Welcome to ReFi Costa Rica!
Join us in the adventure of reconnecting people, bioregions, projects, and ecosystems regenerating our country to transform, catalyze and enable Costa Rica to stay at the forefront of ecological action to become an intersectional, high integrity, coordinated Multi-BioRegional-Regenerative Hub.
Our motto is about supporting a blooming ecosystem of regenerative stakeholders from all corners of the country, a ReFi Bridge between urban and rural contexts, that respects, honors and thrives on the cultural diversity of inhabitants, ecosystems, and promotes the interrelatedness, cooperation and coordination of existing initiatives in Español and English.
Why Fund Us?
✅ Unique blend of pop culture + web3 + regenerative knowledge + already mapped big portion of the Regen Community through the different team members
✅ Clear milestones & measurable impact
✅ Strong local partnerships in Costa Rica and increase reach in Latin America
✅ Fun, engaging approach to serious social, ecological, and economic regeneration
Core Team:
Workshops & Hackathons:
Teach web3 tools for regenerative projects (e.g., Gitcoin-style funding, regenerative NFTs, the actuality of money). Also involving local actors with vocational inclination for web 3, to onboard local stakeholders.
Partner with local universities & agroecology orgs (University for International Cooperation -https://uci.ac.cr/es/home-, Earth University -https://www.earth.ac.cr/-, CATIE -https://www.catie.ac.cr/en/-).
Social Media Campaign:
Short videos of "Sayariki" (Goku) explaining how web3 helps regeneration.
Meme contests for best regenerative actions.
Ecosystem Development
Mycelium connection with identified impact local actors such as:
monteverde-institute.org
https://www.avercr.org/
https://www.higueronescoop.org/es
https://biosur.org/
And the worldwide ReFi ecosystem and Land Nodes
Muda-oe.com
ReFi Nodes
Green Pill Chapters
Collaborative Web3 Spaces (Capacity Building)
Integrated Dojo:
A digital learning hub where users:
Learn about web3 technologies, applications, and concepts
Meet, exchange with, and build community
Engage with weekly or biweekly frequency
Execution driven physical learning hubs where users:
Engage in "Minga" (community work) documentation (upload photos/videos of tree planting, cleanups, etc.). Can hire/solicit extra support via associated partners.
Access agroecology courses (soil health, syntropic farming, biomimicry).
Regenerative Bounties:
Small grants (CELO/ETH/ecoins) for completing regenerative tasks (e.g., "Plant 100 native trees, get 50 DAI").
Test The "Henkidama" Art Project viability
Interactive Website:
Users submit proof of regenerative actions (e.g., "Minga" documentation).
Each submission charges the "henkidama" (visualized as growing on the site).
Finale: "Spirit Bomb Release" (Prize Distribution)
After 3 months, the "henkidama" is released as:
Prize pool (in crypto) for top contributors.
Poap badges for participants.
Pessimism, Hopelessness, Greed!
Lack of public funding and engagement in Costa Rica with web3’s potential for ecological regeneration.
The power of Web3 has yet to be fully realised in climate action as many of these technologies remain disconnected from communities on-the-ground. Access to funding, expertise, and technology is a major challenge - particularly in the Global South’s rural and indigenous communities who have massive potential to expand biodiversity protection and commons stewardship, but lack management, operations, resources, market access and funding to grow initiatives.
Discoordination efforts in the intersection of agroecology and digital collaboration, with few incentives in the country for coordinated collective action.
Need for cultural narratives that inspire regeneration (current media lacks compelling regenerative heroes).
Empathy, Collaboration, Connection, Eduentertaiment
Expanding our operations team to tackle larger-scale projects.
Bioregional activators programs and scholarships to create, solidify and enhance community capacities in the web 3 realm for impact reporting, community validation and financing.
White Labelling products to solve identified needs of the demand such as community education guide to use quadratic funding, market directories, biodiversity credits, community asset vouchers, community attestation & crypto in English & Español.
Increasing partnership and distribution efforts to share knowledge and increase action towards ecological restoration and regenerative action.
The expansion and capacity building of dMRV methodologies co-development of regenerative cattle grazing methodologies for pilots in Costa Rica with Costaricaregenerativa.org and suelosvivos.org to make a took kit for bioregional regeneration leveraging GIS, biodiversity credits, Fundraising and community asset vouchers.
Costa Rica is a global leader in conservation & sustainability, making it ideal for an intersectional web3-powered regeneration movement.
Web3 tools (NFTs, DAOs, quadratic funding) can incentivize and track regenerative actions.
"Sayariki" (Goku as a regenerative hero) provides a fun, culturally resonant way to engage communities.
Bioregions in Costa Rica: Chorotega Blue Zone /Guanacaste, Huetar Este/San José, Chirripo/Central Mountain Range