{"title": "Masterminding EDEN", "logoImg": "bafkreibegfedoth77bj4ycgevukz3iiozi4o7roet7ipuzk5o3i3ew7rya", "website": "https://www.mastermindingeden.com/", "bannerImg": "bafkreiapbu4lurd6xw6qhaqiqiyjsihe4kbzuhm5yj2uxqaaqdzphyn354", "createdAt": 1723654004378, "credentials": {}, "description": "**Masterminding Eden is an initiative to collaboratively design and build a conceptual model and master plan for a resilient, regenerative, and self-sustaining city.**\n\nTo attain this we are bringing together people from diverse fields for a **month-long pop-up mastermind** taking place **on March 30-April 30, 2025**. Through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and project acceleration, our group aims to create a framework for future cities that supports an advanced ecological civilization.\n\nWe believe that our civilization stands at a pivotal point as technology, climate disruption, health crises and social tensions transform society in unpredictable ways. Incremental change cannot address such systemic global risks. We urgently need a fundamental redesign of the societal paradigms that govern our institutions and way of life. The time has come to collectively dream, learn, connect and forge the systemic shifts humanity needs to thrive. This gathering offers a space to create - not tweak - operating frameworks attuned to people and the planet over profits. For the future well-being of all life on Earth.\n\nWe will be facilitating the event as a combination of Ephemeral Group Process, Mastermind, and Hackathon.\n\n- Integrating physical infrastructure as well as digital, blockchain, AI and other technologies into the model\n- Creating closed-loop systems for energy, food, waste, water, resources etc.\n- Designing for disaster resilience, ecosystem restoration, and long-term sustainability\n- Exploring new models of governance, economics, social services, transportation, etc.\n- Utilizing advanced simulation software to test different scenarios\n\nResidents will be provided with transportation, accommodation, three delicious meals a day, and plenty of intellectual and social stimulation. Our team is putting special emphasis on community building and coherence. Residents will also have time in their schedule to self-organize thematic or wellness events, as well as keep up on remote work. Our residents will be from all over the world. Our principles are to create systems that help all of humanity and life on Earth.\n\nSome participants stay the whole time, some come and go, and some never come, but participate online. There is learning and education, and everyone is contributing/working toward a common goal creating a solid feeling of community and camaraderie.\n---\nThe core team consists of scientists, engineers, architects, entrepreneurs, sensemakers, and other leaders spanning fields like renewable energy, agriculture, technology, design, artificial Intelligence, policy, finance, and more. \n\nWe are collaborating with existing projects and organizations including:\n\n- [Lionsberg Alliance](https://www.lionsberg.org/)\n- [The Venus Project Evolution](https://www.thevenusproject.com/scenarios/venus-evolution/)\n- [HubTropolis](https://hubtropolis.com/)\n- [The Auravana Project](https://auravana.org/)\n- [Earthwise Center](https://www.earthwise.global/)\n- [HyphaDAO](https://hypha.earth/)\n- [Threefold Internet Tech](https://threefold.io/).\n- [Blue Dot Project](https://www.bluedotproject.com/about-us/)\n- [New Earth Developments](https://www.newearthdevelopment.org/)\n- [Nested Ventures](https://www.nestedventures.com/)\n- [Goodly Labs](https://www.goodlylabs.org/)\n- [Ecorestoration Alliance](https://www.ecorestorationalliance.org/)\n- [RegenEarth Studio](https://www.regenearth.studio/)\n- [The AI Objectives Institute](https://ai.objectives.institute/)\n- [Shala](https://shala.us/)\n- [REGENiTECH](https://regenitech.earth/)\n- [HackHumanity](http://www.hackhumanity.com/)\n- [RegenWorld](http://www.regenweek.com/)\n---\nWe have identified and agreed with a values-aligned venue, [Next Gen Village](https://www.nextgenvillage.com/). Located in Interlaken, Switzerland, it can accommodate 300+ people in an innovation lab setting, providing accommodation, food and hospitality services. The management is incredibly aligned on the vision of Masterminding EDEN and is eager to support the core team with the mastermind event in April 2025. \n\nWe believe that Switzerland is the best place for our event, given its longstanding reputation for ideological neutrality and its strong potential for innovation.\n\nOur experiment will not only include digital and social technologies but also combine them with physical infrastructure.\n\nWe are inviting attendees from all systems including, but not limited to:\n\n- Urban Planning and Architecture\n- Renewable Energy and Engineering\n- Water Management\n- Food Systems and Regenerative Agriculture\n- Resource Management, Recycling, and Manufacturing\n- Transportation and Mobility\n- AI, Robotics, and Smart City Solutions\n- Blockchain Technology, and Digital Self-Governance\n- Circular Economics, Regenerative Finance, and Legal\n- Health, Education, and Social Services\n- Environmental Science, Climate Resilience and Ecosystem Restoration\n- Indigenous Wisdom, Art, Culture, and Community Builders\n- Innovation, Polymaths, Sensemakers\n\nThe month-long event incorporates diverse activities for participants, including:\n\n- Seminars and lectures delivered by experts\n- Interactive Q&A sessions where attendees can engage with presenters\n- Independent work time for participants to process concepts or collaborate\n- Small working groups dedicated to developing standards and documentation\n- Intimate discussion sessions in smaller groups to facilitate deeper dialogues\n- Large-scale collaborative working sessions bringing all participants together\n- Community-organized activities, such as discussions, panels, or workshops.\n- Other impactful hands-on engagements and exercises\n\nBoth scheduled sessions on the agenda and spontaneous activities emerge throughout the event. The varied formats provide structured learning while making space for organic collaboration, connection, and insights to arise.\n---\nAdditionally, below are the key funding milestones for this grant:\n- *>$1,000* = Complete overhaul of our website.\n- *>$3,000* = Overhaul the website and Reach out to 1,000 world experts to join our collaborative research initiative as well as attend the gathering in April, 2025.\n- *>$6,000* = Overhaul the website, Reach out to experts, and Host an online conference for potential high-profile donors to fund the main event in April, 2025.", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectTwitter": "Mastermind_Eden"}