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Thank you!
Our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who donated to us in the $EARTH and Giveth Galactic Giving QF rounds!
Project News
Wins
GM Treegen🌳
— Treegens🌳 (@thetreegens) May 11, 2024
Yesterday was a National Tree Planting day in Kenya🌱
Treegens organized a tree planting session and planted 10,000 mangrove seedlings in Shimoni, Kwale County🙌
GM, retweet this impact and watch this video to see how it went down💚#LetsGROW #Treegens pic.twitter.com/VbOIMck0Pm
How @Solar_FND solar-powered pump water is changing lives in Nigeria. 2.5 million residents of Enugu state do not have access to basic water. This lack of access to clean water means that many residents must subsequently rely on polluted water
— Helpers Social Development Foundation (@HelpersSocial) May 15, 2024
Learn https://t.co/ZUcIaOpXIv
Thrilled to announce PeerCarbon's first Green-Tech supplier partnership on our green finance marketplace!
— PeerCarbon (@peercarbon) May 15, 2024
We're teaming up with Faith Engineering Works, maker of the patented Meko Friendly Steam cooking system, to empower schools across Kenya to adopt clean cooking solutions. pic.twitter.com/u32snPDmqL
$EARTH QF round results 🌞
— $EARTH 🔆🌱⚡🌍 (@solarpunkdao) May 16, 2024
This is a milestone moment for us being a project thats solely supported via our community, @gitcoin & @climate_program to be running a smol QF round with 42 incredible IMPACT projects in our clean, green, solarpunked currency.
Very grateful for… pic.twitter.com/o76ZV5OF93
WOW new leader $REGEN points leader !!!
— Regen 🍄 (@RegenToken) May 17, 2024
Can anyone outdo @thegrifft ?
Check your score now at https://t.co/yabhLL0Bd2
🍄 pic.twitter.com/IngrAphaCx
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https://carboncopy.news/features/why-we-cant-kick-extraction-habit/
Worth a Listen
ReFi in the News
Irthu Suresh: Using Blockchain Tech to Reduce Water Shortages
The founder of the Atlantis water exchange is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival in Austin, Texas, May 29-31.
https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/05/14/irthu-suresh-using-blockchain-tech-to-reduce-water-shortages/
Knowledge
What Does it Take to Optimize a Complex System?
https://blog.block.science/what-does-it-take-to-optimize-a-complex-system/
CIFAR Alliance: 2023 Annual Report | The CIFAR Alliance
https://www.cifaralliance.org/news/cifar-alliance%3A-2023-annual-report
[PASSED] GG20 Program Round Matching Results
UPDATE: We ratified results on snapshot on May 28th Hey y’all, our GG20 OSS program round matching results are live here! We’ll have five days for review and feedback then, barring any major issues, ...
https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/gg20-program-round-matching-results/18816/1
Opportunities
📢 We’re hiring!
— Giveth (@Giveth) May 16, 2024
We're looking for a Community Specialist. If you’re passionate about fostering communities to drive impact, check out the details & apply!
Know someone who would be perfect for this role? Share this & help us find THE candidate 💓https://t.co/hUUREbPZw4
Can’t get enough of Quadratic Funding?
— Giveth (@Giveth) May 14, 2024
Applications are now open for our June QF Round!
The GIV-Earth round is focused on projects dedicated to healing & nurturing our beautiful planet. 🌏
With a matching pool of $25k+ on @Celo!
Apply today! ⤵ pic.twitter.com/qngwyzWf5i
.@easyRPGF 🤝 @POKTnetwork
— Gitcoin (@gitcoin) May 15, 2024
We're excited to launch some of our first retro funding rounds on easyRPGF 🫡
Submissions for Retro POKT Goods Funding are now open 👇 https://t.co/JrArfsQE7Y
Greenpill Podcast Guest Seasons - Call for Proposals!
TLDR - I am going to step away from the Greenpill Podcast in Q3/Q4 2024 + am looking for ppl to guest cohost during that time. Hi all, For those of you who are unaware, I have been hosting the Green...
https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/greenpill-podcast-guest-seasons-call-for-proposals/18754
Thoughts
How to keep the “cool leader” status in Web3 no matter what.
— Wasabi 🥥🌴 (@WasabiNetwork) May 13, 2024
— Idea failed to get traction? Label it as an experiment.
— Idea failed after some traction? Blame the market.
— Idea failed after a taste of PMF? Say it was Coordination Failures.
— Idea went round trip after a raise?…
— Ma Earth (@maearthmedia) May 14, 2024
– @JamesClear pic.twitter.com/mvgihmvoFy
— peter (@peternoszek) May 17, 2024
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