Applicant Name: Jon Ruth
Applicant ETH Address: jonruth.eth
Organization(s) or Affiliation(s): Climate Coordinate Network/Solar Foundation
Why do you want to serve as an Expert Evaluator for the Localism Fund?
I have spent the last few years working with and funding local community movements through my work at the Climate coordination Network and the Solar Foundation. The top down work of governments and mega corporations is failing local communities and often times adding extra pain and burden to their lives. I believe the way forward to regeneration is a bottoms up approach of a connected group of local communities supporting each other with love and care. I believe the Localism Fund can be an important part of sharing knowledge and resources to help bootstrap the localism movement.
🪴 Grant-Making Expertise
Program Design & Management: ****3
Evaluation & Impact Learning: 3
Financial Strategy & Fundraising: 2
Governance Systems & Mechanism Design: 2
Experiences, Highlights & Evidence:
At the Climate Coordination Network we have distributed over $5M to the regenerative web3 movement in partnership with Gitcoin, Octant, Giveth, CeloPG, Momus Collective and others. We were the first funders of ReFi DAO, Bloom and many other people and projects now building the localism movement. In addition the Solar foundation has funded 8 communities through the development of 14 solar energy installations, 400 solar lanterns and other community resources in 6 countries.
http://impact.climatecoordination.org/
https://www.solarfoundation.xyz/impact
https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/gg21-retrospective-ccn-climate-solutions-round/19342