The Web of Life & New Tech Webs – A Beautiful Connection? with Monty Merlin of ReFi DAO

How much do you know about AI, blockchain and Web 3.0? If you're like us, the answer is probably very little. But these techs are going to change our world out of all recognition and while there is the potential for catastrophe, in the right hands, the same technology has the potential to help us shape the future we'd all be proud to leave behind and this is what this podcast is about.

Monty is one of the founders of ReFi DAO.  Monty is working deeply and effectively at the cutting edge of emergence, a change-maker working on many different scales to build a future we'd be proud to leave behind. He is helping to build a global network of regenerative communities and start-ups and then taking those ideas out into the world as a public speaker and evangelist for ReFi & Regeneration. His public work includes a TEDx talk titled 'Can Crypto Regenerate the World?'. He has an undergraduate and Master's degree in Management & Innovation, with specialism in sustainability, digital technologies, blockchain, and design & systems thinking.

This conversation ranged across landscapes from the nature of greenwashing to the potential for borderless nations, from the way financial markets currently underpin the existing structures, to how they could be tilted to  underpin a whole new regenerative paradigm. We explored the difference between what's sustainable and what's regenerative - and discovered what's actually happening now, that you could be involved with in your communities of place, purpose and passion.  I say the word, 'inspiring' way too often in this podcast, and I apologise in advance, but it's true: knowing that this is happening is one of the bright points of this year and I am genuinely thrilled to be able to share it with you.

ReFi DAO https://www.refidao.com/
ReFi podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/refi-podcast/id1609683147
ReFi blog https://blog.refidao.com/
Monty's TEDx 'Can Crypto Change the World?'  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-4HW3iPtfo
Ecological Benefits Framework https://canyouchangethefuture.org/
Toucan https://toucan.earth/
Celo https://celo.org/
Cosmolocalism explained https://www.cosmolocalism.eu/publications/
Julia Hailes MBE https://juliahailes.com/