Bloom Network - ReFi for Community-Led Economic Development
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Every dollar supports grassroots projects restoring ecosystems, regenerating economies, and empowering local leaders.\n\n# Real-World Impact 🌱\n\nSince 2008, Bloom has grown into a **global movement**, engaging **30,000+ people across 32 hubs in 13 countries**. We've helped:\n✅ **7,000+ urban and agroecology farms** take root\n✅ **1,000+ community enterprises launch**, from co-ops to small businesses\n✅ **400+ watershed restoration projects** protect ecosystems\n✅ **4 thriving bioregional economies** grow\n\nIn the past six months alone, Bloomers have created **230 new wallets** and completed **290 verified bounties** for real-world community action. \n\n\n***\n\n# 🌻 How Your Contribution Helps\n\nBloom connects local climate action with a unique, community-oriented implementation of Web3 bounties, to scale impact and fund grassroots solutions. Your support helps:\n\n* **Onboard first-time users to Web3**\n* **Power local media feeds** – making it easy to discover & participate in community projects while making friends\n* Bloomers **share impact stories** via [**incentivized, image-rich impact reporting**](https://bloomnetwork.earth/member/localactionrewards), inspiring action & peer learning \n* **Equip grassroots leaders** with mentorship, guidance & operational support\n* **Grow local treasuries**, financing grassroots development\n\n📖  [Read the impact reports here](https://bloomnetwork.earth/communityposts)!  Bloom impact reports automatically post to Karma GAP, reducing the reporting burden for busy local leaders.\n\n***\n\n# 🌟 Local Action Rewards – Quarterly Grant Pool\n\n**Our approach incentivizes Bloomers to share their impact work, learn from one another, and build healthy bioregional economies.** \n\nSince Summer 2024, **we've distributed $12,000 per quarter, with a goal of scaling 1,000x**. This funding supports local revenue streams in agroforestry, soil regeneration, and community care while ensuring “invisible labor” is seen and compensated. This labor is critical to community-building and economic transformation, yet rarely funded in the dominant economy. \n\n***\n\n# 💰 2025 Milestones\n\n80% of contributions to this Gitcoin grant go to the Local Action Rewards pool! The remaining 20% will go to operations teams to:\n\n* **Expanding outreach & visibility** to bring more people into the movement. Our goal is to grow to 100 local Blooms and 1,000 members this year\n* **Integrating impact report reviews into our app** and out of google sheets for more streamlined, timely delivery to authors\n* **Upgrading our integration with Karma GAP** to use the Common Impact Data Standard\n\n📢 **Coming Soon!** Bloom Blossoms Podcast: “How to Do a Needs Assessment” - Practical guidance for grassroots organizers!\n\n***\n\n# 🚀 Why Bloom?\nOur team is **both local community organizers and technologists**. We build tools that real-world leaders **actually need**  and can effectively use in their daily work.\n\n# 🔗 Support Grassroots Action!\n✅ Donate via Gitcoin Grants and share this grant listing\n✅ Follow our work: [bloomnetwork.earth](https://bloomnetwork.earth)\n📌 **Together, we’re bringing the next billion people on-chain - while regenerating the planet.**\n\n![localblooms](https://i.ibb.co/sdHrH9mp/gg-Grants-Still.png)\n", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectGithub": "BloomNetwork", "projectTwitter": "ourbloomnetwork"}