{"title": "Grassroots Economics", "logoImg": "bafkreiejvlvuyxxrecdjekxdndgwcmw4qkfznodyht735uzqvtbvku2nh4", "website": "https://grassecon.org", "bannerImg": "bafybeicncsg6txfekh6fwykp4bkpktfm4oioqruqxzjgwna2w46ccw3ofy", "createdAt": 1713696076287, "userGithub": "WillRuddick", "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..UMQSGQPW8LTJKV88y-2prB1bA6p8MnFYFk2PFSLp8V-JYvAXBlQwFDMAzT9f_cgb5zDf-gdVGkZk3J5ABJLJCQ", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2024-04-21T10:41:01.020Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2024-04-21T10:41:01.019Z", "expirationDate": "2024-07-20T10:41:01.019Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xba0FEE8490118FC4f46Bd0974D7BF93d0e2f1064", "hash": "v0.0.0:6L7H6XUb5Lja2dekIU5Dez44L80lMqZoYZjxKxWp3Yg=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#grassEcon"}}}, "description": "The project \"Seeding - Cultural Sourced Ecosystem Stewardship\" by the Grassroots Economics Foundation is an ambitious initiative that combines ancestral wisdom with modern technology to promote ecosystem stewardship and cultural revitalization through a protocol known as Commitment Pooling. This protocol is designed to fortify networks of commitment toward ecosystem management and the revival of indigenous mutual service practices globally.\n\n### Project Description\n**Objective:** The primary goal is to support over 1 million acres of regenerative agroforestry and daily regenerative cultural activities over the next five years, leveraging the strength of traditional communal practices adapted for contemporary challenges.\n\n**Key Features:**\n- **Commitment Pooling Protocol:** Utilizes digital and blockchain technologies to create pools of commitments (via community asset vouchers) that enable communities to manage resources collectively and sustainably.\n- **Community Asset Vouchers (CAVs):** These are exchangeable bearer instruments that communities use for ecosystem services, allowing for the exchange and circulation of value within and between communities without reliance on national currencies.\n- **Ecosystem Stewardship:** Focuses on revitalizing traditional land management practices such as rotational labor associations (ROLAs) to manage and restore ecosystems.\n\n### Impact Aims\nThe project aims to achieve a multifaceted impact across ecological, economic, and social dimensions:\n\n**Ecological Impact:**\n- **Regenerative Agroforestry:** Promote sustainable land management practices that enhance biodiversity, improve soil health, and sequester carbon, thus addressing climate change and environmental degradation.\n- **Biodiversity Preservation:** Through the restoration of traditional food forests and other indigenous agroecology practices, enhance the resilience and sustainability of local ecosystems.\n\n**Economic Impact:**\n- **Decentralized Economic Empowerment:** By using blockchain and Commitment Pools, empower local communities to generate and manage their own economic resources, reducing dependency on unstable national economies and enhancing local resilience.\n- **Promotion of Indigenous Economies:** Revitalize and promote indigenous economic practices, ensuring that they are integrated into the modern economic system, thus preserving cultural heritage while providing economic benefits.\n\n**Social Impact:**\n- **Community Empowerment:** Strengthen community bonds and collective agency through the revival of ROLA practices, which enhance social cohesion and collaborative decision-making.\n- **Cultural Revitalization:** Restore and sustain cultural practices and knowledge systems that have been eroded by urbanization, globalization, and other socio-economic changes.\n\nOverall, this project aims to build a scalable, sustainable model of community-driven economic and ecological stewardship that can be replicated worldwide, promoting a global shift towards more resilient and inclusive economic systems.", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectGithub": "grassrootseconomics", "projectTwitter": "grassecon"}