Pathform ReFi: Nature, (Plastics) Circular Economy, Wellbeing & Mindset Shifts

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Gabriel Axel Montes, PhD

[GENERAL] Email address of main applicant

cardano@gabrielaxel.com

Additional applicants

N/A

[GENERAL] Please specify how many months you expect your project to last (from 2-12 months)

6

[GENERAL] Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated into English from another language.

No

[GENERAL] Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

No

[GENERAL] If YES, please describe what the dependency is and why you believe it is essential for your project’s delivery. If NO, please write “No dependencies.” .

No dependencies.

[GENERAL] Will your project’s output/s be fully open source?

No

[GENERAL] If NO, please describe which outputs are not going to be open source. If YES, please write “Project will be fully open source.”

The tokenomics of Nature 2.0 will be open-source, though some of the biometric technology will not, due to user privacy concerns.

[METADATA] Category of Proposal

Data tools

[METADATA] SDG rating

SDG Goals

3 - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

8 - Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

12 - Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

13 - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

15 - Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

SDG Subgoals

11.4 - Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage

12.8 - By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature

15.5 - Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species

15.a - Mobilize and significantly increase financial resources from all sources to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and ecosystems

3.4 - By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being

#sdg

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

Executive Summary

This proposal introduces an innovative project that aims to create the foundations of a Decentralized Autonomous Ecosystem (DAE). The proposed model to begin is to revolutionize plastic waste management by integrating the operations of Kibumi (see attached link), an Indonesian start-up focused on plastic waste collection and recycling working on expanding globally, with the principles of Nature 2.0, and the consciousness-focused growth-promoting approach of Pathform. Inspired by the token models of KLIMA DAO and The Sovereign Nature Initiative (SNI), the project envisions a decentralized, tokenized ecosystem that incentivizes waste reduction, fosters creative problem-solving, and promotes a deeper interconnection between the mind and nature, contributing to environmental sustainability and climate change mitigation.

See attached links for more about Kibumi and a new business model created with 18 executives in Hong Kong and Indonesia in May 2023. Indonesian and Philippine governments and organizations have expressed interest in the business model.

Ref. previously completed and closed-out Pathform proposal from F7.

This proposals comes on the heels of four previous successful and closed-out Catalyst proposals (1 in F7, 2 in F8, 1 in F9), all executed by the proposer. The present proposal builds upon previous work.

Pathform ReFi: Project Overview

The project, tentatively named Pathform ReFi, plans to employ blockchain technology to establish a Nature 2.0 ecological activities (e.g. tokenized circular economy for plastic waste), and connect sustainability activities with the cultivation of consciousness. Each type of waste collected and recycled will be tokenized into a unique crypto asset, incentivizing waste collection and recycling. Companies that recycle waste will be issued Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) as proof of their recycling efforts, serving as verifiable certificates for EPR reporting and carbon credit earning.

Inspirations from KLIMA DAO and SNI

Drawing inspiration from KLIMA DAO, a project that tokenizes carbon credits to combat climate change, Pathform ReFi envisions a dual incentive system where users are rewarded with tokens for their contributions to waste and carbon reduction. Similarly, the project takes cues from SNI's model of turning data into marketable assets for the gaming community, envisioning the creation of NFTs representing different types of plastic waste, which could be used in games and other digital experiences.

Integration with Pathform and Fostering “ecologies of mind”

Pathform's approach of leveraging extraordinary and creative states of consciousness for problem-solving will be integrated into the project. Participants in Pathform activities could be rewarded with tokens for their innovative solutions. Furthermore, wellness-meets-hackathon retreats will be organized, serving as real-world hubs for Pathform ReFi and Pathform. These retreats will provide participants with hands-on experience in farming, gardening, and sustainability recycling, further incentivizing environmental stewardship.

In addition, the project aims to foster “ecologies of mind”, a concept that promotes a deeper interconnection between the mind and nature. By creating an environment where individuals can consciously connect with nature, the project aims to inspire innovative solutions that are in harmony with the natural world.

Eco-Tourism and R&D Lab

Pathform retreats will also offer eco-tourism opportunities. Participants can stay on the land, immersing themselves in nature and ecology while contributing to Nature 2.0 initiatives. These retreats will also serve as R&D labs for future crypto mechanisms/apps and scientific research, where natural processes can be tokenized and explored for their potential in creating new environmental solutions.

Target Audience and Funding

The project will target a wide range of stakeholders, including but not limited to those interested in wellbeing/wellness and 'resetting', web3 developers, corporate entities and high net worth individuals. These entities will be encouraged to sponsor events, purchase tokens, or invest directly in the platforms. In return, they will receive tokens, access to exclusive events, and other benefits.

Conclusion

This project represents a unique convergence of waste management, consciousness-focused problem-solving, eco-tourism, and the fostering of “ecologies of mind”. By leveraging the power of blockchain and tokenomics, and drawing inspiration from successful models like KLIMA DAO and SNI, it aims to create a self-sustaining, decentralized ecosystem that incentivizes positive environmental behavior, fosters innovative solutions to global challenges, and promotes a deeper, conscious interconnection between the mind and nature.

The project will engage with ecological and/or ReFi communities and communities interested in wellbeing and consciousness. The project is motivated by seeing consciousness and ecological approaches evolve together. Applications of the project would potentially involve web3 governance, eco-tourism, and retreats, and possibly online resources for cultivating awareness of the problem and proposed solution.

Risk mitigation:

• Risk (1): Immediate hiring need. Our team is actively searching for a machine learning now. Due to global demand for AI talent and in order to attract suitable talent in a timely manner, we are offering (in the budget) an above-average salary. This will also help to increase the chances of keeping a strong engineer beyond the scope of this proposal.

• Risk (2): Challenges in appropriate marketing reach.

• We have budgeted for a social media in this proposal in order to begin building toward this goal from the beginning.
• The proposer is a veteran member of and leader in the SingularityNET ecosystem, which has multiple projects with existing and expanding user bases that could be marketed to and leveraged.

• Risk (3): R&D lab development can take time. To mitigate, the proposed project is focusing first on looking at already available (collected) datasets, which is expected to alleviate logistics barriers such as recruiting participants, etc.

[IMPACT] How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?

The proposed project brings a novel technology to Cardano, making Cardano a first-mover chain in the space. This proposal poises Cardano to be used in a key technology in the world. It also builds on and adds functionality to existing products (successful, closed-out proposals from F7, F8, F9).

This proposal thereby fulfills criteria of the Challenge, including the following metrics:

• Increasing the number products available for the community to use that help to enrich the ecosystem with new use cases.
• Increase the number of integrations that bring existing solutions together for a more seamless and connected experience between different products.
• Increased quality of existing products & integrations through improvements and new functionality.

[IMPACT] How do you intend to measure the success of your project?

The success will be measured by production of at least a proof of concept or prototype for the fusion of Nature 2.0 tokenomic architecture + mind/consciousness/brain.

[IMPACT] Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?

The project will be spoken about and shared on social media / marketing at a high-level for broad understanding, and will be shared with relevant communities for engagement and exploration of potential collaboration.

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability?

This project comes on the heels of 4 previous Catalyst proposals that have all be successfully completed and closed-out.

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What are the main goals for the project and how will you validate if your approach is feasible?

The main goal of the project is to enable the tandem development of human culture at the consciousness level and in an ecological capacity. The project aims to do this by developing a tokenomic architecture to this end, which can be used for various real-world purposes, e.g. ecological charity, eco-tourism, ecological real estate (e.g. with IoT communication between plants), etc.

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed breakdown of your project’s milestones and each of the main tasks or activities to reach the milestone plus the expected timeline for the delivery.

Month 1:

Conceptual overview

Month 2:

Survey of use cases

Month 3:

Design: eco-tourism

Month 4:

Design: eco real estate

Month 5:

Design: Self-owning entities (e.g. flowers, rivers)

Month 6:

Tokenomic architecture completed & whitepaper produced

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please describe the deliverables, outputs and intended outcomes of each milestone.

Progress reports/briefs will be conducted and shared on the milestones, with a whitepaper produced as a capstone.

Month 1:

Conceptual overview

Month 2:

Survey of use cases

Month 3:

Design: eco-tourism

Month 4:

Design: eco real estate

Month 5:

Design: Self-owning entities (e.g. flowers, rivers)

Month 6:

Tokenomic architecture completed & whitepaper produced

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

R&D and Project Management: $36,000 ($6,000 x 6 months)

Engineering: $32,400 ($5,400 x 6 months)

Ecosystem (land/physical) Integration: $28,800 ($4,800 x 6 months)

Social media: $10,800 ($1,800 x 6 months)

Product Design: $12,000

Total: $120,000

An exchange rate of $0.28/ADA (reflecting the rate at the time of this writing) is used for budget calculation. The proposer assumes market risk.

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

All costs will be commensurate to majority of wages and capital required to execute. Due to the high value-add innovative design and engineering work required of the proposal, costs are above average in order to rapidly secure the human talent and resources needed to conduct the work.

[IMPORTANT NOTE] The Applicant agreed to Fund10 rules and also that data in the Submission Form and other data provided by the project team during the course of the project will be publicly available.

I Accept