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Description
Building blocks for the regenerative economy presented by Alan Ransil at Sustainable Blockchain Summit LATAM 2022 - https://sbs.tech/
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It's
been
said
that
if
Earth's
biodiversity
were
a
country,
it
could
be
called
Colombia,
so
really
really
excited
to
be
here.
The
other
really
exciting
thing
about
this
morning
and
today
is
that
there's
really
no
stopping
the
refi
train.
This
is
not
comprehensive,
obviously,
but
there
is
so
much
energy
and
so
much
vibrancy
in
this
space.
People
are
doing
so
much,
really
incredible.
Amazing
work
that
is
really
going
to
allow
us
to
realign
the
global
economy
with
natural
systems
in
a
way.
A
That's
that
that
really
is
just
you
know,
embracing
web
3
and
embracing
what
it
can
do
for
actual
people
and
actual
natural
systems
in
a
way
that
I
think
is
just
really
special
and
it's
been
so
exciting
to
see
this
field
grow
over
the
past
year
year
and
a
half
and
I'm
just
so
excited
to
to
watch.
It
continue
at
the
stand,
we'll
blockchain
Summit.
We
have
two
main
themes.
A
We
think
a
lot
about
deep
decarbonization,
so
this
is
how
do
we
look
at
what
our
environmental
impacts
are
and
how
do
we
go
through
those
impacts
and
reduce
those
impacts
as
much
as
possible
in
a
way,
that's
granular
in
a
way,
that's
verifiable
in
a
way
that
gives
us
higher
certainty
and
verifiability
than
anything
people
can
do
in
web
2..
We
also
think
a
lot
about
regeneration.
How
can
we
use
crypto
economics?
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A
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So
you
know
probably
the
the
you
know
the
example
of
this
that
everyone
jumps
to
right.
I,
think
you
know
it
is.
It
is
possibly
historically,
you
know
unparalleled
that
an
organization
has
like
overnight,
decreased
its
its
energy
use
by
99
or
more.
It's
really
really
incredible.
What
can
we
do
to
understand
to
decarbonize
everything
that
we
build
on
right?
A
So
we
do
a
lot
of
work
on
this
in
in
Falcon,
green,
a
ton
of
networks
are
dedicated
to
reducing
their
footprint
and
building
the
tools
that
they
and
other
networks
can
use
to
actually
reduce
their
environmental
footprint
and
get
to
carbon
neutral
computing.
So
the
next
thing
is
regenerating
ecosystems
again.
A
The
next
major
theme
is
supporting
people
on
the
ground,
so
you
know
I
highlighted
a
few
organizations
that
are
really
doing
this
doing
some
of
the
work
to
connect.
All
of
these
tools
that
we
are
are
working
on
as
technologists
to
people
doing
the
real
work
on
the
ground
to
defend
these
ecosystems
in
this
I
thought.
A
This
chart
was
a
little
bit
stunning,
because
the
two
countries
in
the
world,
with
the
most
about
ever
see,
Brazil
and
Colombia,
have
the
highest
rates
of
of
death
of
people
who
are
doing
that
work
on
the
ground.
They
call
them
natural,
Defenders
or
environmental
Defenders,
really
defending
ecosystems
right
and
so
that's
that's,
sort
of
a
sobering
thought
right
and
I
thought
this
quote
was
was
on
point.
Each
and
every
death
of
a
Defender
is
a
sign
that
our
economic
system
is
broken.
A
There's
a
war
in
nature
and
the
front
lines
Earth's
remaining
biodiverse
regions
and
I.
Think
we
need
to
sort
of
ground
ourselves
in
that,
and
we
should
see
taking
these
these
stories
and
taking
this
work
that
people
were
doing
are
people
are
doing
and
showing
up
to
to
help
them
as
really
within
scope
of
our
mission
right.
A
What
can
we
do
to
give
them
digital
tools
to
prove
what
they're
trying
to
do
and
take
their
stories
and
make
sure
that
people
hear
them,
and
so
the
the
next
major
theme
I
wanted
to
cover
is
we
should
Bridge
all
the
things,
there's
a
ton
of
Standards
organizations,
a
ton
of
projects
that
are
working
on
taking
these
tools
that
we're
building,
which
are
often
siled
into
individual.
You
know
individual
chains,
individual
projects,
individual
communities
and
really
trying
to
create
Bridges
between
those
different
projects
and
those
communities
also
I
see
some
people
taking
pictures.
A
A
A
How
we
can
really
use
the
the
fundamentals
of
how
we
work
with
data
in
web
3
in
order
to
enable
us
to
prove
what's
going
on
on
the
ground
in
a
way?
That's
that's.
You
know
far
more
rigorous
than
than
other
tools.
Next,
we
have
to
think
carefully
about
how
we
match
impact
with
anti-impact,
so
whatever
whatever
that
means
by
anti-impact
right.
These
are
a
few
of
the
organizations
that
are
thinking
pretty
deeply
about
that
and
again,
we
should
ground
ourselves
in
that
right.
What
are
these
standards
for?
A
How
we
make
these
environmental
claims
and
how
do
we?
How
do
we
really
immerse
ourselves
in
these
debates
and
thoughts
that
are
are
going
on
in
these
different
communities
and
take
what
people
are
hashing
out
and
really
apply
that
in
our
Tools
in
a
way?
That's
really
rigorous
and
really
grounded
so
I
wanted
to
to
bring
that
last
point.
A
This
idea
of
matching
impact
with
anti-impact
in
to
both
of
these
two
themes
right,
so
we
think
a
lot
as
I
said
about
deep
decarbonization
and
we
think
about
regeneration,
and
sometimes
those
can
be
done
in
service
of
each
other.
Those
are
overlapping,
but
they
are
they're,
not
the
same
thing
right.
They
are
overlapping
but
different
things.
So
decarbonizing
one
thing
and
regenerating
something
else:
there
are
aligned
goals,
but
the
best
way
to
decarbonize
one
thing
is
not
necessarily
to
regenerate
something
else.
A
Unless
you've
done
a
lot
of
work
to
to
be
super
rigorous
about
the
claims
that
you're
making
there
right
and
so
I
think
this
is
something
that
we
can
have
a
lot
of
really
good,
productive,
healthy
conversations
about
as
a
field
when
we
are
funding
something
by
issuing
a
carbon
offset.
What
safeguards
should
we
put
around
that?
As
a
field
right
and
I,
think
people
sometimes
shy
away
from
that
point,
but
that's
that's
really
not
a
problem
for
regeneration
if
we
abandon
carbon
tunnel
vision
right.
A
So
these
are
all
of
these
different
things
that
need
to
happen
in
order
to
better
align
the
economy
with
a
with
a
more
just
and
sustainable
world,
and
often
there
is
this
focus
on
carbon
markets
and
especially
voluntary
carbon
markets.
But
there
are
a
lot
of
things
that
are
worth
doing
in
this
field
that
are
not
mainly
worth
doing
in
order
to
balance
out
an
emission
on
a
company's
carbon
Ledger
right.
So
this
this
should
be
really
exciting
right.
How
can
we
direct
resources
to
fix
all
of
these
other
problems
right?
A
Maybe
carbon
markets
are
pretty
mature,
which
is
one
of
the
reasons
that
we
have
this
this
carbon
tunnel
vision
sometimes.
But
how
can
we
think
about
ways?
We
can
direct
resources
to
all
of
these
other
issues
right.
What
can
we
measure
better
so
coming
back
to
that
measurement
to
provide
a
stronger
social,
forcing
function
right,
so
people
pay
more
attention
if
you
can
prove
the
facts
on
the
ground,
and
we
have
the
best
tools
in
the
world
to
allow
people
to
prove
the
facts
on
the
ground
right,
that's
that's!
A
What
this
field
is
and
that's
what
this
field
is
bringing
to
sustainability.
Can
we
create
a
green,
sustainable
just
premium
across
every
part
of
the
economy?
The
green
premium
is
when
you
can
sell
a
product
for
more
than
a
non-sustainable
product
right.
So
how
can
we
take
things
like
supply
chain
traceability
and
apply
that
to
funding
this
really
good
regenerative
work
that
needs
to
be
done
and
what
infrastructure
for
Collective
action
is
the
most
effective
lever
for
change?
What
can
we
build?
A
That's
really
going
to
to
take
this
all
of
these
changes
that
need
to
happen
in
the
economy
and
align
them
with
this,
this
more
sustainable
future,
so
I
want
to
get
a
little
bit
technical
for
a
minute
or
two,
so
I
would
say
that
web3
is
about
content
addressing
and
content
addressing
is
about
interoperability
right.
If
so,
this
is
a
Merkle
tree,
lots
of
people
in
computer
science
for
many
decades
have
said
hey
if
I
hash.
My
content
I
can
efficiently
verify
my
data
in
the
context
of
this
very
specific
data
structure
right.
A
So
the
idea
is
you,
you
have
someone
claims
that
this
bit
of
data
is
part
of
this
larger
structure.
You
want
to
verify
that
you
can
use
crypto
to
do
that,
and
but
people
were
applying
this
kind
of
narrowly
people
were
applying
this
within
the
context
of
their
individual
Merkle
trees
or
other
hashlink
data
structures,
and
the
one
of
the
core
realizations
of
web3
is
hey
that
actually,
these
hash
links
are
ridiculously
overpowered
for
that
job.
People
had
been
using
them
to
do
hey
if
I
hash.
A
My
content
I
can
efficiently
verify
my
data
in
the
context
of
every
data
structure
ever
right,
so
this
is
extremely
powerful.
This
is
the
core
of
this.
Is
this
is
what
content
addressing
is.
This
is
I
would
say
the
core
of
web3
at
a
technical
level
right.
This
is
like
the
fundamental
tool,
one
of
the
fundamental
tools
that
we
have
to
solve
these
problems,
and
so
this
this
realization
is
sometimes
called
the
Merkel
Forest.
If
you
get
the
slides
you
can,
you
can
go
to
this
great
talk
on
the
Merkel
Forest.
A
The
question
is,
then,
how
can
this
give
us
interoperability
in
refi,
and
the
idea
is
that
if
you
have
these
two
offsets,
if
they're
on
two
different
chains,
you
have
metadata
associated
with
these
offsets,
you
want
to
understand:
can
I
just
do
this
operation
on
these
two
different
offsets
right,
I
have
this
function?
Can
I
can
I
run
it
to
compare
them
or
do
something
between
them?
And
if
you
just
content
address
the
data
of
those
offsets,
that's
good
you
can
you.
A
Can
you
know,
get
that
data
on
ipfs
it's
available,
you
can
verify
it
that's
great,
but
you
don't
actually
know
just
from
that.
If
you
can
compare
or
do
this
operation
on
these
offsets
again,
this
is
a
little
technical.
It's
about
to
be
done,
but
if
you
content
address
not
only
the
data
but
also
the
schema
that
that
data
conforms
to,
then
you
are
able
to
answer
that
question
without
having
to
do
it
on
the
Fly
you're
able
to
to
answer.
A
Does
this
carbon
offset
conform
to
this
type
without
having
to
download
the
data
and
just
try
to
try
to
you
know,
do
that
comparison
right?
So
this
is
a
very
technical
point,
but
it's
really
really
important
and
when
we're
thinking
about
interoperability,
my
my
claim
is
like
this
should
be
really
core
to
how
we're
solving
these
problems.
So
then,
of
course,
then
we
can
Define
these
libraries
of
functions
that
allow
us
to
do
all
sorts
of
things
that
just
all
should
allow
us
to
achieve
this
level
of
interoperability.
That
is
not
possible
in
web
2..
A
A
I
have
I
think
three
minutes
right.
We
should
we
should
try
to
scale
all
of
this
really
good
work.
People
are
doing.
We
should
probably
not
let
economic
variables
like
discount
rates
dictate
what
we're
saying
about
the
atmosphere
right.
There
are
some
examples
of
this:
it's
not
a
good
idea,
let's
get
away
from
it,
but
if
we
can
come
up
with
models
that
use
Finance
in
the
service
of
what's
going
on
in
the
atmosphere,
that's
a
lot
better.
Let's,
let's
try
to
do
that.
A
I
also
wanted
to
talk
about
choosing
carbon
offsets
you're
going
to
get
an
email
after
this
event
about
the
carbon
offsets
that
we've
sourced.
We
want
input
from
you
as
to
which
carbon
offsets
you
think
we
should
get
to
try
to
decarbonize
this
event.
So
there
are
a
lot
of
different
properties
of
carbon
offsets.
A
People
disagree
reasonably
about
how
important
each
of
these
traits
are
right,
and
so
the
thought
is
rather
than
just
skipping
to
the
end
and
telling
people
what
your
final
purchasing
decision
is,
where
they
have
no
visibility
into
what
your
thought
process
was
for
differentiating
between
carbon
offsets
and
coming
to
a
conclusion.
Can
we
build
a
process
where
we
tell
people
what
the
supply
is?
We
allow
people
to
assess
that
quality.
A
We
allow
the
community
to
try
to
determine
what
offsets
we
actually
want
to
to
use
to
decarbonize
this
event
and
then,
when
the
budget
hits
that
that
you
know
ranked
sort
of
pre-order
of
different
carbon
offsets,
we
then
have
this
gas
app.
That
shows
us
how
the
budget
is
affecting
those
purchasing
decisions
right.
This
is
an
experiment.
The
goal
is
to
try
to
come
up
with
ways
of
issuing
carbon
offsets
and
buying
carbon
offsets
that
make
this
really
important
data
and
thought
process
more
transparent,
so
very
happy
to
Workshop
this.
A
This
is,
you
know,
an
experiment,
please
let
us
know
what
you
think
about
it,
and
and
whether
this
is
useful
for
causing
a
race
to
the
top
involuntary
cover
markets.
I
wanted
to
just
end
pretty
quickly
by
talking
about
seeing
the
forest
for
the
trees.
So
there's
a
book
I
read
19
years
ago
that
had
a
huge
effect
on
me
that
was
about
emergent
Behavior.
A
One
of
the
key
sort
of
quotes
from
this
book
is
life
is
more
than
just
Clockwork,
even
if
it
is
nothing
but
Clockwork,
even
if
you
can
reduce
it
to
chemistry,
it's
it's
not
it's
not
chemistry.
You
should
think
of.
You
should
think
of
life
as
something
higher
level
and
different
from
its
underlying
parts.
Right
I
think
people
in
this
space
have
an
intuition
for
this,
because
a
blockchain
is
more
than
just
signed
messages,
even
though
it
is
nothing
but
sign
messages.
A
The
biosphere
is
more
than
just
its
subsystems,
even
though
it
is
nothing
but
its
subsystems
and
I
think
that
we,
a
lot
of
us,
believe
that
the
traditional
sort
of
web
2
economy
has
a
problem
here.
It
has
a
problem
with
emergent
Behavior.
It
promised
us
something
that
was
greater
than
the
sum
of
its
parts
and
by
embracing
atomization
by
embracing
extraction.
It's
delivered,
something
that
was
much
less
than
than
the
sum
of
its
parts.
A
So
let's
keep
this
emergent
lens
on
what
we're
doing,
let's
think
about
how
what
we're
doing
is
going
to
scale
and
what
it's
going
to
do
to
the
world
when
it
does,
let's
build
code
and
protocols
and
processes
and
companies
that
ladder
up
to
something
much
better.
Welcome
to
the
sustainable
blockchain,
some
of
it.
Let's
move
fast
and
fix
things.