Cardano4Climate Community Events

OUR MISSION

Making the World Work Better for All People, Animals, & the Planet

Preserve * Regenerate * Co-Create * Support * Empower * Thrive

WHO WE ARE

What began as a challenge has become a community: Cardano4Climate

We are a community following the examples of the Project Catalyst Swarm & WADA; building on the principles of engagement, reliability, & sustainability.

The Snail

The snail he lives in his hard round house, In the orchard, under the tree:
Says he, "I have but a single room; But it's large enough for me."

-Anonymous

WHAT WE DO

In the past 3 months, we have grown a community around communication channels & a shared vision. Emerging from our social media channels, weekly meetings, monthly event, website, YouTube channel, & outreach both inside & outside of Catalyst is

a community hub of

• Support for the collaborative development of well-defined proposals through feedback, knowledge, & resource sharing related to climate change issues & mitigation, as well as the processes defined by Catalyst
• Moderated discussions to empower individuals to engage & take action..
• Connections to experts & teams within the Cardano & Catalyst Community: WADA, Swarm, Catalyst School, Climate Neutral Cardano SPOs, the Cardano Foundation & the IOG Impact team.

a resource base for

• Data & information related to Climate Change & SDGs,
• Referrals to relevant sources of information, trusted experts, & assistance
• Promotion of Catalyst & Cardano activities
• Climate related proposals in Catalyst
• Projects (on & off-chain) needing & giving support
• Documents tracking our activity to duplicate processes and to build trust through transparency

an online, global meeting place & time to

• Connect, collaborate, contribute, listen, learn, absorb & recharge.
• Bridge outside communities affected by climate change to applications on the Cardano blockchain
• Educate & promote sustainable solutions.
• Explore ways to bridge knowledge gaps.
• Offer continuous support & advice related to Project Catalyst processes.
• Collaborate with other community hubs throughout Project Catalyst.

to reach the highest in human collaboration to address humanity's greatest challenge: Climate Change

I M P A C T

The Global Problem

Climate change is a failure of cooperation

-Scott Poynton

Due to increasing activism and consumer consciousness, trillions of dollars are being pledged towards mitigating and reversing Climate change. Our current systems are inefficient. There exists a widespread lack of transparency, community trust & impact on a global scale. Solutions being proposed by world leadership are centralized & do not work for everyone. Where do communities in need turn?

A Scalable Solution

Two disruptions to our current situation on earth can not be ignored... Climate Change & Blockchain technology. One is a wicked problem; the other is positioned to become a major contributor to the solutions. The Cardano blockchain is sustainable while facilitating the world-wide scalability, transparency & traceability essential for the effective allocation of resources. These capabilities increase the trust needed to motivate off-chain communities to choose Cardano, the blockchain network best positioned to facilitate solutions for those concerned about carbon footprints.

Detailed Problem Description:

A community-driven project like Catalyst needs community organized events & meetings to connect ideas & initiatives, discuss & solve problems, & initiate collaboration. Without moderation, facilitation, coordination, & an action plan, energy & time is consumed by discussions without reaching a conclusion or direction for implementation.

Current & Proposed Solution:

To address these issues, Cardano4Climate began to host Project Catalyst after town hall breakout rooms early in Fund 6. These informal get togethers have grown into weekly 90 minute meetings before town hall. In collaboration with other hubs from the wider community, we include relevant information related to the processes in each stage of the current Project Catalyst Fund. Taking Catalyst and Swarm lead, we will begin hosting breakout rooms at these meetings as our community & topics grow.

We organized, hosted, & recorded our first "Catalyst Sustainability Goals" event 11-23-2021 in collaboration with WADA, Catalyst Swarm, Catalyst School, Climate Neutral Cardano.

Main event:

• Cardano Footprint Calculation, Christian Unger
• Catalyst and SDGs Fund 6 research, Razali Samsudin
• Corporation, Trust and Blockchain, Scott Poynton
• Call to Climate Action, Allison Fromm

Breakout rooms:

• (pre-event) Continuation of Mini Proposal Workshop with Professor Owusu of Climate Center in Ghana, in collaboration with WADA & Tevo from the Catalyst School,
• Regenerative Agriculture with Tyler Case,
• High Quality Proposals with Tevo & Catalyst School,
• Financing project with high social environmental impact with Waya Collective.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNLinFqV_MKgGYTGeF5t1V1TSW0sCb-wV and presentation slides at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fvBNw_V_3TwVDfxyNjABZ1Yhbaks1IbI3OHtdmrNsTY/edit?usp=sharing https://www.meetup.com/Cardano-Catalyst-Community-Network/events/281834416/

Impact on the Challenge, Catalyst, Cardano & the Climate:

The 'F7: Community Events' challenge is seeking ideas to increase meaningful participation among the community in the next six months? By providing the time & space for connecting individuals & teams, forwarding important announcements, collaborating with other Hubs, moderating various discussions on our Discord server & Telegram channel, hosting meetings and an organized event, Cardano4Climate has been directly addressing this challenge for several months now.

Cardano4Climate realizes an opportunity for Cardano to combine new blockchain models with ground-up, community driven challenges and solutions arising from climate change. Cardano gives power to all. Through Catalyst, we have access to an ecosystem of aligned individuals, as well as the conditions necessary for the creation of regenerative systems to heal us and our environment.

F E A S I B I L I T Y

References:

We are a global community of over 150 members, grown in 3 months around communication channels, meetings & a shared vision. 8 active core team members.

In the past 3 months we have hosted several Project Catalyst after town hall breakout rooms. Since mid October, we have hosted weekly 90 minute zoom calls. We moderate a Telegram channel & Discord server with more than 150 members as well as maintain a YouTube channel & website.

We have co-created a safe environment conducive to engagement

• Open discussions
• Consistent growth in participants
• Initiating ideation and collaboration
• Proposal improvement interactions
• Relevant content for Project Catalyst
• Transparent bottom-up design

Core Team & Roles:

• Allison - enthusiasm, finance, individual challenge initiatives
• Cem - professionalism, high quality video production, website design, presentations, business owner, programmer, leading Littlefish Foundation: Kiva-like DAO proposal
• Jakob - efficiency, creativity, moderation, hosting, organizing, presentations
• Melanie - creativity, empathy, co-facilitator, outreach to community groups focusing on preservation, education, organizing, social media moderation
• Nori - inclusivity, awareness, co-facilitator, organizing, collaboration, SPO, active Salmon Nation member
• Seomon - reliability, hosting, recording, website, GitHub, miro boards, Catalyst School & Swarm connection, proposal writing
• Tyler - engaged regenerative agriculture & mushroom farmer, ideation, writer, social media discussion facilitator
• Yoram - compassionate co-facilitator, organizing, NGOs, ideation, organization, regenerative agriculture, marketing, content, humor

Budget:

Organization, preparation, & facilitation of 12 weekly meetings (90 minutes each) and 3 monthly events (3 hours each) including the following activities:

• Organization meetings
• Include hosts & subject experts in organization meetings
• Organize breakout room presentations & facilitation
• Prepare presentation slides
• Promote & communicate events & meetings
• Moderate & host events & meetings
• Document & record event & meeting activities for duplication & transparency

Calculation:

• Each weekly meeting is calculated at $215.33; 12 meetings at $215.33 = $2584
• Each monthly event is calculated with $532.33; 3 events at $532.33 = $1597

Total Budget = $4181

AUDITABILITY

Milestones, Key Deliverables

**Weekly: (12)**Cardano4Climate meetup Wednesday at 15 UTC https://www.meetup.com/Cardano-Catalyst-Community-Network/events/

Monthly: (3) Catalyst Sustainability Goals events scheduled around other Catalyst events with breakout rooms & facilitators

• Variety of relevant subjects and community initiatives
• Place & time for members to connect, share, discuss & co-create
• Introduction & onboarding of new participants in Project Catalyst
• Discord server moderation & organization
• Documentation indicating collaborations, progress & funding
• YouTube channel content, descriptions & timestamps
• Recording and uploading sessions with high interest

Measures of Success, Key Performance Indicators

• Monthly growth rate of our Telegram channel & Discord Server by 33% per month
• Increase average number of participants in Cardano4Climate meetings & events by 50% per month
• Number of Followers on Twitter
• Number of Video-Clicks, Likes & Followers on YouTube

Transparency

We are committed to improving the transparency of our process & decisions with increased accessibility of this information to all of our stakeholders. We have initiated a public GitHub repository where all ongoing tasks and actions will be tracked regularly. During the next fund, we will hold and record weekly planning meetings and record issues and resolutions on GitHub. 

Our other Cardano4Climate proposals:

Climate Change: THE Challenge: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Climate-Change-THE-Challenge/382582-48088

Cardano4Climate Community Hub: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Cardano4Climate-Community-Hub/384081-48088

Littlefish Foundation Kiva-like DAO: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Littlefish-Foundation-Kiva-like-DAO/384063-48088

In collaboration with Treedano: NFTs for mature trees: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Treedano-NFTs-for-mature-trees/384504-48088

Join us Cardano4Climate:  https://www.meetup.com/Cardano-Catalyst-Community-Network/events/

On Telegram: https://t.me/ClimateChange_THEChallenge

On Discord: https://discord.gg/gUP26qyqpe

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cardano4Climate

On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBEnbwS_KKCl-yt4uXMTsMg