In Episode 85, we look back on the past year, and highlight 22 of the top Web3 social impact developments of 2022, including social impact DAOs, regenerative finance (ReFi), crypto philanthropy, NFTs for good, crypto universal basic income, and much more!

Highlighting the most popular Crypto Altruism content from the past year: how DAOs will revolutionize social impact, blockchain and maximizing the value of impact, and Web3 and climate change.

Looking forward to 2023, there is a lot to be excited about when looking at Web3 and social impact. This infographic highlights 10 trends to monitor for 2023 including social impact DAOs, Web3 crowdfunding, Web3-driven activism, charitable NFTs, crypto & emergency aid, DeSci, crypto UBI, ReFi, on-chain accountability, and inclusion in Web3.

In ep. 84 we welcome Samuel Delesque, Founder of OASA, a Web3-powered nature conservancy network serving regenerative human living spaces and the planet. We discuss how they’re using Web3 to enable community-driven conservation and regeneration projects, the potential of DAOs to revolutionize locally driven democracies, and how regenerative finance will help build a more sustainable world.

Despite the challenges of 2022, it has also been a year of incredible growth for Web3 social impact movements. Builders have continued to build, recognizing that the case for Web3 social impact remains intact, and nothing can stop its momentum. In this article, to wrap up a rather tumultuous yet exciting year, we highlight 22 of the top Web3 social impact developments of 2022.

In episode 83, we welcome Alex Vergara, Co-Founder of Earth Fund, a platform dedicated to using the power of Web3 to create the tools humanity needs to build a better tomorrow and have a real, meaningful voice in our collective future. Earth Fund makes it easy for Changemakers to launch their own impact DAOs, to organize communities around their causes, and to raise funds via cryptocurrency in support of their movements. In this episode, we discuss why DAOs can be an important tool for driving social impact, the power of Web3 philanthropy, the exciting future of regenerative finance, and much more.

The Cardano ecosystem is well known for its focus on sustainability and social impact. In fact, there are many projects building on Cardano that are using the power of blockchain to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In this blog post, we highlight three of these projects: Landano, Veritree, and Empowa.

In episode 82, we welcome Joshua Bates and Dr. Jelani Clarke from DeSci World, a one-stop shop for users to view, engage with, and understand all that is happening in the world of Decentralized Science. In this episode we discuss how Decentralized Science, or DeSci, can build a world of science that is unrestricted, unbiased, and uncensorable, some of the most exciting developments in the world of DeSci, why scientists should be excited about this new movement, and much more.

In episode 81, we’re excited to welcome Aly Marguerite Neumann, Founder of Fourth Wave DAO, a Decentralized Autonomous Organization that will facilitate easy access to decentralized finance protocols so that users can grow their wealth, while also supporting women who are seeking safe reproductive health services, by connecting them with a decentralized network of helpers. We discuss how blockchain can be used to help protect reproductive rights, how they’re using web3 tools to build a decentralized network of support for women in need, their innovative governance model, and why web3 is much better than web2 for building movements of change.

In episode 80 we’re excited to welcome Alejandro Adon, Founder of Kokonut Network, a regenerative finance project building the infrastructure to connect web3 with sustainable agriculture. In this episode we discuss how web3 can empower smallholder farmers and communities, the role of DAOs in sustainable community projects, the exciting world of regenerative finance, and much more.

For episode 79, we’re excited to welcome back Dae Moyer, Development Lead at Endaoment, the first tax-exempt community foundation providing philanthropic financial services on-chain. In this episode we discuss the importance of on-chain enabled transparency in charitable giving, the role of decentralized governance in philanthropy, and what the future of philanthropy will look like, in the year 2032, and the role that web3 will play in it.

The last couple of months have been challenging for those building in web3. Despite this, there are many reasons to remain excited about the social impact potential of web3. In this article, which is part one in a series, we highlight three reasons to be bullish about web3 social impact, including the progress of the DeSci movement, quadratic funding, and crypto philanthropy.

In this guest post, Ana Berón, Corporate Affairs Manager at Bitso, shares three key approaches to help crypto companies adopt effective ESG initiatives, all three of which were developed based on Bitso’s experience building out its Crypto for Good program.

For episode 78, we take a break from our interviews with web3 Changemakers to reflect on the incredible work being done in the web3 social impact space. It’s been a challenging week for those in web3, and many are worried about what the future might look like. During times like these, it’s important not to lose sight of why we are all here, and the ways that this technology can be used to build a better world. In this episode, we share words of inspiration from five web3 impact leaders about what excites them most about the social impact potential of web3.

In episode 77, we welcome Paige Donner, Co-Founder of FrontierDAO, a web3 collective with a mission to fund research and innovation in science, fusion energy, engineering, and space exploration. In this episode we discuss how web3 can help democratize scientific research, how DAOs and NFTs will revolutionize the scientific process, the exciting world of Decentralized Science, and much more.

In episode 76 we welcome Dave Grannan, Founder of DVL.DGS, an NFT project using the power of web3 to support veterans and service members in the areas of suicide prevention, homelessness, and more. In this episode we discuss how they are using NFTs to support these causes, how crypto and NFTs will positively disrupt charitable giving, DAOs and community governance, and much more!