ReFi Podcast

John and Simar are joined by co-founder of Bioneers, and author of Culture, Nature & The Sacred, Nina Simons. Nina details her discoveries made in life that put her on her journey to strive for a better, healthier world for nature and ourselves. The discussion is like a winding river that steps into the heart of regeneration, and so many lessons can be learned and cultivated to enrich our behaviors, relationships and collective goals on our ReFi journey... Mentioned in the Show Caroline Casey https://bioneers.org/woof-woof-wanna-play-an-interview-with-visionary-astrologer-caroline-casey Seeds of Change https://seedsofchange.com/ Movie: The Burning Times https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0225233/ Carl Jung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung James Hansen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hansen Biomimicry Janine Benyus https://biomimicry.org/janine-benyus/ Zaina Salbi https://twitter.com/ZainabSalbi?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Beloved Economies https://www.belovedeconomies.org/ 00:00 Intro 05:27 Nina's Journey 10:03 Creating Bioneers 13:00 Archetypal Feminine Masculine 15:56 Unlocking the Feminine 21:40 How do we connect different movements? 27:45 How to Bring in More Nurturing/Caring 31:00 Cultivating Fields of Pluralism 38:50 Maintaining the Regenerative Spirit 43:00 Bringing new thinking to Climate Emergency -------------------------------------------- Follow Nina, and check out Bioneers and her new book:   Nina https://www.ninasimons.com Bioneers  https://bioneers.org -------------------------------------------- Join the conversation on Twitter, follow: https://twitter.com/ReFiDAOist https://twitter.com/climateXcrypto https://twitter.com/simarsmangat Thanks to our friends at Feed Ignite for the podcast and micro-content production: https://feedignite.com

This week, John and Simar are joined by David Rodriguez from Draft Ventures, a leading seed stage venture capital fund that has invested in over 75 companies, eight of which have become unicorns. David is an active investor in ReFi, climate software, and impact fintech. He reveals his inspirations, aspirations, investment theses, perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in ReFi, and the launch of his new venture fund. #web3 #climateimpact #fintech Mentioned in the show: https://draftvc.com https://www.technoserve.org https://treeswift.com https://droneseed.com https://toucan.earth https://capitalinstitute.org/regenerative-capitalism https://goldfinch.finance/ https://silta.finance References: Larry Fink https://www.businessinsider.com/blackrock-larry-fink-unicorns-sustainable-companies-green-energy-capitalism-2022-1?r=US&IR=T Charles Eisenstein https://charleseisenstein.org/books/climate-a-new-story/ UN sustainability goals https://sdgs.un.org/goals   00:00 Intro 02:36 About David/Draft 04:34 Journey into impact and climate 08:50 MRV 12:47 Case for investing in ReFi 16:20 Listening to climate calling 19:30 David's definition of ReFi 25:05 Financial Inclusion 36:30 Investment theses 40:52 Core Practices 42:06 ReFi CTA 46:35 Approaching investment in ReFi space 51:51 Connect with David -------------------------------------------- Follow David, and check out Draft Ventures: Website: https://draftvc.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjrodriguez -------------------------------------------- Join the conversation on Twitter, follow: https://twitter.com/ReFiDAOist https://twitter.com/climateXcrypto https://twitter.com/simarsmangat Thanks to our friends at Feed Ignite for the podcast and micro-content production: https://feedignite.com

John and Simar welcome Marco from Impact Market, "The human empowerment protocol" which provides accessible financial services and tools to empower underprivileged people worldwide, and is based on the values of Unconditional Basic Income. 00:00 Intro 03:51 What is Impact Market? 06:43 Unconditional Basic Income Philosophy.. 10:00 Financial Inclusion Problem 16:06 Empowerment stories 18:37 The Story of Money 22:02 Deploying on Celo 26:45 John unpacks Impact 27:28 What happens if available money runs out? 32:40 Future Prospects of Impact Market 35:30 CTA -------------------------------------------- Follow Marco, and check out Impact Market: Website: https://www.impactmarket.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcopsbarbosa -------------------------------------------- Join the conversation on Twitter, follow: https://twitter.com/ReFiDAOist https://twitter.com/climateXcrypto https://twitter.com/simarsmangat Thanks to our friends at Feed Ignite for the podcast and micro-content production: https://feedignite.com

John and Simar welcome Luuk and Pat from Kolektivo, who are two great pioneers of the Regen space. They dig down on the Kolektivo Framework and describe some of the great outcomes within Curaçao, which has been the location for on the ground research to develop new models and technologies for regenerative economies.. Luuk also whets the appetite for the upcoming Kolektivo Festival 🎉 https://www.kolektivofestival.com 00:00 Intro 05:07 What is Kolektivo? 06:16 Pat's draw to Kolektivo 07:44 Origins of working in Curaçao 14:52 What does Regen mean to you? 17:50 The Kolektivo Network-Deep Dive 22:09 Flipping the economic crisis to drive local development 27:24 GeoNFTs 30:51 Positive outcome stories 37:17 Local grants concept 40:01 Natural Capital Assets 47:35 Ensuring integrity 52:46 Refi CTA 56:10 Get involved with Kolektivo (Festival) -------------------------------------------- Follow Luuk and Pat, and check out Kolektivo: Website: https://www.kolektivo.network On Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kolektivo Luuk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LuukDAO Pat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/papa_raw -------------------------------------------- Join the conversation on Twitter, follow: https://twitter.com/ReFiDAOist https://twitter.com/climateXcrypto https://twitter.com/simarsmangat Thanks to our friends at Feed Ignite for the podcast and micro-content production: https://feedignite.com

John Ellison is joined by Kieran and Andrew from Return to have a chat ahead of the drop of the beta version of their new application, which makes it super easy for anybody to take #climateaction on-chain in just a few clicks, with all of the usual complexities taken away.. #refi #web3 #climateimpact 00:00 Intro 03:06 What is Return? 05:25 How does it work? 08:30 How are you different? 10:52 Celebrating climate action on return and blockchain 14:14 Where did this idea come from?.. 16:33 Obstacles in your way? 20:13 AWS and online identity 22:14 Privacy 23:48 Business model? 25:45 Growth? 27:46 Calculating on-chain emissions 35:42 Where's ReFi headed? 40:20 CTA 41:22 Future investment opportunities 42:20 Advice for builders 45:38 Knowledge resources Follow Kieran and Andrew, and check out Return: Website: https://www.return.green  On Twitter: https://twitter.com/returnprotocol  Kieran on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kierwhite Kieran on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kieran-luke-white Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-porter-a10953b4 -------------------------------------------- Join the conversation on Twitter, follow: https://twitter.com/ReFiDAOist  https://twitter.com/climateXcrypto https://twitter.com/simarsmangat Thanks to our friends at Feed Ignite for the podcast and micro-content production: https://feedignite.com 

In this episode of ReFi Podcast, John and Simar are joined by Helena and Doug, and they really dig down on everything Spirals Protocol, which uses yield generated from staking on Celo and directs the flow towards climate positive projects.. 00:00 Intro 04:13 What is Spirals protocol? 05:46 How Doug met Helena, A ReFi story.. 12:07 What’s been learned around the launch? 15:51 High value climate impact projects 21:34 Spirals user experience 25:31 Governance 26:00 Passive/Active staking 26:45 Yield sources? 29:21 Rollout phases 32:37 Natural asset backed treasury 33:48 Explosion of DMRV 36:20 Funding and shared visions 38:30 Biggest dream o what this could become? 40:18 This is opt-in 42:39 Founder's life/ ReFi Bubble 46:53 CTA Follow Helena and Doug, and check out Spirals Protocol: Website: https://www.spirals.so  On Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpiralsProtocol Helena on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenaMerk Doug on Twitter: https://twitter.com/douglasqian -------------------------------------------- Join the conversation on Twitter, follow: https://twitter.com/ReFiDAOist  https://twitter.com/climateXcrypto  https://twitter.com/simarsmangat  Thanks to our friends at Feed Ignite for the podcast and micro-content production: https://feedignite.com 

In this episode John and Simar take a chance to pause and unpack, what is ReFi? Taking a look at the origin of the movement, the core concepts, ideas, and technology that make it possible, but above all provide a resounding invitation to all who want to do their part in this #climate symphony to make a difference.. 00:00 Intro 03:12 So what is ReFi? 05:11 What is money? 11:49 The notion of interest 14:00 What’s next for how we think about the internet? 15:32 Sandbox of experimentation 20:27 Reflow of value, offsetting 24:05 DAOs 29:58 Hurdle of adoption for these new tools 32:30 MRV 34:34 What is a blockchain? 35:05 What is a smart contract? 39:38 Game theory of fossil fuel emissions 41:30 Individual empowerment through blockchain technology 43:33 The Carbon Market within ReFi 47:39 Measuring other planetary health factors beyond carbon 51:15 The story of self 58:30 The potential future we hope for.. -------------------------------------------- Join the conversation on Twitter, follow: https://twitter.com/ReFiDAOist  https://twitter.com/climateXcrypto https://twitter.com/simarsmangat Thanks to our friends at Feed Ignite for the podcast and micro-content production: https://feedignite.com

John Ellison sits with Ben and Eline from Ecomint, and they discuss the stories and details behind Angry Teenagers; An NFT collection which is funding a reforestation project on depleted land in Ghana as well as investing in badly needed infrastructure for the local communities who are deeply involved with the on-ground work there. This is a great chat about a really exciting #refi project that leverages the energy and urgency of the youth of the world and aims to draw a direct line between investors and real world impact using #nfts, community building and the power of #web3 00:00 Intro 02:25 What is angry teenagers? 03:40 Eline's background 04:54 Unpacking The NFT collection 10:33 Making this work fun and engaging, artwork and branding.. 12:33 Governance - Opt-out voting 14:29 Active action, not passive 15:29 The Ghana Project 19:06 Positive externalities for local communities 23:45 The Ecology of Money 26:00 Managing frontline communication and dealing with misconception 29:00 Game changer for the charity and donation world 30:25 Organization architecture 33:15 Verifiers, buyers, who are they? 38:36 Carbon offset messaging doesn't work 42:40 The unit economics 47:00 Just regeneration, not preservation? 48:17 Who else is working on this? 51:40 CTA Follow Ben and Eline and check out Angry Teenagers: Website: https://www.angryteenagers.xyz/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/angryteensNFT Ben on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/benwhately Eline on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elinehq  -------------------------------------------- Join the conversation on Twitter, follow: https://twitter.com/ReFiDAOist https://twitter.com/climateXcrypto https://twitter.com/simarsmangat Thanks to our friends at Feed Ignite for the podcast and micro-content production: https://feedignite.com 

On episode 4 of ReFi Podcast Season Two, John chats with Kevin Owocki, founder of Gitcoin and thought leader working to incentivize public goods. We explore Kevin’s story, dive into what it means to take the “Green Pill”, and learn all about Kevin’s vision for how web3 can solve some of the most pressing challenges of our time. Recorded live at SBS in Paris.. 00:00 Intro 01:56 Quadratic Funding History 04:30 Why we launched GTC 08:10 Gitcoin Passports 10:47 The idea of ‘Lunar Punk’ 13:28 Green Pill 16:33 What kind of world are our kids going to grow up in? 18:22 Galaxy brain ideas into memes. 22:00 Local people are best to solve problems 23:55 Quadratic funding in Colorado during pandemic 25:28 Why blockchain is well positioned to solve global communication failure 29:00 Spinning the flywheel of sybil resistance 30:00 Web3 has to provide mainstream utility 34:04 ‘Carbon credits’ for poverty reduction, biodiversity restoration 36:44 Solar punk & web3 ready to bear fruit 39:20 Why Kevin stood down from leadership at Gitcoin 44:00 What can we do to help? 47:14 Advice for a young entrepreneur? 50:38 Ideas are fun but stressful 52:38 How do you manage a business of this size? 54:30 Hyperstructures -------------------------------------------- Follow Kevin and check out Gitcoin: Website: https://gitcoin.co/ Gitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gitcoin Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/owocki -------------------------------------------- Join the conversation on Twitter, follow: https://twitter.com/ReFiDAOist https://twitter.com/climateXcrypto https://twitter.com/simarsmangat Thanks to our friends at Feed Ignite for the podcast and micro-content production: https://feedignite.com 

On episode 2 of ReFi Podcast Season Two, we chat with Luis Adaime, founder and CEO of MOSS. We explore Luis’ journey, why protecting the Amazon is a global priority, and how the solutions to achieving his ambitious vision are remarkably simple. Some of the topics we jump into: 0:00 Introduction 01:50 Luis' origin story 06:25 How do we break the cycle 10:50 The most scarce asset 12:30 Existing carbon projects 13:24 The challenge 15:20 Where are we today? 17:48 Digitizing and automating 20:26 The solution is there 22:30 The cost of the Amazon 24:40 Don't buy Bitcoin, buy the Amazon 26:00 The numbers 30:00 Protecting the Amazon 43:39 What's driving the demand? 53:23 Save with carbon credits 54:40 Saving humankind -------------------------------------------- Follow Luis and check out MOSS: https://twitter.com/luis_adaime  https://twitter.com/moss_earth  -------------------------------------------- Join the conversation on Twitter, follow: https://twitter.com/ReFiDAOist  https://twitter.com/climateXcrypto https://twitter.com/simarsmangat Thanks to our friends at Feed Ignite for the podcast and micro-content production: https://feedignite.com