{"title": "The Hill ", "logoImg": "bafkreidqwhvj4qwumo75yikj6j3ynkl7jxi2cdc3k7xpvrkyafo5w642oq", "website": "https://www.coralconnect.life/", "bannerImg": "bafkreibvngzq6psrwwz7a4klarfjs3g46wwspjs37wcrjieqlu6lrk7cxi", "createdAt": 1711626378456, "credentials": {}, "description": "**It is a privilege to be included in this round as a contributor to the REFI ecosystem.**\n**My name is Mike Spaulding, or \"The Hill\" as many of you may know me. For the last 4 years I have dedicated my life to building a larger and more productive network to make direct impacts for our oceans, foster blockchain onboarding, build implementable use cases, and have fun with the global communities I am part of. This effort has led me to be a Gitcoin citizen, part of Let’s Grow Dao, and a founder of three successful projects that are still in operation today.**\n\n**Let’s break down this impact:**\n\n **Regenerative R&D:** *Contributions to the development and innovation of regenerative finance, technology, and systems.*\n\n-Contributed to the development of C.H.A.R.M AI coral farming robot, this makes coral growing simple and tracks all conditions, growth rates, and carbon sequestration as each coral is grown. I funded part of this research and development personally while leading the marketing and onboarding to the Cycloturtles NFT project that was used to directly fund the later stages of this specific R&D. Currently the system works and is being used on Magnetic Island in Queensland Australia https://x.com/CycloTurtles/status/1706152280851145112\n-Through the Cycloturtles project, our holders had the opportunity to steward corals. This provided all holders with the opportunity to directly interact with their coral daily by feeding and grooming them to stay in optimal health. https://x.com/dieseltechdad/status/1785088471196930168 \n-My current focus is building a Dapp (decentralized application) to provide aggregated research data, methodologies, and public access to direct coral reef regeneration all over the world as a public good. https://x.com/Coral__Connect\nhttps://www.coralconnect.life/\n\n\n **Education and Growth:** *Efforts to educate and nurture the growth of individuals and communities within the regenerative space.*\n\n-Provide daily motivational GM’s\n-Have written two books about personal responsibility regarding the human condition and our responsibility to those around us as well as the environments in which we live. These are currently undergoing publishing with Kingfisher Media.\n-Participated in Let’s grow live 24/7 spaces for multiple two week stretches to onboard new people to REFI and educate others of sustainable projects and practices.\n-Expanded the Arbitrum ecosystem personally by giving away 5,000+ in $ARB to over 550 holders in our original NFT community and provided two direct use cases for them to promptly learn the ecosystem. \nArbScan Transaction #’s  0xa145db6d9cbc1144b90f9643c6b065a81f2b372edc7ff27ed7cd05df9871ce3a\n0x49382152c4fa5237210dba5c6db8c0aa69c3c72a4dd6029bb4ec409f6eda8437\n-Participated in weekly X spaces for over 3 years fostering an inclusive and informational space for refi, environmental impact, financial responsibility, innovative technology showcasing, encouraging use cases for specific chains and much more.\n-Coral education for thousands of Australian children and university students was provided through the developmental partnership with Beyond coral. This helps ensure that awareness is met with amazement to create a lasting memory of sustainable regeneration on a personal level.\n\nAll of this can be seen in my personal Profile page on X https://x.com/hardmoustache \n\n\n**Operational Support:** *Key roles played in supporting the operational needs of regenerative organizations or initiatives.*\n\n-Serve as part of the marketing team for Let’s Grow DAO\n-Serve as a voting member of Let's Grow DAO\n-Served as Co-host, Host, and Steward for “Let’s Grow Live” broadcasts for the last year, All spaces are recorded and available on X https://x.com/LetsGROWdao\n\n-Serve as CMO for Notessential, a company built specifically to teach others of their individual value, and what a difference we can make collectively when we put all of our skills together for direct impact. I moved from my home country to serve this purpose and build a larger movement. This meant attending many Web3/Blockchain events around the world and having hundreds of heart-to-heart talks with individuals to build an outstandingly reputable P2P network. This broader network was also funneled into direct impacts. https://x.com/NotEssential_io\n-Serve as Founder and CMO of Coral Connect and personally onboard coral nurseries around the world.\n-Provide free grant writing consultation for Gitcoin, several blockchains, and larger scale government grants.\n\n\n**Impact on Local Communities and Bioregions:** *Tangible contributions to local communities or bioregions, driving ecological, social, and economic regeneration.*\n-Visit local preschools to read them stories about sustainability and friendship while encouraging their individual creativity. https://x.com/CycloTurtles/status/1602470972619165696\n-Organized and participated in many beach and public park clean ups. U.S., Australia, Indonesia, and will be organizing in Palau. This creates direct and immediate change in every single place the impact was made. Fostering a larger scale personal responsibility and better connective relationship with the environments we all share.  https://x.com/NotEssential_io\n**Wrap up**\nAll of these efforts collectively expand the larger REFI network, methodology, public perception, and positive adoption. As I prepare to move countries a second time I will expand our network to Palau, in conjunction with yet another direct impact. My unique position allows me to continue to grow the entire network through direct action. My involvement with Let's Grow DAO, my time, and my skills have all been applied in prior Gitcoin rounds, spaces, and live broadcasts helping to push the network forward. My largest focus is creating an inclusive, entertaining environment for everyone to share, learn, and grow together. \nIt is my firm understanding that each and every individual has the capacity to change this world. However, when we take action as communities and larger networks, we show the world that in REFI **Together WE are all ESSENTIAL.**\n\n", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectTwitter": "hardmoustache"}