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We are also receiving a $100k investment from Third Derivative.\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Please expand on how much funding you\u2019ve received from each funding source and when? (VC, grants by foundation, token sales, etc) ", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "number", "answer": "4", "hidden": false, "question": "Total team size", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "number", "answer": "30", "hidden": false, "question": "How old (in Months) is the project? ", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "short-answer", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here:", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/laureltincher/\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/john-richardson/\n", "hidden": true, "question": "Profiles or socials of other main team members publicly associated with the project: ", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Have you read and confirmed your grant abides by the Program General Eligibility Policy? https://gitcoin.notion.site/GG18-Eligibility-cb4a5754c56043d4b3ed34eddbac261c?pvs=4", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "More than 250M people will see their homes submerged by rising sea levels in the next 50 years. Meanwhile, cement and steel production - the two primary options for ocean-based infrastructure - account for almost 20% of global carbon emissions. \n\nWith a core focus on sustainable construction and marine infrastructure, SeaBrick will sequester carbon using seaweed while creating new climate-resistant housing for refugees. By utilizing kelp - which grows 30X faster than land-plants - in our composite bricks, SeaBrick will sequester carbon dioxide for 75+ years. Our team, led by Ashoka Fellow John Richardson, is deeply committed to the project's realization. We have an active collaboration with the University of British Columbia and our latest prototype is twice as strong as concrete. 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Please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months.", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We will measure impact by tons of carbon dioxide sequestered (approximately 40% of the mass of SeaBrick), along with indirect measures (carbon dioxide that would have been emitted by floating concrete or steel that was replaced by SeaBrick). \n\nWe will also be using more standard metrics, including; tons of seaweed harvested sustainably, indigenous jobs created, number of SeaBrick created, and tons of weight supported by SeaBrick structures.\n", "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": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We filed a patent application describing the manufacturing process for the compound, as well as the design of an interlocking brick system for floating structures. We have an ongoing research project with the University of British Columbia to optimize the composite, and a partnership with the Heiltsuk First Nation which wants to host the first manufacturing facility. \n\nWaterstudio, a water-based architecture firm based in the Netherlands, has signed an LOI to buy SeaBrick as soon as they are available. We have also received purchase interest from local (Vancouver-based) landscaping supply companies for pavers made of \u201ckelpstone,\u201d our working name for the uncoated kelp composite.\n\nThere is more information about SeaBrick at bit.ly/seabricknotion\n\nJohn Richardson is an accomplished founder, mathematician, technologist and the inventor of SeaBrick. He is also the founder of Ethelo, which has been used by Gitcoin for assessing eligibility of grant applications in numerous previous Gitcoin granting rounds. A former lawyer and mathematician, he was named a world-leading social entrepreneur by the Ashoka Foundation in 2005.\n\nLaurel Tincher is a multi-time founder who has worked as an executive in marine infrastructure for over six years. She is an expert in sustainability and was recently named one of the top 50 global design thinkers. She is the co-founder of Pull to Refresh, an ocean engineering company developing solar unmanned vessels for growing and sinking seaweed. Her work has been featured in hundreds of media outlets including the New York Times.\n\n", "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": 13}, {"type": "dropdown", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to future messages from Gitcoin for updates, information, and/or interviews? 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