized clean energy is a public good and are exploring how blockchain can help make this a reality.

In episode 125, we’re excited to welcome Douglas Gayeton, Chief Investigator at The Lexicon, a nonprofit that helps people pay closer attention to what they buy, how they live, and where their responsibility begins for creating a healthier and safer planet for all. We discuss their game changing Ecological Benefits Framework, the growing regenerative finance movement, and much more.

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.