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Diamante Bridge Collective

Diamante Valley

318 impacts 86 actions

Latest: 10/1/2025

The Diamante Bridge Collective (DBC) is an association of individual contributors, local organizations, and global partners working together as an interdependent network of autonomous communities to cultivate a flourishing bioregion. We are creating foundational agreements and more regenerative economic flows that empower us all to take better care of our ecosystem, our neighbors and ourselves.

Impacts:

• Installed creek-side fence section, completing one of the most challenging perimeter segments
• Cemented and repaired broken posts, restoring structural integrity across the fence line
• Cemented the final 4 posts, marking near-completion of a multi-year fence project
• Created additional seating using repurposed tires, adding functionality while demonstrating resourcefulness
• Fed all 17 participants with locally-sourced vegetarian casado
• Strengthened monthly gathering tradition now three months strong and growing
• Demonstrated multiple pathways for contribution, making participation accessible to people with different capacities
• Moved closer to playground design phase as fence completion frees focus for next infrastructure layer
• Honored years of committee and supporter effort with quality finishing work
• Painted 6 fence gates with proper sanding preparation
• Protected metal infrastructure by raising cement levels on multiple fence posts
• Installed further posts for future dog-barrier fence around soccer field
• Cleared erosion-prone areas beneath fence sections
• Secured 361,000 colones in community fundraising for roof extension
• Created detailed work plan for roof extension with clear volunteer and paid labor components
• Established partnership with skilled local builder for technical guidance at community-friendly rates
• United 21 community members in diverse roles from construction to cooking to coordination
• Strengthened monthly gathering tradition, establishing last Saturday as consistent community action day
• Built collective confidence in our ability to plan and execute complex multi-phase construction projects
• Completed installation of 6 custom fence doors
• Created open air communal furniture
• Raised $500 in community donations for ongoing plaza improvements
• Fed 25 participants with community-prepared meals
• Created fundraising video documentation to inspire other communities and attract future support
• United 25 community members across generations in shared work and celebration
• Strengthened social bonds through shared meals, games, music, and collaborative work
• Established sustainable infrastructure built to last for generations using quality materials
• Proved the viability of volunteer-based community infrastructure development
• An appropriate space for the Coliazul children classes and adult meetings is provided
• It saved at least $250 per months costs for the Coliazul project
• The teacher gets support with materials e.g. tools or from the kitchen or in emergency cases from the hosts
• library for the village community, continuous service 1 day per week
• - Offering high quality books by Rudolf Steiner among other spiritual books
• - Children books
• - Books in English, German and Spanish
• regular opening hours already for 5 months
• community building by sharing books
• 65 people participated in the Agricultural Forum and shared ideas and strategies for cultivating a better life
• On our 20 hour roundtrip, 12 representatives from the Brunca Bioregion shared in story and strategizing for the missions of Vida Sagrada
• The Raices Libres Spanish chat receives on average between 10-20 posts per day of information or sharing regarding our journey into the Buen Vivir
• 555 trees planted
• 17 people got to escape from the city and reconnect with nature and simplicity
• Elders sharing their stories, perspective and wisdom help refine and focus the passion of the youth and activists
• 500+ fruit trees planted
• 1000+ support species planted
• 100+ fruit trees pruned for better productivity and ease of harvest
• 300 reforestation trees planted
• 16 people got to share the joy and wisdom of planting and caring for trees, while sharing stories purpose
• classes
• community
• yoga
• pilate
• HIIT
• cocreate
• We are open twice a month on Fridays, offering this recycling service voluntarily for the local community
• We offer practical alternatives to stop send trash to landfills. We are regularly communicating about this on groups an social media.
• - We upgrade the structures at the recycling center in order to keep doing our Recycling work in comfortable environment
• Educated 2 people
• Having natural stones in the form you want, when you have none
• - We are planting the roadside with dwarf coconuts, small fruit trees, berries and flowers to make it beautiful and welcoming
• - We removed + 20 kg of trash from this part of the garden, ready to be recycled
• We harvested the first FreeTheFood Champedak from the Soccerfield in Las Tumbas, 8 Locals loved it and would like more fruit trees to be planted around the soccer field
• We are maintaining a very important part of our village : The soccer field
• This regular community service bring us together to work in service for the bigger vision : an alive and harmonious village
• By doing community service we are giving back to the local community, it is part of the integration.
• - provide with the Coliazul children a climbing structure for the vines
• - Creating an open tent around a tree
• - building an protected outdoor area
• - Meeting and orientation wall at the entrance of Diamante Luz community and the Coliazul Cultural Centre
• - Experimental wall, Testing the ecological methods for the Coliazul campus
• - strengthening the rammed earth wall and receiving a beautiful clay surface
• - using local clay
• A library for the village community is a heart of connection, learning, and inspiration for the village.
• - Offering high quality books by Rudolf Steiner among other spiritual books, inviting reflection, dialogue, and personal growth, supporting those on a path of self-development and holistic understanding of the world.
• - Thoughtfully chosen children books, encouraging our children to develop a love for reading
• - Books in English, German and Spanish allowing both Costa Rican and international residents to find meaningful reading material in their native languages, fostering cultural exchange and mutual understanding.
• we prevent the soaps and grey water from 3 houses to fall into a spring
• - we are bringing awareness in our local community that its possible to do something to protect water
• we are looking to make this creek a pilot project for more creeks an rivers to be protected
• Community strengthening: We had a beautiful cultural event for the people of the community and guests.
• Education of children: The children presented their newest songs and experienced an amazing talented storyteller for children
• The Coliazul project got known to more people
• We collected $510 donations that help to run the Waldorf-inspired children program
• +70 people came to the celebration of the new roof
• Many children were running around, playing with adults also
• we are opening a new chapter of community in our area, we have a centered and public roof where we can gather and shelter at any moment.
• Creating a Community Center / Playground Center is becoming a reality and brings this awareness to more people
• We have had very good feedbacks from from the local community with this project.
• We built 6 gates out of recycle materials
• we cleaned up the salon communal completely and sorted the trash
• we fixed the sinks that were leaking for years
• we bought new lockers to improve our system when the salon need to be used
• We made a flyer for the coming soccer games that will bring funds to make more improvement in the salon
• gathering
• community
• education
• connection
• technology
• community
• classes
• yoga
• gathering
• practice
• teaching and practicing Spanish with the Community
• offering more Spanish speaking opprtunities through digital interfaces
• Support local businesses
• connecting to the wisdom of the heart through meditation and yoga
• taught participants and practiced meditation in action (also called karma yoga)
• spending time in silence listening to the land and nature
• connecting and developing the spiritual foundation for the community at eartHeart
• Introduced over 60 people to indigenous language ceremonial songs
• created a consistent weekly community gathering for stabilizing local relationships
• seeded 3 additional locations for other offshoot song circles in the greater bioregion
• Improving the commons
• Gathered information & first hand experience of the river
• Talked with local neighbors in the community
• Documented various impacts
• Mapped the river, headwaters & sources
• Reconnected with the land & water along the watershed
• Community Connection
• Education on Herablist
• learned how the finca impacts its neighboring community
• Bringing people together creating networks, building relations, prayers foe the Water the Earth and our collective Future
• We fundraised a total of 4000$, the necessary amount to purchase the materials to build the roof of the community center.
• +80 people donated during events, at the market, by direct donations.
• 15 people came to build the roof, part of them workers team of Merlin, part volunteers
• It took us 2 full weeks to build the structure, our goal was to make it happen before the rainy season, we did it !
• This new community space is an upgrade for the village of las tumbas and for the area locals are already enjoying it.
• Community strengthening: We had a beautiful summer party for the people of the community and guests.
• Education of children: The children presented a scene of a theatre play
• The Coliazul project got known to more people
• We collected $1150 donations that help to run the Waldorf-inspired children program
• Nurture multicultural exchange through theater
• Multigenerational collaboration kids and adults
• Support bilingual development Spanish and English for kids and adults
• Involved 7 children and 11 adults in the play
• Presented first advance of the play to audience of about 40 people at local cultural event
• 120 hours in playwriting
• empowered local artists to create video art,
• Edited, filmed, and co-directed one music video!
• Supported childhood dreams and inspired what is possible for community
• finalized and recorded 1 original song made by kids
• We bring awareness to our area : How can a Community Center benefit to making the village evolve ?
• By creating a welcoming and open gathering space, we help everyone connect in the Bio-Region
• A Community Center helps Information to become more accessible to everyone in the Bio-Region.
• By creating a roof and a playground, we invite all ages to enjoy, adults can meet, children can play..
• On January 18th we gathered 60+ people in Las Tumbas around games, sports, music and food... We shared the vision of Roof and Play.
• increased outreach of fundraiser, improved donation portals for the fundraiser
• Supported my teams missions and provided a way for us to proudly share our story with the greater community
• We informed our bio region (3 villages) of our re-Opening
• We shredded + 60kg of non recyclable Hard plastic
• We made +10 Ecobales of accumulated soft plastics with the Ubuntu machine
• We are regularly recirculating glass jars and bottles in the local community
• We are educating individuals twice a month, offering a diversity of alternative to “trash”
• platform education
• community building
• shared resources
• Christmas Presents For 32 Kids From low income families
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• Green house system improved with homemade compost teas, soil amendments, and lactobacilius microbes.
• Drip irrigation systems have been researched, compared, and purchased.
• Seeds and genetic material have been researched and purchased
• Access trails have been strategically designed and created to manage water and improve maintenance.
• Airpruning seed beds have been researched, designed, and built to improve ease and efficiencies in tree propagation.
• Educated new land buyers in the area on Bioregionalism, local networking, and asset mapping
• Provided tools, maps, and connection to allies for land project development
• Developed regenerative project leads to match those with resources to local service providers
• children of the valley are given alternatives to learning and living
• development of curriculum of child rearing practices
• 1-8 children are in the care of a support system of mothers
• converted degraded cow pasture into future food forest
• trained local youth in regenerative planting theory and techniques
• 6 students learned syntropic gardening skills
• 10 square meters of syntropic garden were planted
• Strengthened organizing cohesion across 10+ land nodes in the bioregion
• Introduced 20+ neighbor node leaders to each other through facilitated activities
• Conducted intergenerational activities for children, parents, elders and neighbors to connect in the same space simultaneously
• Educated 30+ people on bioregionalism with a detailed presentation that engaged greater participation in the movement
• Identified levels of understanding in our extended bioregional village network to tailor future education events
• Provided a deep and felt experience of interdependent relationships between families, cultures and communities, inspiring collaboration
• weekly, create and distribute 2 large wheelbarrows of chicken compost to our food forest
• independence from outside sources of plant fertilizers
• strengthening the cycle of nutrients within the farm
• created a productive chicken compost area
• 2 sacos of chicken compost per week
• - Community strengthening: We had a beautiful cultural fiesta for the people of the community and guests.
• - Education of children: The children presented a theatre play inspired by an indigineous story, as well as a puppet show,
• - Connecting with indigineous people: We invited a couple from the Boruca tribe of indigineous people, to tell about their culture
• - Building bridges to local people: We had musical presentations from a Costa Rican traditional local band
• - The Coliazul project got known to more people
• - We collected $500 donations
• educational activities, relationship skills, singing, swimming, reading, gardening
• child care 1-8 children
• Community strengthening
• Bringing life to the Coliazul building site
• We learnt to feel the strong earth energy of an ancient fire place by teaching of Reinhard Coppenrath
• held the first silent immersion at Diamante Luz
• cultivated a container of listening for 5 days at the land
• provided refuge for 1 wandering soul
• contributed 3 hours of karma yoga per day amongst 4 people into the land and kitchen
• cultivated 5 days of silence
• dedicated merit of ~ 125 hours of cultivated purity for the benifit of all beings
• weeded the garden beds surrounding the commons of eartHeart
• cultivated 17 meals with love and communion
• accumulated 3 hours per day of karma yoga over 5 days with 5 people. Totaling 75 hours of karma yoga
• prayed for 5 consecutive days over the land and all of its beings
• created and updated 3 foundational documents
• held 3 review meetings
• 6 students and 1 teacher synchronized and jammed for 2 hours while shifting our perspective about junk. We strengthened our connections by
• by balancing our cerebral hemispheres, synching our mind/heart/breath connection into group coherence.
• We built connections by exploring cultural expectations and diversity.
• We brought adults and children from multiple countries and culturesw together
• we practiced english and spanish, overcoming fears and language barriers
• Coordinated the implementation of a booking system that records and credits event organizers
• Produced an event connecting Bliss Burn organizers for a mid-year ceremony (delayed Solstice)
• Connected musicians, artists and volunteers to each other for collaborative ritual practice
• We've begun the designing and organizing with the local munincipality to build an extension to the existing public building in los tumbas
• received offers of bamboo to be donated to project
• planned our next building phase on december 6th
• Become more involved in the local munincipality and the soccer organization
• property is maintained by hand so as to eliminate usage of pesticides or agrochemicals
• land is happy in its state of being attended and loved
• land produces food and the extra is shared with the neighbors
• Sharing local study globally to distribute impact report results
• Successfully designed 9 buildings in 30 days, for educational purposes and more .
• Strengthened community bonds through collection of the needs involving various community members and neighboring projects in the process of
• Involving the children in the classroom design (see pictures)
• The biggest impact still lies in the future, but already now we feel that the characteristic design grown on the land in the holistic proces
• The holistic way is rooting in the energy of the place + thus the buildings are inspiring for connecting with the land in return
• We could inspire the famous Bamboo builder Rodo to host his workshop at the Coliazul site in Feb.2024, One of the Coliazul stories to come
• After months of planning and preparation we could start running the kids program for initially one day per week, for a group of 6 children
• We managed to have an experienced Waldorf teacher from UK visiting us to educate and advise our teacher for 2 months.
• We had found a social worker willing to start as our first teacher.
• We rented an appropriate building for the initial time of the program
• 24 service hours to the Syntropic Food Forest where 7 people where Empowered with general and species specific pruning practice
• 16 people shared plant knowledge and harvested and cocreated a community meal from the land as well as spreading plant seed and babies
• Marketing for Coliazul children's program
• Marketing for the next benefit event, fiesta de las culturas
• Successfully harvested, treated and transported 40 pieces of bamboo for the shelter construction.
• Strengthened community bonds through collaboration and teamwork, involving various community members and neighboring projects in the process
• Laid the groundwork for the Coliazul Cultural Commons, using our collective power and resources from alied projects.
• Presented the DBC / Giveth / Bloom to Rancho Margot leaders and mastermind participants
• Facilitated cross collaboration between North and South ecovillage leadership on land trusts
• Built relationships of value exchange with regenerative development leaders in Costa Rica
• Received direct cultural experience from Indigenous people in their village
• Strengthened relationship of respect, appreciation and camaraderie between our peoples
• Studied educational presentations and displays of the Boruca history in their village museums
• Represented our communities as cultural exchange ambassadors, storytellers, and friends
• Integrated the profound wisdom, humility, courage, pride and resilience shared with us, to share with our people
• We are creating a grey water system to protect a creek from soaps, oils and detergent dropping into the spring.
• We moved a cow fence further away from the spring so we can stop the cow dung going into the water.
• Instagram of Rios Limpios : rioslimpioscostarica
• We have been sharing information on how to build grey water filters on social media and local groups, to raise awareness about Grey Water.
• We have turned a giant grass field into a Community Fruit Forest, we use it as a demonstration to share about Syntropic farming.
• We are maintaining the garden twice a month, we welcome volunteers and hire a local worker to help us chop and drop !
• We have reforested this land along the river, helping to hold the river's edges from eroding while strong rains.
• We have shared many videos on Social media, spreading knowledge, tips and inspiring people to plant Free Food.
• We store glass bottles and jars by size and shape, for anyone in our local community to build or create with them.
• Glass is precious, it can be integrated as "bricks" into adobe or cement walls, and also turned into drinking glasses... and more !
• We believe that a Glass "micro industry" can be a part of an intelligent village.
• We collected donations and built a Precious Plastic Shredder in order to process hard plastic items, usually considered "Non Recyclables".
• We have educated 70+ people on how to sort their plastic at home, and how to prepare it to be shredded at our Recycling Center.
• We have reached 1500+ people on social media and local groups. We hope to inspire other communities to do the same.
• We have transformed so far +40kg of plastic that usually would have ended in a landfill, and it is just the very beginning.
• We designed and built our first Recycling Stations, to provide a proper system that completely replace the common trash bins.
• We have educated 50+ people on how to use a Recycling station, and this system idea reached 1000+ people on Social media.
• By creating recycling stations, we raise the awareness about trash in our local community, once there is a system, recycling becomes easy.
• Recycling stations are also designed to care for the so called "non Recyclables" : Soft and hard plastics, that usually end up in landfills.
• We are improving the Communal Salon of Las Tumbas in order to create a welcoming Place, an Information and Community center
• We built a fence around the soccer field to avoid that cows to come in and create holes, for the safety of adults and children when playing.
• To build an intelligent village, we need Centers where Adults, Parents and Children have their space.
• The Community Center is like the Heart of the body, that connects all the members and organs.(us People and Farms). This Center connects us.
• Free The Food : We are freeing the food, by planting roadsides with fruit trees, and sharing them on "Fruit-Stops"
• "Fruits Stops" : Like Bus Stops, but for fruits, anyone can bring their harvest, and take what they want home.
• We are bringing the "Giving Mentality" to this world, anyone passing by a "Fruit Stop" will remember that it's possible !
• We place the "Fruit Stops" on specific central location so many people can see them, many cars pass by, the idea travels !
• In our recycling center we educate people how to turn their trash into building blocks called Ubuntu Bloxs
• We have educated +100 people on how they can avoid sending their plastic to Landfills
• With Social media we are reaching +15 000 view on how to make Ubuntu Blocks (Facebook - Instagram)
• community building: strengthening bonds for our big project
• Energetic work: clearing obstacles, calling in supportive energies
• Education of children
• We invited and informed 4 other families about the Coliazul children program
• Also other community members came to learn about Coliazul
• Games and activites for the children were offered by community members.
• Community building
• Community members Experienced in fixing greenhouse tarpaulins for roof structures showed us the most efficient and durable fixing techniques
• dry classroom for the children's classes
• constructed the shelter that Jeffree would inhabit for his stay at dluz
• affords housing to several people that have offered their time on the land
• Cooperation with local experienced workers
• Using local resources
• Setting up new relationships for future cooperation
• Getting the bamboo building material that is needed for the first Coliazul buildings
• provided the sanitary service for the now existing Coliazul school
• created a more modern, expansive, user friendly community kitchen space.
• resolution
• allowed the group to receive and acknowledge one of our members in a difficult process of their life
• much soul searching
• group therapy
• team building excercises
• personal responsibility
• 6 people learned about building simple bamboo structures
• all participants learned how a simple but versatile bamboo building can be designed
• 3 volunteers learned about simple bamboo building and making joints for a solid bamboo construction
• everyone in the group experienced what you need to think about when building in a tropical climate
• the participants experienced how seasons and daytime affect construction work
• we all learned how to create a minimum of beauty in a functional temporary building
• We had a beautiful cultural fiesta for the people of the community and also some guests. - celebration of connection
• The children had their first presentation as a choir in public after weeks of practice with their teacher. - Big educational value
• The project got known to more people. - Marketing
• We collected $750 donations. - Needed for bamboo building activities and running of children's program
• Redirected scrap bamboo harvest.
• Demonstrates the value being provided through regenerative initiatives on the ground.
• Highlights local leaders' expertise to attract wider recognition and to attract support.
• Documented practices for stewarding common resources like water, soil, and process documentation.
• Showcases the power of local communities using online media and coordination tools.
• Celebrates the beauty and magic of community, showcasing how much is possible when we do it together.

Cooperativa Los Higuerones

Puerto Jiménez, Osa Peninsula - Costa Rica

250 impacts 56 actions

Latest: 9/30/2025

We are a community hub and incubation space providing living examples of how we can live more harmoniously with one another and within our natural environment. The non-built areas are made up of abundant permaculture inspired gardens while built space has been curated into a multi-use “campus” for workshops, classes, meetings, gatherings and the like as well as accomodations for hosting people focused on support for our Osa community.

Impacts:

• 1 recycling workshop planned for October 2025.
• A simple on-site waste separation system established (organic, recyclable, non-recyclable).
• Promotion and distribution of reusable market bags within the community.
• Waste reduction practices embedded into events and daily activities on-site.
• visitors, members and in-person stakeholders gained practical knowledge of how to separate waste and reduce non-organic materials at the source.
• Increased commitment to minimizing non-organic waste during on-site activities and events.
• Strengthening of a culture of circularity in the Osa Peninsula, where waste is reframed as a resource.
• A replicable community-led model for waste reduction and recycling in rural areas with limited municipal support.
• Reduction of plastic pollution and pressure on local waste management systems.
• A living example of how grassroots hubs can inspire systemic shifts toward circular economy practices in bioregions.
• A functioning community hub with 15+ active local members, supported by 100+ visitors and digital stewards.
• 1 draft membership model created through multiple brainstorming sessions and meetings.
• 1 infodeck developed to communicate the vision and invite funders.
• Exploration of governance technologies, resulting in a hybrid model proposal.
• core members have deepened their understanding of commons-based ownership and collective stewardship.
• Breakthrough idea: combining tokenized shares with a commitment pool for governance, showing participants that preserving traditions and culture can weave with innovative solutions
• A replicable model for transitioning private land into community-stewarded commons in Costa Rica and beyond.
• Strengthened resilience of the Osa community by protecting cultural practices, food systems, and ecological stewardship.
• A living example of how emergent strategy can lead to systemic innovations that balance land, people, and more-than-human life.
• 18 - Roof leaks repaired
• 154 - Feet of gutter cleaned
• 3 - Toilets repaired with new or salvaged parts
• 300 - Dollars distributed (spent) to local ferreterías (hardware stores)
• 43% larger smiles upon visiting
• 1 cubic meter of rich compost in the making
• 2 garden spaces beautified and maintained
• Okay, some of these numbers are estimates (and one of them is a little silly), but there’s more being done here, continually, than meets the eye or this report!
• impacto ambiental
• enseñanza e inspiracion
• promover valores de solidaridad y cooperación
• respeto, amor y valor por los lugares públicos
• ejemplo a los mienbros dela comunidad
• regalo seis masajes para personas miembros de la comunicad
• regalo tres conciertos de música en eventos dentro de la comunidad
• soy de acompañamiento para escuchar y sostener a miembro de la comunidad en su procesos (varios)
• 18 participants, most of which are involved in permaculture or other agricultural methods, learned from experience how to improve production with various organic methods
• Estimated 1/2 acre of banana and plantain crops improved to maximize yield.
• 20% Increased participation at local farmers market from farmers who received support via Manos Cambiadas
• 1greenhouse cleaned and repaired to improve crop production on an organic farm
• 14 participants (including the owner of the focus farm) received plant starts of proven varieties of tomatoes, bananas, herbs, root crops....
• 8 signs painted to promote the Mercado Verde
• 4 murals painted by local students to make the place more beautiful
• 3 classrooms improved by replacing window screens
• 12 meals provided to the volunteers
• Over 30 community members joined in work parties this quarter, showing their love and gratitude for the space
• Community bonds growing stronger by the day
• 1 neighbourhood agreement co-created and installed among ~10 people.
• Process involved ~100 messages, 1 meeting, and ~15 hours of administrative time (after 1 year of envisioning by a few neighbourhood members)
• Shared story and practical model for neighbourhood-led ecological agreements.
• High tide trail extended and cleared by 20-70 meters through ~2 hours of maintenance in the last quarter.
• Noticeably more silence in the neighbourhood: reduced machine sounds, leading to more peaceful days and nights.
• More open, collaborative communication among residents, including respectful scheduling of construction projects and mechanized maintenance.
• Protection of public beach access for locals by maintaining and expanding high tide trails—directly balancing the pressures of privatization in the Osa.
• Healthier nervous systems for humans and greater ease for wildlife, creating an environment of peace and natural harmony.
• Contribution to a broader cultural shift away from extractive, unsustainable development toward collective stewardship of place.
• Leveraged the intellectual, experiential, material and social capital of the co-sponsors of this initiative towards community incubation into the web3, blockchain, crypto space.
• Added 5 new Bloom members to our local Bloom ….more than doubling our membership….all of whom are active members of the local community.
• Built on already existent activites thus reducing the expenditure on the part of organizers
• Catalyzed the active launching of our local Bloom chapter
• Provided peer support among 8 community members to onboard onto Bloom and coordinate impact reports.
• Positive message about nature for children
• Color and life for the entrance of this town
• Plants that brings butterflies and birds around
• Received and distributed multiple bags of donated material goods (mostly clothes) and continuously upcycled otherwise unusable products.
• Provided opportunities for clothes to go to families who need them and for attendees to engage in repair and renewal of otherwise discarded items.
• Helped to surface and celebrate the beauty of “trash” and increased their lifespan.
• Maintain a reuse product packaging space so small scale producers have access to reused and reuseable packaging.
• Increased fertility in our gardens at the Coop and provided replicable examples
• Diverted various waste streams including sewage, water, paper goods, termite infested wood, and coconut shells
• Impacted the education of 4 people on a daily basis and 30+ people on a weekly basis in regards to waste disposal
• Created a container for 4 long-term collaborators in the Brunca region of Costa Rica to come together and stregnthen their ties and collective sense-making
• Flowed material capital (vehicle, chairs, tables, tent, site) to organizers of two important Bioregional events
• Hosted 28 rural women for 2 nights at Los Higuerones
• Created a process to allow neighboring Blooms to begin to flow our token FLOwers into the ecosystem
• 10+ people participated in each activity
• People learned new skills and had fun
• Market attendance has benefited by people coming or staying longer for the activities
• Increased community support and a sense of unity
• I’ve had the opportunity to get to know the community members on a more personal level and learn what their gifts are
• All ages and cultures coming together in one space to learn and create
• Mejora de calidad de vida
• Mejora de calidad de vida
• Solidaridad
• Accion
• Trabajo en equipo
• Conexión y Proposito
• colaboracion colectiva 11 presentes
• mejora de calidad de vida; para tres miembros mayores de la casa de acción de (manos cambiadas). accionando en la mejora de salud, higiene y comodidad diaria
• solidaridad en acción; fortaleciendo lazos sociales
• energía positiva
• trabajo en equipo, 11 personas presentes generando un ambiente de alegría, buena cooperación, buena energía, generando valores como: respeto, empatía, organización y escucha activa
• inspiración: generando inspiracion a que otras personas participen en las distintas actividades de manos cambiadas que se realizaran, creando una cadena de bondad y acción colectiva
• 12 people helped with labor and design
• Many gallons of water have been stored and used
• We lowered the water bill.
• The garden now receives water free of chemicals
• The tank is also a bench for sitting
• The tank replaced a rotten deck, creating a new space with purpose
• A national meeting with Costa Ricans interested and knowledgeable in the topic
• Connection with various international legal entities with expertise in establishing the Rights of Nature for different places over the world
• Greater clarity about the process and resource needs
• Becoming part of a greater collective that strives towards Rights of Nature for different places in Costa Rica.
• Mapped the gifts and talents of 100+ people through different activities
• The emergence of stronger collaboration between certain impact initiatives/ organisations in the area
• An asset map for the region divided in different themes
• Greater clarity about how Los Higuerones is perceived by its members
• Centralisation and consolidation of the previous maps made by other research groups
• 25+ people learned about medicinal plants and healthy eating habits.
• 25+ people learned about some of the history of Puerto Jiménez.
• An 18 year old from the community interviewed a 60+ year old from the community,
• The talks promoted the farmers products and gave a backstory to who they are and what they stand for.
• The speakers gained self confidence by speaking in front of a crowd.
• Engaged in bimonthly organizing meetings among farmers market vendors to encourage greater agency and ownership over organizing
• Having a regular rhythm for joining together as a community allows for ideas and plans to surface, be expressed and potentially be executed on.
• - By engaging in loosely structured meeting spaces, those with little familiarity with these types of structures build their capacity to engage.
• Engaged 28 school kids in drawing out of portrait of gifts for an asset mappping process
• Guided children of the community through a visioning process of what is important to them and why.
• Ensured those who represent the future of the Osa have their voices included in understanding its present.
• Showed how education can take place through its building as well
• Increased biodiversity on the streets by planting trees
• Enhanced connection of people in the pueblo to the school
• Strengthen connection between 20+people
• Mapped over 30 agroecolgy initiatives on the Osa
• Exchanged over 50 varieties of local seeds and plants ensuring their continuation.
• Heard from 10+ speakers sharing the importance of agroecological practices in our region.
• Educated 6 “regenerative influencers” on the obstacles and opportunities facing local farm families
• Shared information about common plants in the garden and their medicinal and/or culinary uses
• Provided a meaningful opportunity for newcomers into the area to dialogue with and get to know an important local weaver
• Directed 80% of our retreat’s fresh food sourcing to local providers.
• Increased the family economies of at least 3 households in significant ways
• Provided 24 r3treat participants with the esperiencial story of where their food comes from
• 30 people sang, danced and played instruments.
• Local farmers and foreigners shared songs and jammed together.
• The music uplifted the spirits of the people at the market.
• New friendships were formed.
• People cheered and supported eachother.
• Preservation of indigenous/ ancient/ traditional / vital knowledge/ practices
• organised 15+ activities
• growing of the client base and solidarity among producers and visitors/ clients
• Greater cohesion and appreciation among local producers of the market
• By documenting the processes and practices employed in working with local ingredients, we help to demystify their usage and
• Educated 10+ people about local crops, their growth patterns and culinary and medicinal usage
• The Majority of the support team has now time to focus more on connecting with visitors
• The majority of the support team has the space now to focus on meet and weave collaborations with people from local organisations that work on regenerating the region
• We can now log how many local producers we support beyond the producers who are physically present during the market
• We can better restock the inventory, because we know how much we sell of each product over time.
• 5 children painted pictures and presented them to the farmers market audience.
• They received applause for their work and were seen by the community.
• This gives them more confidence to create and share.
• This activity also encouraged families to stay at the market longer resulting in more connections, conversations and sales.
• This activity helped form the foundational structure for bringing more classes and activites into the space.
• greater involvement of producers and visitors in taking up activities/ tasks during /for the market
• More time made available for selling and connection due to a digitized sales/ pay out system.
• Greater clarity of inventory
• The organising team can focus more on organising activities and engaging visitors
• inspired many others how to create outfits yourself
• learn how to crochet own clothes
• keep traditional practices alive
• more sovereignty and sustainable practices among participants
• promote the sustainable fashion movement
• more sense of rythm, motores, more connection to the body among participants
• educating 6 students in sustainable living
• Guiding students in learning how to transform scientific research results in usable on-the-ground outcomes
• 4+ field trips to local initiatives/ farms to connect with locals
• expansion of students perspective on healthy, wholesome living
• collaboration with the University of Michigan to support our work regionally
• clarity about the financial and collaborative structure
• a team of 3 on-site people established with support from UCI
• Convened a series of meetings to reactivate community collaboration
• Engaged in numerous one-on-one conversations to discuss blockage to and oppo4tunities for greater harmonizing of groups
• Developed a framework to promote and develop community governance/decion-making and funding
• - organizing towards a september in-person convergence of 30+ leaders from the diverse communities to strategize a bioregional regeneration strategy map and assess common risks and opportunities
• greater coherence among the bioregions part of the Brunca region
• providing a model for the rest of Costa Rica in regional organising and coordination
• strengthened collaboration among regional female leaders
• - took part in an international learning journey of The Biofi Project and exchanges knowledge and experience with a group of 80+ international community builders, weavers and regenerative project stewards
• - took part in an international learning journey of The Biofi Project and exchanges knowledge and experience with a group of 30+ international community builders, weavers and regenerative project stewards
• deeper coalescence and with national bioregional projects, learning form each other by recognizing the different strategies, and the value of the diversity.
• greater coherence among local people
• enrichment of culture and social value
• 10 members established
• more structure that invites the diversity of people living in the Osa and look for connection and collaboration
• Learned how to translate the idea of the bioregional financing facility into a comprehensive story and slideshow
• Educated over 50+ people in how we envision this project to take place in the bioregion
• The surfacing of a comprehensive story to take forward in organising our local community/ organisational allies
• Clarity about the next steps in the emergent process of the Bioregional Financing Facility.
• Created a 3rd series of Verdes to support cultural offerings at our weekly market
• Supported 5 cultural creatives directly and 6+ market participants indirectly with Verdes
• Allowed for 60,000 colones of Verdes to flow into the farmers market
• Witnessed a number of recipients of the Verdes flowing them on to other collaborators at the market
• Transformed coconut shells into a highly effective Biochar amendment for gardens
• Produced 14 sacks of activated charcoal used to enrich the diverse soil types in our region.
• Educated 20+ people on what biochar is, how it can help with soil fertility and how togo about doing it.
• Represented our local bioregion in its first cohort of bioregion to create financing facilities
• Attended and participated in weekly cultivator meetings to help develop and strengthen our Bioregional regeneration strategy
• Between weekly sessions….engaged in advancing a framework for greater Bioregional coherence and connection
• Capacítated 4 Mercado verde collaborators to more fully support the space that they use regularly
• Created reciprocal relationships between active users of los higuerones and the site that is supporting their usage.
• Facilitated a sense of achievement and pride in contribution among 2 market participants that had otherwise been passive users.
• Hosted and co-organized 13 weekly farmer’s markets
• Provided 20+ local farmers and artisans with opportunities to augment their household income
• Continued to provide meaningful opportunities for consumers and producers to connect
• Continued to create and host a “town square” space for people to come together
• Provided tourists to the area an opportunity to engage with the local culture and people of the Osa
• Brought together 32 participants from diverse communities on the Osa for a mixer dinner.
• Bridged social capital between new investors in area and long term campesino leaders to generate greater understanding and connection.
• Created an event where all participants felt uplifted, valued and connected.
• educated 32 participants on the benefits of plant-based eating through a culinary sensory journey
• Educated 16 people regarding traditional fibersheads of the Ngabe people.
• Enhanced the cultural offerings available at our local Mercado Verde (weekly farmer's market).
• Expanded out the flow of our market's Verdes (complementary currency) towards reciprocity to those offering enhanced programming at our mkt
• Assisted 12 farmers with projects on their land that required more labor than what they had available
• Provided skills and knowledge enhancement of the 28+ people who participated.
• Continued to strengthen the mutual aid network we have developed in our community
• Nurtured continued skill and knowledge sharing between participating farms
• Through potluck lunches…expanded the culinary experiences of all participating ethnicities
• Began the circulation of our market’s circular and complementary currency
• Began circulating a $800 backed first edition of vouchers into our area’s farmers market
• Provided up to 10,000 colones worth of reciprocity for each volunteer in our manos cambiadas program for material support provided by them
• Engaged in action research around the use and multiplication of our complimentary currency’s activity.
• Celebrated an agroecological culture for the Osa Peninsula
• Educated 60+ people on the theme of agroecology and how it is being practiced in the Osa
• Provided 10+ agroecological practitioners a platform/audience for sharing their agroecological success stories
• Influenced the new mayor for the bioregion to think agroecological ly
• Engaged 40+ community leaders from varios sectors in joining together and imagining into a collective future Osa
• Helped break down silos between and among diverse sectors within our community.
• Built upon a prior community encuentra and produced a collectively developed artifact for moving forward
• Reduced the amount of new packaging being used by producers for the Mercado Verde
• Reduced the number of jars, bottles, and plastic containers going to recycling center by deploying them for reuse.
• Educated producers and consumers of the Mercado Verde on reducing and reusing in place of recycling
• Provided an easily accessible way for people in our community to make a positive difference.
• Helped foster greater connectivity between producers and consumers of Mercado verde
• 30 people present at the screening received a deeper level of understanding about the life path of a local regenerative leader
• an understanding of the impacts of displacing people from their homes in the name of conservation was expanded
• Knowledge based on a self-sufficient life in the jungle was able to be shared with participants
• Relationships among and between various ngo, institutional and community based groups were strengthened
• Los Higuerones was able to further its mission as a Bioregional learning center
• 5 hosts from the metropolitan area were able to be educated on how to offer a waste free event
• Engaged 2 people in real time and others asynchronistically in a multi-capital framework of value
• Synthesized a 2+ year journey in multi-capital exploration into a workshop
• Engaging a multi-capital framework provides an opportunity to surface the contributions outside of the financial realm
• Raised awareness of 30+ people on the environmental “luchas” of this bioregion.
• Provided a platform for 3 campesino elders in the community to share the history
• Created a public space to support the transmission of the need to act in service to our natural environment
• Created a cross-cultural and inter generational container for co-commitment to protect the golfo Dulce
• Educated 30 people in making tinctures and other herbal remedies
• 24 markets, connecting 50+ people each market
• provided over 50% of a households income to the majority of participating vendors
• two cooking competitions that created innovative dishes with market produce
• distributed $1000+ in produce with the season of solidarity where local customers donate money for market produce to locals in need.

Earthist

Turkiye

120 impacts 24 actions

Latest: 7/1/2025

Earthist for Regeneration. We envision a world where local regen communities unite, share, and collaborate to regenerate our bioregion, fostering a healthy relationships for a better future. Community engagement, resource pooling, relationship building and organizing skill workshops on regenerative practices are our hopeful future plans together.

Impacts:

• Empowered local communities to preserve, exchange, and steward their own seed heritage.
• Blended creative expression with ecological action, making conservation joyful and memorable.
• Children and elders connected through shared planting rituals and storytelling.
• Offered an accessible, hands-on learning experience for children, connecting them directly to seeds, soil, and story. Sparks intergenerational conversations about heritage, ecology, and place. Reinforces a sense of shared guardianship of Bozcaada’s ecological memory
• Revives the island’s agricultural and botanical heritage through heirloom seeds. Builds a ritual practice of collective planting and creative expression. Encourages future communities to continue TOHUMBA’s journey as a living seed library
• Supports local plant biodiversity by reintroducing resilient heirloom varieties. Strengthens pollinator and soil networks through diverse plantings. Mimics natural seed dispersal through creative, child-led planting rituals
• The distribution of the handbook can lead to a measurable increase in the adoption of regenerative farming techniques among cotton farmers, transforming agricultural practices.
• Collaboration and solidarity among farmers can increase, fostering a supportive network for sustainable agriculture, though this impact may be more qualitative.
• Awareness among farmers and stakeholders about regenerative farming principles can increase, potentially influencing policies and industry standards indirectly.
• Measurable improvements in soil health, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration can be achieved on participating farms, contributing to long-term sustainability goals.
• 3 regenerative finance tools introduced (Celo, Regen Network, Bloom Network)
• Increased awareness of circular design and community-scale composting
• Sparked curiosity about using blockchain and regenerative finance to reward ecological care
• 45+ participants engaged in conversations
• Over 10 local ideas collected for a potential community composting and upcycling hub
• 15 children involved in interactive discussions about seeds and regenerative practices
• 🌿 Biodiversity & Habitat The spiral form extends edge habitats, supporting beneficial insects and increasing the range of pollinator visitation. Diverse planting heights and the spiral geometry create microclimates that improve resilience to weather extremes.
• 🌿 Water & Soil Management Raised spiral beds improve drainage, reduce soil compaction, and support efficient irrigation through gravity-driven water flow. Future plans include mulching with local hemp hurd to further improve moisture retention and suppress weeds.
• 🌿 Ecological Demonstration This installation provides a hands-on demonstration of regenerative agriculture principles—composting, polyculture, soil improvement, and habitat enhancement—in a highly visible, public setting.
• 🌿 Collective Learning & Empowerment Twelve community members had their first experience with raised-bed spiral construction, discovering new skills and confidence in soil preparation, planting, and design. This built capacity for future community-driven ecological projects.
• 🌿 Long-term Stewardship Neighbors agreed to co-manage watering, harvesting, and seasonal care, transforming the gardens into living commons rather than a one-time intervention. This ongoing commitment seeds a culture of shared responsibility and belonging.
• 🌿 Cultural Revival By selecting local plants that resonate with Bozcaada’s agricultural and herbal heritage, the spiral gardens reconnect people with traditional knowledge and ecological memory, fostering pride and deeper roots to place.
• Hemp production in new location
• Empowered local farmers
• Enriched soil health
• Enhanced biodiversity with heirloom seeds
• Boosted community collaboration
• Empowered local farmers
• Enriched soil health
• Enhanced biodiversity with heirloom seeds
• Boosted community collaboration
• 4,272 acres of regenerative cotton plantation established in semi-arid conditions.
• Water-saving agricultural practices appropriate to the region were initiated.
• Integrated pest management strategies adapted to local conditions were developed. Preserved traditional Mesopotamian agricultural knowledge and integrated it with modern methods.
• Created a model for regenerative agriculture in semi-arid regions.
• Introduced and implemented intercropping techniques to farmers.
• 28 children and youth participated in the seed statue workshop, directly engaging with regenerative planting practices
• TOHUMBA seed archive activated, with over 30 native and heirloom seed varieties introduced and shared
• 2 spiral gardens established in public space, introducing 8+ medicinal and pollinator-supporting plants into the island’s shared ecology
• Celo Türkiye was publicly introduced to the Turkish regenerative community for the first time, grounding blockchain technology in ecological and cultural regeneration
• First-time public use of recycled plastic furniture fabricated on-site using extruder machines — transforming island waste into functional commons
• 3 public panels hosted, engaging 60+ attendees in conversations
• Artists engaged as active participants in ecological storytelling, returning to their practices with a more grounded and nature-aligned perspective on materials, process, and purpose.
• Local artists and artisans were meaningfully onboarded into the project, deepening their understanding of hemp’s historical and ecological role and fostering renewed cultural awareness through dialogue and shared learning.
• Cross-sector collaboration between agriculture, art, and decentralized technologies was strengthened by connecting soil-based hemp cultivation with artistic creation
• A complete material pathway was established — from regenerative hemp farms to art studios — offering artists direct experience with natural, sustainable materials and introducing them to new creative possibilities rooted in ecology.
• 35 local farmers were meaningfully engaged in conversations around soil health, regenerative practices, and the economic benefits of ecological farming.
• Earthist’s demonstration field was assessed and confirmed ready for the upcoming cotton season, reinforcing its role as a regenerative learning site.
• A community-based regenerative cotton model was introduced, connecting environmental restoration with transparent markets
• Farmer engagement sparked strong interest in regenerative practices and led to the early formation of an open network for shared learning and experimentation in cotton farming.
• Expanded EarhistDAO’s international network through in-person meetings with 7 Danish organizations and 7 ecosystem stakeholders
• Gained critical insights into EU and Danish market structures, including startup support and BSF supply chains
• Explored pre-seed and seed investment pathways with the DanBan investor network
• Engaged academic and research institutions to explore joint R&D opportunities for sustainable biotech
• Validated Rebioca’s technology and model through dialogue with global experts in circular economy and protein transition
• Acquired practical knowledge for establishing a Denmark-based spin-off to further regional impact
• Deepened understanding of hemp’s multifaceted roles across food, textiles, health, and cosmetics
• Cultivated ecological awareness through sensory engagement with regenerative hemp materials
• Fostered embodied learning through touch, taste, and sound — beyond theory alone
• Highlighted the transformative power of silence and collective stillness in experiential learning
• Celebrated hemp as a bridge between tradition and innovation, ecology and economy
• Strengthened community bonds through shared exploration, music, and nourishment,
• Rediscovered wild plants through sensory walks
• Revived local herbal knowledge in nature
• Created personal perfumes with essential oils
• Fostered community through shared rituals
• Explored nature’s essence via perfumery
• Supported local artisans through collaboration
• Transformed 33 decares of semi-arid land into a regenerative cotton farm
• Reduced chemical use through IPM strategies adapted to local ecosystems
• Prioritized the use of EU-compliant, biodiversity-friendly plant protection products
• Preserved and revitalized traditional Mesopotamian agricultural knowledge
• Established a model for regenerative agriculture in semi-arid conditions
• Cultivated 35 decares regeneratively, yielding 35 tons hemp stem and 2,520 kg seeds while building soil health
• Enhanced biodiversity by integrating 100+ beehives, creating vibrant pollinator ecosystem across hemp fields
• Improved soil fertility through 7L/decare effective microorganisms and 1.5 tons/decare organic manure application
• Preserved agricultural heritage by cultivating heirloom hemp varieties using traditional ecological knowledge
• Engaged 7 community members for 20 days, strengthening local farming knowledge through hands-on experience
• Connected 19 participants with traditional plant wisdom through hands-on perfume creation experience
• Preserved traditional aromatic plant knowledge through collaboration with local natural perfume artisans
• Created understanding of plant-human relationships through experiential learning with essential oils
• Fostered community learning about sustainable and natural alternatives to synthetic fragrances
• Enabled participants to create their own natural perfume blends aligned with personal intentions
• Strengthened local artisan networks through partnership between Earthist Hub and Doalin natural oils
• Transformed 46 decares of İzmir farmland to regenerative cultivation
• Established two demonstration sites showcasing Mediterranean cotton farming
• Integrated local traditional farming knowledge with regenerative practices
• Built relationships with multiple farming families
• Have reduced plant protection product costs by 70%
• Created a model for coastal region regenerative agriculture
• Attendees learned the environmental advantages of using hemp pulp over traditional wood pulp in paper production.
• Participants learned how to prepare both traditional and hemp-based pulp and craft handmade paper using eco-friendly materials.
• Each participant created personalized paper designs, blending creativity with ancient craft techniques.
• Participants gained insight into the history and significance of papermaking, from Central Asia to Anatolia.
• The workshop fostered a sense of community through shared learning and artistic collaboration.
• 9 participants were trained in crafting natural, plant-based candles using essential oils to create calming and stress-relieving scents.
• Participants created personalized candles, gaining practical skills they can apply in their daily lives for relaxation and mindfulness.
• The workshop strengthened community ties, with participants sharing experiences and planning future creative collaborations.
• Local artisans and wellness practitioners gained visibility, further supporting the growth of the community’s regenerative lifestyle.
• 9 participants were trained in using essential oils to naturally manage stress and emotions.
• Participants created personalized blends, gaining practical skills they can use daily.
• The workshop fostered stronger community connections, with future collaborations already planned.
• Local wellness practitioners gained visibility, contributing to the growth of the community's wellness ecosystem.
• 11 participants learned how to make their own skincare products using natural ingredients and created their own products during the work
• Participants gained knowledge in integrating traditional practices into daily life, deepening their respect for nature’s gifts
• The workshop built connections, supported local businesses, and strengthened our commitment to regenerative living
• Regenerative Agriculture
• Free Non-GMO Seeds for 10 Farmers
• Community Building
• Farmer Empowerment
• Biodiversity
• Community Building
• Web3 and Regenerative Engagement
• Practical Skills
• Regen Knowledge
• Cultural Appreciation
• Empowered local farmers
• Enriched soil health
• Enhanced biodiversity with heirloom seeds
• Boosted community collaboration

Rifai Sicilia

Sicily

70 impacts 29 actions

Latest: 9/29/2025

Rifai Sicilia is a community integrating traditional culture and new technology to create a regenerative economy. We frequently organize landscape restoration and mutual aid events to help kickstart the transition to a more resilient society.

Impacts:

• 1st place victory at Caffeine.ai Hackathon (20+ participants)
• $500 funding + legal/business consulting secured
• Credibility elevation: Rifai Sicilia recognized as tech innovator, opening doors to Web3 grants and impact investors
• Movement validation: Demonstrated regenerative finance is operational and scalable, not aspirational
• Farmer economic resilience: Dual income model (product sales + impact credits) when deployed
• Cross-sectoral bridge: Connects traditional agriculture, Web3 technology, and scientific impact measurement into unified ecosystem
• Measuring Forward: Beta users (target: 15 by Q1 2026), TERRA or CELO credits distributed, marketplace transactions, CO2 sequestered, geographic expansion
• Fully functional website with crypto wallet donation
• $260-300 in direct donations received (also thanks to ETHNA participation)
• Integration with existing platforms like Mego
• Community members now have a single reference point to explain Rifai Sicilia to newcomers, potential collaborators, and funders
• Web3-curious individuals can learn about regenerative finance without overwhelm
• Partner organizations gained clarity on how to collaborate formally
• Donors shifted from "I don't know how to support you" to actively using wallet donations
• Team members now confidently share one URL instead of explaining across multiple platforms
• Reduced friction: Other projects can leverage our Gitcoin infrastructure rather than building from scratch
• Replicable model: Other bioregions (Sardinia, Calabria, Greek islands, North Africa) can adapt our template
• Planted 500 almond seeds and 600 aromatic cuttings in the greenhouse.
• Educated 200 people on regenerative finance in the Sicilian/italian context
• Educated 20 people on the benefits of using web3 technology for positive social and ecological impact.
• Planted 300 support trees
• Educated 5 workawayers on agroforestry techniques
• Seed started 800 trees in the greenhouse
• Installed 3km of drip irrigation tubing
• Raising awareness and informing citizens and associations about the role they can play in wildfire prevention.
• Presentation of successful experiences and innovative projects already underway.
• Facilitating the creation of a collaborative network among citizens, associations, institutions, and the academic world for wildfire prevention.
• Development of concrete proposals regarding the active role of citizens in prevention efforts.
• Mapping existing skills and competencies within the Sicilian wildfire prevention network to optimize resources and collaboration.
• Planning and defining future strategies to engage citizens and to establish a Regional Sicilian Fire Prevention Coordination Body.
• Educated 20 people on bioregions and blockchains
• Planted 1500 trees and 5000 aromatic cuttings
• Trained 16 people on Syntropic Agroforestry
• Facilitated community connection for 12 people
• Performed maintenance on a community food forest
• planted 280 olive trees and 100 almond trees
• educated 20 people on keyline design and water management for farms and landscapes
• gathered 30 community members to learn about the culutral heritage of alcamo
• Educated 10 people on soil health, holistic management, and holistic grazing
• Convened Rifai Sicilia leaders for team retreat
• Educated 8 people on ReFi and Web3 technology
• Educated 20 people on syntropic agroforestry
• Greenpilled 20 people on Silvi app and ReFi
• Planted 30 trees
• Educated 22 people about a permaculture food forest
• Planted a food forest
• Introduced the concept of regenerative finance to the community
• Educated 50 people on regenerative finance
• Educated 100 local people on Regenerative Finance
• Educated 20 people on how to plant permaculture tree guilds
• Community Call
• Organized 20 people to coordinate resources for the upcoming fire season
• educated 20 people on the types of local grains harvested in Sicily
• Supported local bakery
• educated 20 people on soil health and holistic grazing
• professional networking with other local regen leaders
• educating on regenerative finance
• educated 8 people on mutual credit
• design local currency
• onboarding to grassroots network and Celo blockchain
• Spiritual Healing
• Heart Healing
• Song and Prayer
• Community Cohesiveness
• Connection to land
• educated 10 people on the honey harvest process and the issues affecting bee populations in Sicily
• Harvested 8 kilos of honey
• Planted 1000 seeds of local plant species
• Trained 5 people how to plant seeds
• Building up our seed library

Bloom International

Planet Earth

60 impacts 14 actions

Latest: 11/2/2025

Bloom International is a team of people who service the global Bloom Network by developing our social network platform and supporting a culture of peer-to-peer collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Impacts:

• 10,000 impressions per month so far across social channels
• Branded graphics templates result in Bloom's posts being instantly recognizable in followers' social feeds
• Boosting the reach of Local Blooms' impact reports to increase their visibility and bring in beneficial partnerships
• Developing 2 programs to generate revenue for Bloom
• Posting Local Bloom leader highlights results in increased mutualistic brand awareness and new supporter connections
• Enabled 6,178 hours of unpaid community care labor to be economically rewarded through regenerative finance.
• Distributed $8,000 in transparent, cross-border microgrants to 72 grassroots leaders across 8 countries
• Catalyzed local regenerative enterprises and peer-to-peer supply chains through community treasury rewards
• Reduced chemical inputs by 70% in regenerative cotton farming, improving soil health and biodiversity in Türkiye
• Provided hands-on green jobs training through sustainable building and circular economy education initiatives
• Strengthened Black and Indigenous cultural resilience through community-led art, education, and monetary activism programs
• Helped local chapters amplify their climate and economic initiatives through a shared communications strategy and website.
• Improved access for thousands of potential members and partners by launching a clear, welcoming landing page.
• Equipped Bloom’s creative team with ready-to-use graphic templates and content frameworks to scale social media outreach.
• Clarified Bloom’s Theory of Change, helping members and partners understand how their work connects to systemic transformation.
• Strengthened the capacity of volunteers in career transition by engaging them as co-creators, not just helpers.
• $343,920 worth of commons care labor rewarded - Distributed $15,600 in USDC to 120 participants across 34 Local Bloom hubs in 13 countries, documenting and compensating 11,464 hours of vital community care work that typically goes unpaid in traditional economies
• Indigenous community economic empowerment - An Indigenous community in the Philippines used their rewards to expand local economic opportunities by paying women to plant "power trees," creating sustainable revenue streams while contributing to ecosystem restoration and soil healt
• Entrepreneurship education innovation - Broadfield Enterprises Uganda directed funds toward "Infinity Tools" - erasable stone tablet surfaces paired with bamboo and beeswax prototyping toolkits, enabling zero-waste design and building for students across the Ugandan school system
• Decentralized community leadership model - Diamante Bridge Collective used collective funds to hire a local point person for community participation, creating revenue streams for community members while significantly reducing administrative burden on central volunteer teams
• Cross-border microfunding with minimal fees - Achieved transparent, cross-border microfunding with total fees of only $4 (vs $1,000+ in traditional international payment fees), unlocking potential of decentralized communities that traditional foundations struggle to reach
• Gift-first economy activation - Transformed cultural values into infrastructure where participation in community care work becomes economically viable, creating a virtuous cycle where social media participation directly funds real-world regenerative action
• Our activities this month are largely pre-impact, but we set up systems to support deeper establishment of local and bioregional economies
• Completed the FLO (Flowers) Marketplace for local business discovery and surplus-sharing
• Made progress on growth and revenue strategies, including completing our business deck for fundraising for the cooperative
• Established a content creation and review process for social media marketing of Bloomers' impact activities and local initiatives
• Applied for 2 grants to fund Local Bloom hubs' development
• Secured $18,000+ in funding for Local Bloom communities' labor
• Worked 22 hours on GFSC grant towards securing 25k seed grant funding for food-based Bloom projects
• Created 10,000 words of updated Bloom-specific languaging that can be reused in multiple grants including food systems in the future
• Contributed to our ability to professionally communicate what bloom is, which helps invite more members and supporters to join Bloom
• Z facilited our montly Bloom Organizer calls, which are a main requirement for Bloom Chapters.
• Sent reminders before each montly call to increase attendance and remind participants it is starting
• Facilitated gracefully, skillfully and added educated insights to Bloom Organizers' verbal monthly checkins
• Adds valuable Indigenous insight into an organization that prioritizes amplifying marginalized Indigenous voices and regenerative practice
• - wrote postings for X, Instagram and LinkedIn on topics of regenerative culture and reposting from Bloom Local Impacts
• - advised with social media expertise on timings for posting, strategy per platform etc.
• - 8 hours (in addition to 12 of meetings already claimed) creaeting social media copy for increasing global impact
• - 20 hours setting up Bloom's needs assessment spreadsheet / system, which helps organize local Bloomwork into reportable segments
• - created scripts for podcasts for next quarter to collect more needs asssessment data
• - input local Blooms' data into the ontology sheet
• - 12 hours each for meeting July to December twice monthly to obtain grants that empower Bloomers to produce more acts of regeneration
• - added 3k to the funding pool to inecentivize early reporting for local action rewards on Bloom platform
• - successfully obtained $20k equivalent grant for local action rewards payouts
• - 12 hours each, wrote social copy supporting Bloomers' projects' outreach, set up a content collaboration and social media marketing strat
• - increased social media reach of Blooms all over the world
• - created templates and graphics for future posting
• This integration saves reporting overhead time for community organizers
• Bloomers have access to more sources of grants from the Ethereum community
• Increased discovery of local grassroots projects by funders
• Deepened relationships and interoperability between blockchain-based regenerative impact networks
• Completed 2/3 of Bloom Network's planned Web3 infrastructure from our roadmap.
• Bloom members can now receive and swap cryptocurrency into their country's currency easily without setting up an exchange account
• Bloomers can see their Local Members
• New Bloom hubs' pages are truly place-based, making Bloom more accessible for more projects and action-doers to join the fun
• Distributed $15,000 toward community labor completed and verified, that otherwise would have received no or too little compensation.
• Developed an approach for how to properly score impact reports
• Trained tam on scoring and helping Bloom leaders write more impactful reports to assist in future grant applications
• - Verified Round 1 local action reports and wrote to authors on how to improve their posts in qualitative / quantitative
• - Developed the spreadsheets and theoreticals to make this happen

Permatours

Pollinator / Nomadic - Permatours

57 impacts 11 actions

Latest: 7/1/2025

Permatours’ mission is to cultivate a more regenerative and abundant future for all living beings by co-creating learn-by-doing permaculture events.

Impacts:

• 1 cob oven constructed to host community meals and cooking classes.
• Empowered a local mutual aid food network to expand their offerings through community meals.
• Strengthened food sovereignty efforts by connecting growing, foraging, and cooking.
• Built community through hands-on natural building and shared nourishment.
• Created a beautiful, lasting structure that will host seed-to-table dinners, cooking workshops, and seasonal celebrations.
• Over 100 bare-root fruit trees potted and cared for.
• 1 children’s tree-potting activity hosted.
• Supported the launch of a tree nursery that will provide long-term food security infrastructure.
• Created a welcoming, family-friendly space with music, learning, and play.
• Empowered youth through hands-on participation in regenerative practices.
• Strengthened community awareness about the value of perennial food systems.
• 5 workshops offered: rainwater catchment, swales/berms, tarpology, rope tying, and plant foraging.
• 3 collective ceremonies and movement offerings held: yoga, sacred water honoring, and sunset circles.
• Deepened reverence for water through ceremony and practical skills in water stewardship.
• Taught tangible tools for climate adaptation and resilience (e.g., how to build rainwater systems and set up shelter).
• Learned the importance of water preservation and protecting this sacred resource in everyday life.
• Strengthened bonds between intergenerational participants through shared meals, ritual, and play.
• Planted hundreds of seeds that participants took home to start their own gardens.
• Taught basic seed care and planting techniques to support food sovereignty
• 3 interactive offerings: seed planting, ecstatic dance, and Earth-honoring songs.
• Cultivated deeper connection with the Earth through embodied practices.
• Strengthened bonds among local changemakers, creatives, and families.
• Empowered participants to grow food and herbs at home, supporting resilience and self-reliance.
• 1 permanent earthen hearth constructed to serve community gatherings.
• serving as a sanctuary space supported that holds ongoing education and healing work.
• Strengthened the sanctuary’s ability to host events, cook communally, and nourish visitors.
• Fostered connection between herbalists, land stewards, and natural builders.
• Offered hands-on learning about cob building and regenerative materials.
• Created a sacred space where fire and food can bring people together for years to come.
• Saved food waste and recycling material from getting thrown into Land fills after a large scale music event.
• Invited 20+ people to gain permaculture gardening skills by our hands out hugelkultur build workshops during the event.
• Educated 150+ people on the permaculture design garden, and the recycling, trash, compost area, inviting others to practice earth friendly c
• Educated 35 people on the benefits of hempcrete and the historical uses of hemp for textiles, paper, paints, heating and cooking oil
• Strengthened community relationships between participants toward their shared permanent cooperative co-living dream
• Grew the audience and customer base for 10 local businesses and makers
• Completed 2/3 of the hemp house tiny home hemp walls/insulation packing, for the home of a commercial composter and agroforestry teacher.
• Participants received peer-to-peer support for physical and mental/spiritual health challenges, and learned DIY holistic health practices.
• Improved garden soil by enhancing nutrient and water retention, microbial activity, reducing acidity, sequestering carbon
• Involved 6 volunteers who contributed 84 hours total, ensuring the longevity of the community event space.
• Enhanced the venue’s capacity to host community events, fostering local culture and music.
• Supported the vision of Juli Vanderhoop in creating a space that honors Wampanoag heritage and promotes community well-being.
• Provided participants with hands-on experience in land restoration and sustainable building practices.
• Constructed a wildlife pond & tree guilds to enhance local biodiversity. Extended walking paths to integrate with the Traditional Plants
• Successfully planted 4 tree guilds, enhancing the ecological diversity of the area.
• Supports 15 species of local wildlife, including frogs, birds, deer, & lots of critters.
• Increased awareness of Indigenous plant species and their ecological significance.
• Enhanced the local tourism potential by extending and improving the Traditional Plants of N’dakinna Trail, attracting visitors and education
• Cultivating medicinal herbs & creating herbal gardens. Hands-on learning in forest farming & soil building.
• Created a 500 square ft garden bed on cleared land to grow fruits, vegetables, herbs, and pollinators.
• Built 1 hugelkultur garden beds, enhancing soil fertility and water retention for future planting.
• Established partnerships with local herbalists who sell medicinal herbs, fostering economic resilience within the community.
• Empowered participants with practical knowledge of herbal gardening and forest farming.
• Support Abenaki relationships with their ancestral land.
• Non-chemically removed 1/8 acre+ worth of nonnative plants, incl buckthorn and bittersweet, reducing competition for native plants
• Implemented myco-phytoremediation techniques that decreased soil phosphorus concentrations in targeted areas.
• Strengthened community bonds through shared ecological restoration activities.
• Fostered collaboration between local organizations, expanding the network for future restoration projects.

Bloom Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

55 impacts 20 actions

Latest: 3/31/2025

Boulder is Blooming! Hosting events and workshops to bring together the local community around regenerative topics and build bridges between the different areas of interest. As the Local chapter grows it will facilitate local actions and provide a local platform that empowers the community to collectively work towards solutions to issues within the region.

Impacts:

• 1 acre prepared for planting
• 15 rows broadforked
• seeds ordered
• irrigation repaired and reset
• nitrogen applied
• micronutrients sprayed
• 9 people educated on kitchen skills
• 10 people fed with organic food and recipes that reduce waste
• developed a model for localizing herbal supply chains
• Signs and Posters Designed
• Fundraiser Concert Planned
• Volunteers recruited
• 8 people educated on fermentation
• Scobys distributed
• educated 12 people on native plants and pollinators
• handed out native seeds and shurbs to attendees
• 14 new growing beds layed out
• Plot amended with fertilizers, compost and biological teas
• irrigation system upgraded
• 4 fields covered with sillage tarps
• Soil protected and warmed
• educated 4 people on Survival and Emergency Preparedness
• created evergreen content for volunteers
• educated 7 peolple on botany and plant ID
• created evergreen content for volunteers
• Laid Groundwork for new partnerships between local farmers
• Discussed cooperative retail outlet
• Planned grant applications
• Divided and marked out needs for shared growing plot
• 27 People educated on edible and medicinal plants
• 10 People Educated on No-Till Farming Practices
• 10 People shown new varieties of vegetables, herbs and berries
• Educated 12 People on Lacto-fermentation
• Inspired 12 people to experiment and have more sovereignty around food
• Educated 7 People on the use of Connection Frameworks
• Gave 8 People a sense of Community
• Mowed debris on farm to cover soil and reduce pest pressure
• Educated 4 volunteers on the no-till management process
• Cleaned out 100ft hoophouse
• tarped two 1/5 acre blocks to reduce weed pressure and cover soil
• Mulched fallow blocks and perennial herbs to increase carbon in the soil, improve moisture retention and cover soil for it's health
• swapped seeds that enhance the diversity of local food shed
• networked the community to deepen it's realtionships togehter
• networked local regenerative organizations
• strengthened realtionnships for mutual support
• educated community about regenerative projects happening in the community
• Created 10 new 50' Planting Rows
• Mulched Perennial Beds to reduce weeds and retain moisture
• Cardboarded and Mulched Under New Beds to reduce weeding labor by 50%
• Removed degrading plastic landscape fabric to prevent microplastics
• Improved Degraded and Compacted Soil with 1" of Compost
• Proved Feasibility of Practical Application of No-Till Farming
• Gave 5 Volunteers Free Regenerative Produce, Gardening Knowledge and Mental Health Benefits
• Envisoned Bloom Boulder as a community
• Brought together community organizers as a potential anchor team.

Mushroom City Art Festival

Baltimore

42 impacts 13 actions

Latest: 9/30/2025

Mushroom City Art Festival is an informative and interactive exploration of mushrooms. Art and music inspired by this mysterious mycelial life form are featured alongside hands on workshops revealing real world applications for mushroom cultivation in contemporary urban life. Rhizae Renewal Collective is removing toxins from soil in an empty lot in Johnston Square, so it can be used for food production.

Impacts:

• Working to bring Mushroom City Art Festival back home to the Carrie Murray Nature Center
• Building a strong working relationship with Carrie Murray staff
• Creating a foundation for hosting future festivals
• Weaving community gifts together for an all ages event
• Bringing more community out to an underused park that is largest park within a city east of the Mississippi
• Building a close working relationship with educators, musicians and workshop leaders
• Making community delight & magic happen!
• Raised funds for this year’s Mushroom City Art Festival
• Provided delicious eats to all those who came out to support Mushroom City.
• Helped build a collaborative relationship with Foraged Eatery
• Educated 10 community members about mushroom identification
• Raised $60 towards hosting Mushroom City Art Festival
• Helped build momentum towards hosting this year’s festival.
• Helped build community between annual festival
• Connected with 25+ mycology-related artisan vendors and got their information to invite them to vend at Mushroom City Art Festival
• scouted park locations to host a community day festival that brings together, educates, & serves 500-1000 people
• connected with 150 people in the local community who have never attended our festival & are just getting into mycology
• connected with every vendor (25+) about being able to share what it is they are creating at the festival so that they have a space & community where they will thrive
• this is an ongoing effort to loosen the red tape and allow us to host our yearly festival
• educated 30 people
• introduced 20 people to the Jerusulem Mill Park
• introduced 10 people to Oregon Ridge Park
• Identified together at least 40 different species of fungi and plants at Jerusalem Mill Park & Oregon Ridge Park
• visiting parks
• biweekly meetings
• working on permitting
• building relationships with sponsors
• envisioning, festival planning
• designing flier
• Educated & entertained 60 people
• Hosted 3 forays & 3 crankies
• Raised funds for Mushroom City Art Festival
• Spread mycological merriment & knowledge
• Art collaboration to illustrate Robin Gunkel's poem, Grandmother Mycelium
• Mycological Myth Making
• Tilled spirals and planted sunflowers at 1316 Valley Street
• Awarded $2,500 in grant funds from Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF)
• Maintained lot with mowing & planted perennials
• Sent off sunflower samples (Lemon Queen, Velvet Queen, Mammoth & Autumn Beauties) for lead analysis to Spectrum Analytics
• Bought butterfly benches to create contemplative park space for residents
• Robin presented Flowering Baltimore on the Rhizae Renewal Collective project at Mandy Morrison’s Journey of the Invader Spirit art exhibit
• Created a new MCAF organizing team - Hosted MCAF fundraiser at Foraged eatery - Created Bylaws & Board of Trustees - Became a MD nonprofit

Muda Outras Economias

Rio de Janeiro

37 impacts 11 actions

Latest: 9/29/2025

To find your way to Blooming in Rio, connect with Muda Outras Economias! A booster network that encourages cultural, educational, and socio-environmental projects, by experimenting with other economies based on joy and abundance. We are a virtual community initiated by a group of artists, teachers, cultural makers, social entrepreneurs, surfers, hackers, producers, and dreamers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We’ve created our own non-convertible currency (MUDAs), on a blockchain platform hosted by Cambiatus, where we exchange goods, products, and services. Creating a chain of mutual collaboration and strengthening, and each transaction becomes a political act for monetary reform. Our community works through trust, care, justice, and freedom.

Impacts:

• - 20 favela residents educated about alternative economies and solidarity networks
• Strengthen partnership with CEM Serra da Misericórdia and social currency circulation design specific to their community
• 30 favela residents and community leaders educated on composting practices
• Institutional support to a project bringing education, agroecology practices, and dignity to their territory
• 100 people impacted with free artistic performances of circus and forró
• 30 people educated on alternative economies
• Artistic curation and support to festival organizers
• Supply of agroecological food recipes and other products
• Strengthening the relationship with Jardim das Delícias' local community
• 25 people educated on agroecology practices and alternative economies
• Strengthening the relationship with Jardim das Delícias' local community
• Planting of trees, feeding the soil with biomass, and overall agroecological farming practices that create conditions conducive to life and fight climate change
• 20 people practicing alternative economies and onboarded to Muda
• 120 children and parents culturally impacted
• educated 25 people on alternative economies
• 35 people educated on alternative economies
• 100 children culturally impacted by theatre performances
• 15 people educated on medicinal properties of cannabis
• 60 adults culturally impacted by theatre performances
• 26 artists supported
• 20 people educated on alternative economies
• 20 people educated on medicinal properties of cannabis
• 20 people educated on agroecology and beekeeping
• 7 cultural groups supported
• 70 children culturally impacted
• 10 local producers supported at local fair
• 70 children culturally touched by the performance Rose and the Seed
• Cultural and educational exchange between 2 NGOs, both working in vulnerable communities in Rio
• 7 NGO educators supported with our social currency and educated on alternative economies
• 13 artists from BPOC community supported
• Promotion of decolonial practices and culture
• 35 children culturally touched
• 20 people learned and practiced alternative economies
• 1,000 yam rhizomes and 200 cassavas planted and harvested while feeding and nurturing the soil
• Street performance of children's play “Rosa e a Floresta”, promoting environmental consciousness
• 20 participants managing a agroforestry system and exchanging pratical knowledge
• 1750 agroecological food baskets distributed

Broadfield Enterprises Uganda

Uganda - Jinja

29 impacts 7 actions

Latest: 9/7/2025

To connect with Bloom in Uganda, find Broadfield Enterprises Uganda – Permaculture Group! They are focused on the creation, implementation, and use of innovative climate change adaptation strategies using the permaculture ethics and principles, especially with the most vulnerable populations of rural farming communities.

Impacts:

• 2 SCHOOS with about 700 pupils educated in the Permaculture Program
• 12 Acres fully converted into Permaculture in Sanje with Coffee as one of the main crop
• 700 Students currently undertaking Permaculture with a practical time table of about 4 classes.
• Soils are under transfromation at 80% with increase of diversity of Hebs , money crops and ecological plants based on the arboretum model.
• trained_educators:11 in Raise of Grace
• trained_pupils:18
• natural_pigments_created:9
• bamboo_dome_built:1
• stone_paper_sheets:20
• infinity_tools_introduced_schools:6_teachers
• lesson_plans_developed:4
• labor_hours_total:327
• Educated 10 producers
• Educated 20 Teachers
• Trained 20 People on the Permaculure Principles
• Trained 20 worked on practical on soil observations and Principles of Design .
• Educated 100 people
• Build and maintain relationships with customers to enhance brand loyalty and satisfaction.
• Total Anticipated Revenue = 70,224 euros.
• Harvested 38 kilograms of vanilla beans.
• Impact on adaptation of Permaculture into lesson planning.
• Permaculture School Enterprise model of self funding - scaling
• Student innovation Seed fund
• Teachers Capacity to learn more about permaculture /Refresh program
• youth environmental consciousness
• permaculture curriculum in schools
• hands-on experience sustainable farming
• new schools embraced the project
• improved diet in schools & communities

E. J. Kuleh Foundation

Liberia

21 impacts 4 actions

Latest: 7/1/2025

We are re-imagining and transforming the Liberian education system to empower young people. We are also promoting literacy, women's empowerment, and human rights in rural Liberia. Looking to learn more about agroforestry from fellow Bloomers.

Impacts:

• 600+ rural youth and women engaged through pilot CoP sessions and community consultations across Gbarpolu, Nimba and Lofa Counties
• 13 locally-informed training modules developed and validated through stakeholder feedback.
• 75% of participants in early test sessions demonstrated increased leadership capacity and confidence in decision-making.
• 40+ community voices (educators, elders, youth, women) directly contributed to co-creating curriculum content.
• 100% of pilot facilitators trained in participatory methods, inclusive communication, and trauma-informed practices.
• Quantitative Impacts:
• Supported 250 students
• Supported over 500 local cassava farmers
• Conducted 25 capacity building training across project areas
• Provided stipiend for 10 volunteer teachers
• Provided a monthly school feeding for school going kids for over 250 students
• Provided school materials for over 250 children (books, pencils, uniform, bag-pid, test books, instructional mateirals etc..
• Staff Capacity Building: 8 staff members trained in the ToT, now equipped to deliver the curriculum to local businesses in Lofa and Montserr
• Local Business Impact: Over the next nine months, the ToT-trained staff will reach 210 local businesses, fostering sustainable entrepreneurs
• Increased Trainer Expertise: The 8 trained staff will transfer knowledge to local entrepreneurs, boosting skills in financial management, bu
• Scalable Training Delivery: The newly trained staff will ensure consistent, high-quality delivery of the program across both counties, benef
• Long-term Economic Empowerment: The impact of the ToT will strengthen the local business ecosystem, helping 210 businesses grow sustainably
• Improved School Attendance & Performance
• Educational Access & Retention
• Support for Volunteer Teachers and Local Livelihoods
• Improved Community Health

Northeast Woodlands Bioregioning Collective

Northeast US / Dawnlands

20 impacts 6 actions

Latest: 10/6/2025

A collaborative effort working toward bioregional regeneration of the Northeastern “United States.” Our principle proposed activities include co-developing a regional intertribal alliance for the regeneration of ancestral watersheds, drafting a bioregional regeneration strategy, hosting convenings, and creating a Bioregional Financing Facility to enable systemic and regenerative investments in support of bioregional regeneration. We are a diverse network, co-led by an intertribal alliance, working together to strengthen connections and enable resource allocation across communities in our bioregion.

Impacts:

• Deepened strategy toward tribal/non-tribal economic co-governance
• Improved hybrid event participation, enabling equitable access for remote members and setting up the model for future hybrid meetings.
• Advanced collective knowledge of leading and lagging indicators, improving the group’s capacity to design measurable, values-based economic outcomes
• Formed a collective relationship with Mill Hollow Works Craft School
• Bioregional Civic Assembly Strategy
• Tech Interoperability to achieve ETH localism
• Facilitated strategic plannign retreat for NOFA NH including 12 board and staff
• Connected 3 key weavers in the emergence of the funding ecosystem to others manifesting it through the BioFi movement
• Tended to a series of deep dives with Zbigniew Grabowski about the NE Biomaterials Collaborative's strategic overlap with NEHSN
• Communications strategy for the Northeast Healthy Soil Network in aligning with the BioFi project developments
• Networked during climate week
• Myceliating between the Forests of the Northeast BioFi project and Katsi Cook's Mohawk community
• connecting with nature around me
• learning about plants
• first step toward food forests
• balances computer work
• reduced waste
• no plastic or chemical dyes
• cleaner home!
• reduced expense

Maybloom

Eugene, Oregon

19 impacts 5 actions

Latest: 7/1/2025

Maybloom is a nascent space, collective and venture that is interested in exploring regenerative solutions towards sustainability. We are currently a 2 person (and 1 dog) team exploring the intersection of regeneration, permaculture, technology, crypto, gardening, and sustainability.

Impacts:

• Assemble a greenhouse
• Start seeding and germinating the seedlings
• Plant the seedlings in the garden
• Replace the irrigation system for a better alternative
• Expand our growing area
• Gained experience monitoring and treating beehives for pests like varroa mite
• Experimented the and practiced the skill of merging 2 colonies
• Learned about ethical and sustainable practices by deciding wether or not to harvest honey
• Increased the odds of survival of a single colony by removing a weak colony nearby and merging the resources.
• Make more than 70 gallons of bio-char
• Sequester carbon to the benefit of the soil and the climate
• Create raw materials for other projects at Maybloom
• Donate bio-char to other community members
• Composted food scraps to prevent them from becoming methane
• Used compost in the garden to provide organic matter
• Planted a food garden to provide us with some food
• Provided flowers with nectar for bees
• Provided flowers and nectar for bees
• Worked with bees to help them overcome the Varroa mite

Tribes and Natures Defenders

Mindanao, Philippines

17 impacts 4 actions

Latest: 6/30/2025

Tribes and Natures Defenders is an Indigenous-led nonprofit based in the Philippines, founded by the Tribal Council of Elders to protect our sacred forests, our last home, from destruction. We work to defend the rights and dignity of Indigenous Peoples by strengthening food security, resisting harmful outside interests, and uplifting our communities through tribal education, healing, environmental care, and sustainable living. We stand for self-determination, cultural respect, equal participation of women and men, and the protection and stewardship of our ancestral lands for future generations.

Impacts:

• 1. 10 tribal members involved in Coffee Seeds Bagging for Coffee seeds germination within 10 days
• 2. 10 tribal members involved in the establishment of Coffee Nursery within 10 days
• 3. 5,000 coffee seedlings were in placed in the nursery
• Established Germination Nursery for 30,000 bell pepper seedlings
• Prepared 1 hectare farming land for the crop production
• Planted first 15,000 seedlings for first planting of half hectare plots
• Involved 50 tribal members to plow, clearing weeds and plotting
• Benefited 300 tribal members to feed their families and protect the sacred forest and wildife
• Conducted 1 day Orientation and planning to monitor and ocular visit of the 500 hectares participated by 20 forest guards
• Monitored in every week in 500 hectares rainforest in Lidop, Sagyaaan, Bagtokon, Alik, and Balatok conducted by the forest guards,
• Conducted 1 day safekeeping activity for the 50 sacred caves, if there are treasure hunters' destruction inside the cave, the birds nest har
• Conducted Sacred Rituals for the monitoring safety participated by the 20 forest guards
• 1. more than 70 community members participated the Pamulalakaw(WATER LOVE AND RESPECT) sacred ceremony
• 2. Yearly conducted a sacred reaffirmation and worship for the rivers and rainforest
• 3. Conducted community healing for those who are sick and worship the creator
• 4. Sanctified the water as the source of life and educated the young people as the next water healing custodians
• 5. Promoted unity, love and respect for the rivers and the creator as a whole

Living Systems Institute

Denver

11 impacts 5 actions

Latest: 10/10/2025

Healing nature, people, and souls while producing abundance, and building an inclusive society. Visit for classes, or hire our regenerative landscaping services.

Impacts:

• Educated and brought together more than 25 people on ecology-friendly gardening methods in Colorado
• 8 people learned how to lacto-ferment various kinds of foods
• 8 people went home with their own hand-made sauerkraut ferment
• 8 people were provided by-donation produce grown in the gardens (and chicken eggs), and a "Cook What You Grow" cookbook focused on cooking and preserving locally grown foods
• educated and equipped 12 people with emergency preparedness and resiliency plans
• brought together 12 participants by local region to develop relationships and community-scale plans
• Educated 30 people
• Provided sustainable incomes doing regenerative gardening to 6 people, with 6 more in training
• Built landscapes on multiple private yards from all seasonal and natural materials.
• These landscapes foster wildlife habitat, sustainable food production, and sequestered carbon.
• Trained community members on how to build and maintain regenerative gardens and participate meaningfully in their local ecosystems

Wildcat Bluff Discovery Center

Wildcat Bluff Discovery Center, Amarillo Texas

10 impacts 3 actions

Latest: 12/30/2024

The Discovery Center Collective (DCC) is a regional Science, Tech & Innovation hub w/ a half century of service to Amarillo & the Southern High Plains. It & Ogallala Life are engaged in a collaboration to demonstrate landscape rehydration techniques at Wildcat Bluff Discovery Center (WBDC). The WBDC is 750 ac where the flat Llano meets the Canadian River breaks. It's rich in ecologic & cultural heritage, with a mandate for education in Natural Sciences & Regen Ag. LFG ;)

Impacts:

• Planted fruit trees near HQ
• Cultivating demonstration sites
• Reinforce & supplement stormwater harvest structures
• Retention structures for erosion control
• Stormwater harvest to rehydrate proximate landscape (increase biomass, biodiversity...) and recharge to the High Plains Aquifer System
• Built 80 leaky weirs, a series of bunds by the windmill and then planted many hundreds of young native perennials.
• An outdoor classroom of sorts. We've engaged with over 30 volunteers, and educated approximately 50 visitors.
• Landscape rehydration
• Wetlands function
• Biodiversity

Jemez Mountain Bloom

Jemez Springs, NM

8 impacts 1 action

Latest: 9/26/2025

Our Jemez Valley community is restoring land, relationships, and local resilience through simple, place-based practices in recognition and support of existing organizations and communities, including new projects of shared learning, and stewardship.

Impacts:

• 4 categories of Signal Artifacts produced: Character sketches (archetype profiles) Epiphany Bridge stories (CTA pathways) Origin icons (visual source signals) Project-specific narrative assets (usable for reels, carousels, membership drives).
• Narrative clarity: Participants distilled complex missions into simple, repeatable signals.
• Archetype recognition: Bloom identified its mentor role (Storyteller/Magician); Los Higuerones articulated itself as a Cooperative Sanctuary.
• Skill development: Both participants gained tools for symbolic storytelling, meme creation, and CTA alignment.
• Behavioral shift: Projects now frame communications through signal coherence rather than isolated content production.
• Response: Participants reported increased confidence in explaining their mission to outsiders, and excitement to apply artifacts directly to their branding.
• Scalable method: Proof of concept that Signal Craft can be expanded to more projects, generating a library of Signal Artifacts across the Bloom network.
• Movement-building: Clearer project signals strengthen Bloom’s collective media presence, improving visibility and resonance for regenerative culture.

Kilifi Kulture

Watamu, Kenya

8 impacts 3 actions

Latest: 10/29/2025

Kilifi Kulture anchors this Bloom hub. Using social currencies, they are supporting local socioeconomic resilience among creatives, queer, and other marginalized communities for holistic well-being.

Impacts:

• The 8 women of Kirepwe Island showed strong enthusiasm for group work, demonstrating their ability to self-organize by choosing a leader, setting shared methods, and coordinating tasks collectively.
• Participants became more open to giving and receiving feedback, with Flora expanding her cookie business through improved marketing skills and Careen turning her passion for braiding into a line of handmade hair accessories.
• 10 women participated in hands-on carpentry training and practice sessions, gaining practical skills for future income generation.
• We collectively produced 189 products, including handmade dresses, bags, and upcycled or 3D-printed jewelry. Approximately 30 items were sold, generating an estimated KES 22,210 in revenue.
• After two tasting sessions and rounds of market research, Flora began packaging her cookies for sale and has since sold over 40 packets.
• Trained 10 people to use bamboo
• curated a space for open and honest conversations
• promoted interaction with community vouchers

Bloom Canberra

Canberra, Australia

4 impacts 1 action

Latest: 12/29/2024

This artistic community is doing community actions and education projects in Canberra, the capital of Australia.

Impacts:

• Educated 50 people about mycology
• Colaborated with local artists
• Educated 20 people on how to grow mushrooms
• Encouraged sharing of story

Whangarei

2 impacts 1 action

Latest: 11/8/2022

Impacts:

• Educated 6 people
• Learning how to plant citrus trees

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