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(VC, grants by foundation, token sales, etc)", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "number", "answer": "4", "hidden": false, "question": "Total team size", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "number", "answer": "5", "hidden": false, "question": "How old (in Months) is the project?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "address", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here:", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-gloor/\nhttps://ehub-uottawa.medium.com/founder-feature-ecosafesense-412d7afe7487", "hidden": true, "question": "Profiles or socials for other main team members publicly associated with the project. These may be used to determine eligibility of the project.: ", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Have you read and confirmed that your grant abides by the Program General Eligibility Policy? https://gitcoin.notion.site/GG19-Eligibility-50843c8b3ab44ad297731a00efa6e389?pvs=4", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Ways this project aligns with The Climate Coordination Network:\n\nNatural Systems CO2 Sequestration:\n\nUrban farming and green technologies, such as hydroponics and green walls, can contribute to CO2 sequestration by promoting plant growth and green spaces in urban environments. They also support moving away from needing large land masses to grow crops, that require a lot of water, time, and energy to operate. This also means growing rich soil environments don't need to be plowed through in order to make room for crops. Also urban farms have been proven to support reducing greenhouse gas emissions in urban areas. We are working to support Ottawa's climate action goals. \n\nCarbon Accounting:\n\nThe project's commitment to innovative agricultural practices, including urban farming and the use of advanced technologies, can potentially contribute to better carbon accounting. By tracking the environmental impact of their activities, Rooted LABs can measure and report on their carbon footprint, fostering sustainability and accountability. Our hope is to use this data to help replicate more urban farms and support more resources going into this positive sum agriculture solution. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Please detail how your project meets the Climate Solutions Round eligibility criteria. https://climate-coordination-network.notion.site/Climate-Solutions-Round-Eligibility-bf14ea78d9d24a2f8952cb5270f11b00?pvs=4", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "n/a", "hidden": false, "question": "If you've received funding in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months. You can also include the challenges you've faced. ", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you minted a Hypercert for your project? ", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "link", "answer": "https://hypercerts.org/app/view?claimId=0x822f17a9a5eecfd66dbaff7946a8071c265d1d07-15974895997470377105751584320491790455013376", "hidden": false, "question": "If Yes, please provide a link to your Hypercert (https://hypercerts.org/app/gallery-all) ", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We will measure based on successfully setting up our first urban garden, tracking its progress, and sharing our research and findings. \n\nFrom there it's looking at how often can we replicate this within Ottawa and support setting these up in other cities.\n\nBy tracking the environmental impact of our activities, we can measure and report on our carbon footprint data", "hidden": false, "question": "How do you measure the impact of your project? Please provide examples and/or standard metrics. This might be used in future impact reports ", "questionId": 15}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "While we are a new project, our team has the experience and network resources needed to complete and then repeat our results. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? Anything you'd like to add that may help in determining project eligibility?", "questionId": 16}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to future messages from the Climate Coordination Network (CCN) for updates, information, and/or interviews? ", "questionId": 17}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to us sharing your information with select third-parties for investment opportunities? ", "questionId": 18}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Carbon Accounting", "hidden": false, "question": "Which of these categories best represents your project? Choose from: ", "questionId": 19}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["North America"], "hidden": false, "question": "Location/Region where the project is based: Choose from: ", "questionId": 20}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["North America"], "hidden": false, "question": "Primary Location/Region where the project is making an impact: Choose from: ", "questionId": 21}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": false, "question": "Would you like to be included in an additional 150k sub-round funded by Shell? All grantees must agree to a KYC process to be eligible to receive these funds. ", "questionId": 22}], "project": {"id": "424:0xDF9BF58Aa1A1B73F0e214d79C652a7dd37a6074e:216", "title": "GreenPill Ottawa x Rooted LABs: Climate, Agriculture, Open Source Tooling  ", "logoImg": "bafkreig35xknd4tdfq7fxewvqjgchdf3cfken3zj7cdfuquyp2sgwlgmsm", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreid7npjqx3jxgsj6b5by6reywitvcj3zwt3rvitdehpy32aw3pxfvq", "protocol": "1"}, "website": "https://rootedlabs.org/", "bannerImg": "bafkreicnvotud2idnh24skkhbzqsa2x7r2w2era5ak6ew77adkwif4ki6u", "createdAt": 1698776662988, "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..nzk3ahXgptuPmkNMIRnX2Wj_JfvjyekoIsztyVCYDov6d23RDIWvwwXHmA0MCBGyeqbk2c9LVPzWbGff5KT1Cg", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-10-31T18:22:43.550Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-10-31T18:22:43.550Z", "expirationDate": "2024-01-29T18:22:43.550Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xaA3600788b72863ff51C8f0dB5F10bB65fbFeAB4", "hash": "v0.0.0:NUVW3CPSN+5waNF9bh0i2WC5+y+fmYNwr8TFyYkPccw=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#greenpillottawa"}}}, "description": "Creating open-source urban-focused agriculture solutions that support the environment while feeding our communities.\n\n\u200b\u200bRooted LABs is dedicated to tackling the urgent issues of food insecurity and climate change, advocating for innovative and inclusive solutions that unite technology and communities, break down resource barriers, and promote open-source principles to enhance global agriculture.\n\nThe problem:\n\nThe world\u2019s population has more than doubled over the past 50 years. This alone has caused immense stress on the natural environment and as a result, we are experiencing soil degradation, depletions of groundwater, pollution, ocean acidification, accelerated rates of extinction, global warming, droughts, diseases, high concentrations of CO 2 and mass deforestation. In a time of increasing population growth, climate change and environmental degradation, we need agricultural systems that come with a more balanced portfolio of sustainability benefits. \n\n![meme](https://www.sciline.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AdobeStock_212840924-2000x1333.jpg)\n\nA path forward : \n\nUrban agriculture has been defined as \u201creconnecting with the community through food, jobs and economic development\u201d and is a sustainable solution. \n\nWe\u2019re testing technology, creating and maintaining urban farms starting in Ottawa, Canada's capital city, donating fresh produce to community centers, and reshaping the way we approach environmentally friendly food production while also mentoring the next generation of leaders. \n\nThe project would be entirely open-sourced, and start a workforce who could move on and create their own advanced agricultural businesses in other cities globally.\n\n![meme](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6348395313c2ab7c10565062/1666116297254-R8BWBPKAP2LO5KGQT6BB/Growcer+-+ASG+Branding+-+April+2021-1.jpg?format=2500w)\n\nWhat does this look like? Our Vision and Objectives:\n\nDevelop a Sustainable and Technologically Advanced Urban Farm:\n\n- Action: Acquire a disused shipping container in downtown Ottawa and partner with The Growcer (https://www.thegrowcer.ca) to repurpose it as a smart urban farm.\n\n- Action: Collaborate with technology and agriculture companies specializing in urban farming, automation, and renewable energy solutions to equip the shipping container with the latest sustainable farming technologies, such as hydroponics, LED lighting, and efficient climate control systems.\n\n- Action: Create a rooftop garden in the downtown core. This not only produces fresh food but can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support our city in hitting its climate action goals.  \n\n- Outcome: The repurposed shipping container in downtown Ottawa becomes a state-of-the-art urban farm, producing a variety of fresh produce year-round and serving as a model for sustainable urban agriculture.\n\n![meme](https://santropolroulant.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/rooftop-800x400.jpg)\n\nWho we are:\n\nOur project lead is Amanda Goore, who has a background in horticulture, community gardens and agriculture-focused AI and innovative tech and she\u2019s bringing those skills and resources into Rooted LABs. \n\nWith deep connections in Canada's Capital, we will use our funding to build out ways to improve access to safe and healthy food in urban settings. Our goal is to experiment and document how using emerging technology can assist us in doing this. We will then opensource our findings to help other communities globally repeat the process in their local area.\n\nHere is a brief history of Amanda\u2019s past work:\n\n- developed protocol for scouting with drone multispectral mapping\n- experience developing multispectral imagery of agricultural fields with different vegetative indexes\n- developed algorithms for AI weed detection\n- currently collaborating on disease detection and plant counting algorithms\n- greenhouse and greenwall experience, hydroponics, biological control and pesticide management\n- experience in autonomous robotics and vehicles\n- volunteer at a local community garden\n- did a project in 2019 on food security in Ottawa, gave Free Vegetable gardening workshops at the community center in Vanier, free plants and seeds for attendees.\n\nOur other team members include:\n\n- Olga Koppel, A PhD Candidate in Biology at the University of Ottawa is experienced in Statistical analysis and spatial modeling. You can learn more about some of her work here - \u200b\u200bhttps://ehub-uottawa.medium.com/founder-feature-ecosafesense-412d7afe7487 \n\n- Michael Seer, who has a background in creative design and Geospatial AI technologies\n\n - Lana Dingwall who is a social impact entrepreneur and member of GreenPill\n\nThis started out as a project idea within the Ottawa GreenPill chapter (we met at a web3 education workshop hosted by GPN Ottawa).\n\nThis project falls under the umbrella of Ottawa GreenPill, however, we've chosen the name Rooted LABs to help us work closer with our local municipality and provincial government, as well as Tech companies in our community.\n\nIn the last few months, we at Rooted LABs have...\n\n- donated to Ecology Ottawa, a local tree-planting organization.\n\n- Hosted 2 climate-focused regenerative workshops.\n\n- Researched and built out the following Roof Top/urban garden roadmap - https://bafybeielssaoda27edlmvilepur4j3bti5xiv3ixtkkvrwlq5e44ag567i.ipfs.nftstorage.link/\n\n- We have set up meetings with local tech and AI businesses, including Growcer(www.thegrowcer.ca) to explore collaborating on this project.\n\n- Built out a small core team of volunteers to help grow this project. \n\nWe are seeking funding support to help take our project from a small start-up idea, into a fast-moving open-source agricultural project.\n\n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "greenpillottawa"}, "recipient": "0x02541CFE8Dd4Afe35c5A9B20396E5C23e72EA987"}}