Welcome to the first edition of CoordiNATION from the GreenPill Network.

GreenPill is a vibrant network society comprised of thousands of hackers, dreamers, and doers united by a common goal - to utilize cryptocurrency to better our digital and physical world. In this inaugural edition of the GreenPill Network CoordiNATIONs newsletter, we're excited to share the latest updates, insights, and initiatives that are driving our mission to rejuvenate the web3 space and create a positive impact in the world. Join us in celebrating all the work our community has been doing and learn more about what we are experimenting with for the future.

Together we can help build a more regenerative world.

If you're curious to learn more about GreenPill's mission, click here.

TLDR; You can join your local chapter, start a chapter, join a guild, read the book, listen to the podcast, learn more about our Gitcoin Round Manager training program and more.

Where we’ve been and where we’re going

A visual of what V0-V2 and beyond looks like

Where we’ve been:

v1 - 2022:* Over the last 18 months, we've produced the GreenPill podcast, a platform dedicated to regen web3. Thanks to a generous partnership with Bankless, we've garnered an audience ranging from 2,000 to 8,000 per episode, depending on the topic. The podcast has become a valuable resource for creating a common knowledge base about technical concepts, cultural movements, and industry luminaries in the web3 space.*

Where we’re going:

v2 - 2023:* Six months ago, we launched Greenpill v2, also known as Greenpill.network. Building on the GreenPill podcast's success, we introduced what we call a "CoordiNation across Nations & Cultures." This initiative aims to export regenerative digital infrastructure to the world. We've recruited @sejalrekhan as a community manager/operational lead, and we now have 13 active chapters in diverse locations, including NYC, Denver, Nigeria, Turkey, China, and India. These chapters run local meetups and work to regenerate local communities.*

Our vision is to equip each local community member with the global context of regen web3, the necessary mechanics/software, and, crucially, the legitimacy, networks, and relationships within their local community. This combination is a powerful catalyst for local, bottom-up movement building. By leveraging this network, combined with Gitcoin’s tools, we could create a network of better impact funding.

- pulled from Kevin Owocki’s Gitocin forum post, you can read the whole thing here.

Gitcoin Grant Stack - Manager Round Training

We are thrilled to announce that the first Manager Round Training cohort has been selected, marking a significant step forward in our mission. With over 50 registrations and 40 participants on our first training call, we are setting the stage for unleashing quadratic funding systems in the world.

What does the cohort teach you? It is designed to help ensure you will be fully equipped to run a round on the Gitcoin Grant Stack yourself. This means participants with have a deeper understanding of Quadratic Funding, the art of fundraising, creating the grantee qualifications and criteria, marketing a round, and importantly post-round analysis, including sybil checks and balances. This will equip them with the skills needed to run rounds for their own communities or offer their services to other communities wanting to run rounds on the Gitcoin Grant Stack.

Curriculum:

• Module 1: Become a Public Goods Maxi

• Module 2: QF and QV 101

• Module 3: Create a QF round

• Module 4: Grantee Recruitment and Onboarding

• Module 5: During the Round Marketing + Community Engagement

• Module 6: Post-Round Analysis

• Module 7: Fundraising

• Module 8: Growing Your Program

Stay tuned for updates on when the next cohort will be opening, and embark on this learning journey if you’re interested in being a Round Manager yourself.

We believe that communities leveraging the QF grant stack offered by Gitcoin will be unable to unleash a new level of funding and support for their ecosystem. Ecosystems that fund their public goods will continue to grow and flourish.

Hypercerts: Revolutionizing Impact Funding

Exciting developments are on the horizon as we experiment with Hypercerts to fund the chapters and individuals supporting the GreenPill Network's mission. In collaboration with the Hypercerts team, we are creating GreenPill Network-focused hypercerts. We believe this approach has the potential to revolutionize impact funding.

To quote Kevin Owocki "IMO Hypercerts could eventually revolutionize impact funding. What if instead of spending ⅔ of their time running a giant grant application operation, NGOs and impact-focused projects could just mint hypercerts for when they do good + be rewarded when Impact Funders purchase them! The goal is Impact = Profit, and it would be HUGE for impact alignment."

Our vision for the medium term is to integrate hypercerts into Gitcoin Grants Stack 5, allowing you to easily see the provable, on-chain tracked impact of a grant when browsing a grants round.

We’ll be using these to help us in our upcoming GreenPill Network QF round.

You can also explore the Gitcoin forum post ‘Hypercerts for the local level' by Nigeria Steward Lead and GPN Contributor DecentralizedCEO, which outlines GPN's strategy for utilizing hypercerts. This approach enables us not only to fund our local chapters but also assists these chapters in recognizing and rewarding their most impactful community members.

Experimenting with Lens: Empowering Communities

Why not empower your community while raising funds for public goods at the same time? Through the Lens Protocol (web3 social media) collect feature, we have been experimenting with paid collections as a way to raise small amounts of funding. Our ultimate aim is to harness the power of our social platforms to not only foster the growth of the regen community but also to help fund it. Let's make a difference together.

V2 Guides coming to a conference near you

The GreenPill Network spun out of Kevin Owocki's book, which is considered V0. You can download it for free here, it is available in 12 languages.

V2 is a set of regen guides that dive into various touching such as Running a Quadratic Funding round in your community, touching grass, how to run a regen festival and more. V2 also includes the creation of local chapters, and guilds and the decentralizing of the GreenPill Network.

We are hoping to have the first set shipped and ready for physical distribution during DevConnect next month, with a more extensive launch at EthDenver in February.

Updates from GreenPill Network Chapters

GPN has chapters all over the world. You can join your local chapter or even start one if it doesn't exist in your area. Join our discord to learn more, or check out our website to learn more.

Here are a few small updates from some of our local chapters.

GreenPill Nigeria:

• Running local impact workshops, including community cleanups, food distribution, educational workshops, and assisting individuals in earning their first bit of crypto.

GreenPill Ottawa:

• Initiating plans for a rooftop garden project aimed at addressing climate issues and combating rising food prices for families in need. Hosted an onboarding workshop and rewarded participants who created their first wallet with Eth on OP.

• Upcoming: An IRL workshop on setting up and running a node at home and continued progress on the rooftop gardens initiative.

GreenPill Brazil:

• Focusing on agroforests, beach cleanups, translating content about quadratic funding, and promoting regenerative projects. Upcoming: Solidifying their work and expanding their impact.

GreenPill Japan:

• Translating newsletters and podcast summaries, as well as creating explanatory articles about public goods. Upcoming: More translations and explanatory content.

GreenPill India:

• Working on a bi-monthly newsletter/digital garden called Gulshan that they continue to ship. Plans to open registrations for GreenPill Festival 2.0 if all goes according to plan.

GreenPill Phangan:

• Started Regen Full Moon on Koh Phangan, a monthly event. They will execute onboarding workshops during daytime events. Upcoming: More onboarding events, a GreenPill Quadratic Funding round, and more Regen Full Moon events.

GreenPill Turkey:

• Organizing an onboarding event in collaboration with a local university club.

• Upcoming: Running a GP meetup during Devconnect

GreenPill New York:

• Recently ran a GreenPill kick-off community event that had multiple regen speakers.

GreenPill QF round

To help us continue to fund chapters having tangible impact in their local regions, and allow us to reward individual contributors who have been helping build the larger GP network.

Take the GreenPill

Are you ready to become an integral part of the GreenPill Network and contribute to our mission of regenerating the web3 space? There are numerous ways to get involved and make a positive impact:

1. Join Your Local Chapter: Find your nearest GreenPill Network chapter and connect with like-minded individuals in your area. Together, you can work on initiatives to drive positive change in your community.

2. Start a Local Chapter: Don't see a GreenPill Network chapter in your region? Be a pioneer and start one yourself. We'll support you every step of the way.

3. Write a Guide: Share your expertise and knowledge by creating guides that can help others better understand the world of web3 and regenerative digital systems. Join our writing guild in discord to learn more.

4. Donate to a QF Round: Support our mission by contributing to our Gitcion rounds (and other regen-focused rounds). Your donations play a crucial role in funding public goods and regenerative projects.

5. Buy Back a Hypercert: Explore our GreenPill Network-focused hypercerts, created by our team. By purchasing these Hypercerts, you are directly contributing to our ongoing initiatives both on a global and local level.

6. Collect Our Posts on Lens or Mirror: Engage with our content and raise funds for public goods at the same time. The Lens and Mirror collect feature is an innovative way to support our efforts in small but impactful ways. Collecting a post = collecting an NFT/digital collectable of ours. We are using those funds to support our local chapter efforts.

7. Dive into Our Educational Resources: Explore our educational materials, articles, and resources. The more you learn about web3 and regenerative digital systems, the more you can contribute to our mission.

8. Join one of our monthly community calls with Kevin Owocki: Hop into our discord and hear all the regen alpha on our monthly call.

Join us in making a meaningful difference in the web3 space. Your involvement is the key to creating a sustainable and regenerative future. We welcome you to be a part of the GreenPill Network family.

In conclusion, the GreenPill Network is continuously pushing boundaries and making a profound impact on local communities and the web3 space. Join us in this mission by engaging with your local chapter or starting one if it doesn't already exist. Together, we can create a more sustainable, regenerative future.

As Kevin says, “We are fucking around and finding out” as we move to decentralize various aspects of the GPN and create a more regenerative world together.

Join our discord if you’d like to join us in this.

For more frequent updates, insights, and discussions, be sure to follow us on our website and our various social media channels.

Stay tuned for our next edition of CoordiNATION, where we'll continue to share the latest developments and inspiring stories from our growing network. Thank you for being a part of the GreenPill family, and let's make a positive impact together.