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#GG20 Final Results are in!
— Thank ARB (@ThankArbitrum) May 8, 2024
🔵 Unique Donors: 35,109
🔵 Total Donations: 173,596
🔵 Total Donated: $632,091.32
Huge congratulations to @gitcoin for running such an amazing round on @arbitrum 💙
We can't wait to watch all the amazing progress made by the talented builders 🚀
Awesome work to Rimuru and his team in the Philippines on the beach clean last weekend ♻️🌎❤️ 215 kg worth of plastic 💪 #trashlesstuesday #beach #crypto #climate #recycle pic.twitter.com/PGb8A88PaC
— Beach Collective | $BEACH 🏖♻️🏝 (@beach_token) May 8, 2024
Great perspective of the impact made by the @climate_program https://t.co/cgXpKFdN7K
— Pranav Khanna (@checkfit) May 8, 2024
Out of 41 proposals, Glo Dollar came in third in the 12th Public Goods $ENS Small Grants Round 🥉
— Glo Dollar (@glodollar) May 7, 2024
Thanks, ENS stewards and delegates, for your votes! 🫶@fireeyesgov, @thegrifft, @amboscoboinik, @ValidatorEth, 130185.eth
Big congrats to @ethdaily 🥇 & @Pairwisevote 🥈 pic.twitter.com/UFcDuFXtZ1
And that's a wrap! $367,909 raised in the name of nature 🌍
— Carbonable.io 🌱🌐 (@Carbonable_io) May 7, 2024
🌱 Thank you to the 1,500 funders + companies that participated! Your support will restore 86 ha of much-needed mangroves in the Karathuru region
This is how we drive collective action through blockchain! More below💚 pic.twitter.com/RviU6Et5vz
Latest from CARBON Copy
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Ifeanyi Christwin of Switch Electric and M3tering Protocol - Part 1
The founder discusses his origin story and the decentralisation of clean electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa.
https://carboncopy.news/features/interview-ifeanyi-christwin-switch-electric-m3tering-protocol-part-one/
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Ifeanyi Christwin of Switch Electric and M3tering Protocol - Part 2
The founder discusses success metrics, financial requirements, and scaling potential of decentralised electricity solutions.
https://carboncopy.news/features/interview-ifeanyi-christwin-switch-electric-m3tering-protocol-part-two/
Worth a Listen
ReFi in the News
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Selling the fruits and not the trees for biodiversity markets and Indigenous Peoples to thrive | Savimbo – investESG.eu
Get insight into "Selling the fruits and not the trees for biodiversity markets and Indigenous Peoples to thrive | Savimbo" here on investESG.eu, the ESG focused online media platform.
https://investesg.eu/2024/05/02/selling-the-fruits-and-not-the-trees-for-biodiversity-markets-and-indigenous-peoples-to-thrive-savimbo/
Knowledge
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Restoring Confidence in Forest Preservation Efforts
Forests play a vital role in our planet's health, acting as carbon sinks, biodiversity havens, and natural and financial resources for local communities. Voluntary carbon offset initiatives, part...
https://blog.dclimate.net/restoring-confidence-in-preservation-efforts/
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Impact Tour Report
The home for web3 publishing.
https://mirror.xyz/0xC83685cDbB4150477bCeB620d43b74C350a95cD9/FhPSftSI8TjwO4wa9aXJKUd0IR-zacNFWCquJ9fO9M0
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🤖🌳📈 220 - Austin Wade Smith on Convivial Ecological Institutions and Open Source Commons for Sensemaking
How AI-empowered landscapes with political agency and revenue models can make biodiversity the bottom line...
https://michaelgarfield.substack.com/p/220
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An Inquiry into Transparent and Accountable Giving
Blockchain_Technology_in_Philanthropy_-_An_Inquiry_into_Transparent_and_Accountable_Giving_v1.4.pdf (1001.5 KB)
https://forum.anuinitiative.org/t/an-inquiry-into-transparent-and-accountable-giving/90
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Exporting public goods funding beyond our immediate circles
We're still at the stage of experimenting with lots of funding mechanisms. A missing piece is explicit commitments for how surplus funding flows to outer circles.
https://mirror.xyz/cerv1.eth/o02WqmO5mI741RDB7zwkx7cw5l0EqsgrDFdUhUootpA
Opportunities
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Onchain Summer II is Coming
Onchain Summer is back. This summer, everyone can be a builder, and Base and our partners are offering over 600 ETH¹ ($2 million) in prizes…
https://base.mirror.xyz/HoH9cZVi8CMdvxVUNjvOzceUPVQcVZvvkf8ZbCOVOco
We are hiring! 📣
— wasset ♻️🎨OG NFT (@wassetltd) May 8, 2024
We have an exciting opportunity available for an experienced Digital Illustrator and Motion Designer to join our Team.
Check the flyer for details👇#Wasset #Hiring pic.twitter.com/tZX9l0VMch
Thoughts
5️⃣takes on GG20
— Owocki.Ξth (🍄,🟢) (@owocki) May 9, 2024
1️⃣ High level stats
Matching Pool $1,647,000.00
Total Donated $632,091.32
Total Donations 173,596
Unique Donors 35,109
Total Rounds 11
Total Projects 629
2️⃣ GG20 vs GG19
Given market sentiment is down in the last few months, it's remarkable we’ve seen an uptick… pic.twitter.com/sIebiKKGtt
Grants experiments are great, but it’s time to make commitments for how “profit” or surplus funding should flow outwards.
— Carl Cervone ☕️ (@carl_cervone) May 8, 2024
New blogpost:https://t.co/exYkQNA4TO
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