agroforestdao on funding cosmo local ness
agroforestdao on cosmo local ness
[@agroforestDAO: A global tribe for food, forest and culture.. Intergenerational cyberstigmergy for the win..linktr.ee/agroforestdao.. latam.. ]
via michel bauwens tweet [https://x.com/mbauwens/status/2080947774267269403?s=20]:
Please read this article, which is, much like the Traditional Dream Factory and RegenAvocadeo in Sicilia, an experiment to figure out Cosmo-Local community building in practice: https://x.com/agroforestDAO/status/2080323931249004786 (a big thanks to @agroforestDAO )
notes/quotes from agrofrestdao’s tweet”
Beyond ReFi: The Day a Brazilian Farm Paid Its Electricity Bill with Ethereum
July 2026
For the past few years, the Web3 ecosystem has been obsessed with the acronym “ReFi” (Regenerative Finance).
great.. but unfortunately only regen ing sea world as long as any form of m\a\p.. ie: 10-day-care-center\ness; graeber violence/quantification law; et al
In mid-2026, on a hillside farm in Brazil, that chasm was quietly bridged.
The brother and sister managing Redemption Hill—a project focused on web3-funded syntropic agroforestry —successfully used their individual payment account to pay their May 2026 farm electricity bill. It wasn’t a simulation, a speculative trade, or a corporate marketing stunt. It was a tangible demonstration of one of the possible ways that global digital solidarity can meet grounded, ecological stewardship.
again.. great.. (ie: warning ness et al).. but still not getting to the root of problem.. so still will be perpetuating the same song.. the whac-a-mole-ing ness of sea world.. of not-us ness.. of part\ial ness.. perpetuating survival triage.. for (blank)’s sake..
But this moment was not an overnight success. It is the result of a rigorous, three-year dual-onboarding process. We are not merely onboarding users to a tech stack or to new agricultural practices. We are doing both, taking control of the toolkit needed to shape a possible Community Agriculture movement adapted for this century, a networked Rooted Society.
interesting name (michel titles it: Networked Rooted Society – https://x.com/mbauwens/status/2080947645397278895?s=20) .. since again.. still not getting to the root of problem.
To understand how this Network Society would work, we must look to Michel Bauwens’ landmark essay, “The Cosmo-Local Plan for Our Next Civilization,” featured in the book Ethereum Localism (available at The Open Machine). Bauwens outlines a design rule for our survival: “What is heavy is local; what is light is global.”
michel on cosmo localism et al
Our dual-onboarding model is the living, breathing execution of this cosmo-local design rule.
In Ethereum Localism, Bauwens notes that localism on its own cannot resist globalized, extractive economic pressure. It must be reinforced by a global network. By utilizing Ethereum as a shared, open-source ledger, local stewards can tap into a global mutual-support system without losing their local autonomy.
the ‘ledger’ ness we need: nonjudgmental expo labeling to facil the seeming chaos of a global detox leap/dance.. for (blank)’s sake..
ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition
the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness
[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]
legit freedom will only happen if it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do
how we gather in a space is huge.. need to try spaces of permission where people have nothing to prove to facil curiosity over decision making.. because the finite set of choices of decision making is unmooring us.. keeping us from us..
ie: imagine if we listen to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & use that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness)
By 2026, the technology finally grew up to meet the user.
to me.. the deeper issue is that the ‘user’ is still in sea world (hari rat park law et al).. what we need most/1st: tech as it could be.. to do (ledger) the thing we can’t seem to do/be – unconditional – ie: tech w/o judgment
. Every financial decision—whether it was investing in permanent agroforestry tools or settling a monthly utility invoice via a quick QR scan—was executed with radical, unalterable transparency and detailed in notes attached to each transaction.
not legit radical if still any form of m\a\p.. and again.. the finite set of choices of decision making is unmooring us.. keeping us from us..
The Thermodynamic Bottom Line: A Climax Community
Paying an electricity bill with crypto is a poetic inversion of Web3’s early narrative. For years, blockchains were criticized for consuming massive amounts of grid energy to secure abstract data. At Redemption Hill, we are seeing the exact opposite: abstract digital tokens are being used to protect, maintain, and expand real-world, biological energy systems.
to me.. not an inversion.. or perhaps.. just an ‘inversion’ of same song.. if still paying ness et al.. so not yet ‘real’ (legit free) world.. still just a ‘version’ of sea world
This is what the transition to a Rooted Society looks like. It is the practical execution of Michel Bauwens’ cosmo-local vision. It is not found in complex derivatives or carbon credits traded in skyscraper boardrooms. It is found on a farm in Minas Gerais, where a brother and sister have mastered both the successional cycles of the soil and the tools of the digital commons.
transition we need.. to get to the legit root of problem.. to a legit nother way for all of us to live: a sabbatical ish transition
we need a problem deep enough to resonate w/8b today.. via a mechanism simple enough to be accessible/usable to 8b today.. in an ecosystem open enough to set/keep 8b legit free
ie: org around a problem deep enough (aka: org around legit needs) to resonate w/8b today.. via a mechanism simple enough (aka: tech as it could be) to be accessible/usable to 8b today.. and an ecosystem open enough (aka: sans any form of m\a\p) to set/keep 8b legit free
findings from on the ground ness:
1\ undisturbed ecosystem (common\ing) can happen
2\ if we create a way to facil the seeming chaos of 8b legit free people
A special thank you to @gitcoin, @localismfund, @Artizen, @owocki, @omniharmonic, @MontyMerlin @RJPinnell. Your work made it possible for me to help a rural family to get away from the downward ecological spiral, and their agroecosystems and new knowledge will be onboarding the surrounding families for the next decades
kevin owocki.. benjamin life.. et al
then michel to agroforestdao [https://x.com/mbauwens/status/2080949136325513310?s=20]:
Could I republish this, urgently if possible, in my own substack, as obviously, this is as music to my ears. Really glad to see such rooted projects using this strategy with success!! (not ignoring your courage and ongoing difficulties of course!!!). Just in case you don’t know it, see : https://4thgenerationcivilization.substack.com
and again via michel [https://x.com/mbauwens/status/2080944398976643107?s=20]:
Very happy to see this of course:
< “Bauwens outlines a design rule for our survival: “What is heavy is local; what is light is global.” To understand how this Network Society would work, we must look to Michel Bauwens’ landmark essay, “The Cosmo-Local Plan for Our Next Civilization,” featured in the book Ethereum Localism (available atThe Open Machine
Our dual-onboarding model is the living, breathing execution of this cosmo-local design rule.’
to me.. even deeper.. also need the conditions to be sans any form of m\a\p
ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition
otherwise we’ll keep perpetuating the same song.. the whac-a-mole-ing ness of sea world.. of not-us ness.. of part\ial ness.. perpetuating survival triage.. for (blank)’s sake..
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