{"title": "GreenPill Ottawa ", "logoImg": "bafkreifzp2i2yylry2kptrv47ix3jhapw44eeafj4azxwtrnq6xp4rcmb4", "website": "https://gap.karmahq.xyz/project/greenpill-ottawa", "bannerImg": "bafybeieqqx7aj5x2jm6gqfrpn4ec3zcwpreuszqwiyvgp46qwkhlpzdmo4", "createdAt": 1722884141159, "credentials": {}, "description": "🌱 Turning regen philosophy into real-world action one person at a time 🌱 🔗powered by crypto, inspired by human potential 🌎\n\nBased in Ottawa, Canada, we've already achieved many things, including hosting educational workshops, creating a 'getting started in web3' guide, hosting community meetups, partnering with other web3 protocols to support local impact and donating to local causes.\n\nOur upcoming plans involve continuing to run meetups, and workshops, and collaborate with local web3 groups. We are seeking funding to sustain our chapter's growth and support the larger GPN ecosystem.\n\n![image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQM4s9qWoAMf_CM?format=jpg&name=large)\n\nIn the last year we have:\n\n- Last year alongside OperationWebTree, we purchased 160 white pine seedlings and coordinated with 8+ community partners to help with reforestation in our region.\n\n- We have purchased 500 white pine saplings to plant this spring with 15+ community partners. We are using Silvi Protocol and will therefore get planters set up with their first wallet so they can track and claim rewards. We are using USDGLO commitment pools on Celo to track and reward planting progress. \n\n![image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GM4-LhUW8AA9SZG?format=jpg&name=large)\n\n![image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GM4-M5SXcAAVotI?format=jpg&name=large)\n\n![image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GlTqJTTWUAAe5Sp?format=jpg&name=medium)\n\n- We sponsored the tickets of 10+ Carleton University Blockchain Club members to a private screening of Vitalik: An Ethereum Story Documentary.\n\n- We have been working with Regeneration Canada to help bring aspects of their work on-chain. This includes 101 crypto workshops, sending them resources and tools and helping them get a view of the crypto grant ecosystem and understand how they could use it as an org. We are currently working with them to get their board of directors to accept crypto payments and explore builder grants to help sustain their work. We met through an in-person, new to crypto workshop we ran with Ottawa GreenPill\n\n- We co-hosted an artist onboarding event with Eepvers where we lead the onboarding workshop. We gave out .0015 eth to all who created their first wallet so that they could explore onchain.\n\n![image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQM4h6rWcAADZmU?format=jpg&name=large)\n\nhosted a regenerative crypto + greenpill presentation with the Nimiq Community (https://www.nimiq.com/) exploring DePIN, how web3 tools can help foster decentralized collectives, support local communities and more.\n\nwas a community partner and speaker at Innovator and Creative Social - discussed the power of crypto in coordination, the GreenPill Network, gitcoin and other regen web3 tooling (https://lu.ma/InnovatorCreativeSocial-Denver2024)\n\nPartnering with Silvi for #OperationWebTree (reforestation project) to grow and plant White Pines in the Ottawa region (https://x.com/greenpillottawa/status/1760784630628692049?s=20)\n\nDonated to web3 communities:\n\nImpact Summit (Nigeria)\n\nJapan earthquake relief\n\nDenver GP summit\n\nDonated to local non-profits:\n\necology Ottawa\n\nParkdale Food Market x3\n\nOttawa Mission\n\n![image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBqPMxKWYAEdENV?format=jpg&name=medium)\n\nSince becommong a chapter we have also accomplished the following:\n\n- Hosted educational workshops and events, helping first-time web3 users earn their first bit of crypto for successfully setting up their EVM wallets and learning how to use them.\n\n![image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3gEi1sWUAEpH8s?format=jpg&name=large)\n\n- Developed a comprehensive 'getting started in web3' guide and resource booklet, offering step-by-step instructions to assist individuals in securely establishing, funding, and using their wallets to explore web3. Most attendees were artists and public goods-focused individuals.\n\n- Donated to Ecology Ottawa, which supports tree-planting initiatives in the city.\n\n- Wrote the 'Touch Grass' guide for V2 GreenPill.\n\n- Collaborated with PizzaDAO to organize an in-person Ottawa Bitcoin pizza day, providing practical demonstrations of DAO functionality and organization (attended by over 150 people).\n\n- Co-hosted an official side event for EthWaterloo with PizzaDAO, where more than 150 participants networked around the theme of Public Goods, while also mentoring 5 hackers during the hackathon.\n\n- Hosted an introductory workshop on decentralized social media, led by our Chapter Lead.\n\n- Ran an intro into defi and web3 workshop at : https://growthweeklive.com/growth-week-2021 (https://growthweeklive.com/growth-week-2021)\n\n- Are incubating RootedLABs to help spearhead the establishment of a network of decentralized Urban Farms and agriculture AI solutions (since July '23)\n\nThese accomplishments showcase our dedication to community-building, education and onboarding within web3, as well as our focus on making a positive impact in our local community..\n\n\n\n", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectTwitter": "greenpillottawa"}