Institution
Restoration

Ma Earth

Region
Ma Earth
Mangaroa
Worldwide
Targeted SDGs
13. Climate action
15. Life on land
17. Partnerships for the goals
10. Reduced inequality
9. Industry, Innovation, Technology and Infrastructure
Description
Ma Earth is a community-led movement aligning economic incentives with planetary health and regeneration. They host a podcast (“The Regeneration Will Be Funded”), run grants for land stewardship, and experiment with regenerative finance and ecological technology
Impact
- Hosted over 125 conversations on topics spanning climate, finance, Web3, policy, and ecology - Disbursed a matching pool of USD $200,000 via quadratic funding on Gitcoin in Grants Round 2 for regenerative land projects - Supported more than 20 community-led regenerative land projects in Round 1 - Launched “Learning Lab” to share tools, narratives, and frameworks for ecological regeneration
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