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regenerative robots!

ocean-drones that plant seagrass!

15,214 / $30,000 (3923 supporters)

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Peter Kim Just Funded 210 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Gopi Mattel Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Natalie Boll Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Sam Rolfe Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Timmy Zhou Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Scott Lunell Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Lucrezia Oddie Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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John Goldschmidt Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Matthew Gargano Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Sara Jane Sesay Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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John Clotfelter Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Edyta Banasiak Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Allison Tenn Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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D'haden Galloway Just Funded 168 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Rebecca Nybo Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Adriana Ortiz Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Sean O'Meara Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Susan W Johnson Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Valerie Harmon Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Tracie Chavoor Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Taylor Ramey Just Funded 5.6 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Sonia Darrow Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Jerick Santoyo Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Jeff LaFlamme Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Erika Johnson Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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MARYK CARL Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Sue StultzHauss Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Kaiwen Zhang Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Matt Dixon Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Bailey Mcknight Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Ariana Song Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Afrodite Sullivan Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Jonathan Gordon Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Gordon McPhee Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Storm Bucek Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Deborah Gever Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Michelle Dobbs Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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christina bingle Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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SEAN RICKETTS Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Benjamin Roome Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Angela Rhodehamel Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Florence Wong Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Emme Sorgea Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Sherri McClenny Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Benedict Bostock Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Md Rezwanul Badhan Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Mary Chase Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Donald Isaacson Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Brittany A Sulc Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Peter Kim Just Funded 210 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Julia Williams Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Gopi Mattel Just Funded 28 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Natalie Boll Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Sam Rolfe Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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Timmy Zhou Just Funded 7 Seagrass Seeds Planted
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  • 🤖 $1 Plants 7 Seeds!
    Every dollar helps create a new Grasshopper--an underwater robot that can plant Seagrass 15x faster then humans! $1 plants 7 seagrass seeds!
  • 🗳️ Name a Robot!
    When you donate, you’ll get to vote on names for these underwater robots—and one lucky DDC member will win the honor of naming a robot entirely!
  • 🌱 Seagrass captures 2x more CO₂ per acre than the Amazon
    Seagrass covers just 0.1% of the ocean floor, but accounts for 20% of the ocean’s entire CO₂ sequestration ability! It’s also a crucial nursery for marine life, making it one of the most powerful ecosystems on the planet.
  • Let’s build some regenerative robots, DDC!

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The problem

50% of our seagrass meadows will cease to exist by 2050. This is a big issue as these ecosystems are vital for carbon sequestration, marine biodiversity, coastal protection, and fisheries that support millions of livelihoods.

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The solution

Reefgen’s underwater robots can restore seagrass 15 times faster than manual methods, tackling the rapid decline of seagrass meadows through scalable, regenerative robots!

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Meet the seagrass tractor!
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about The project

Reefgen builds underwater robots that plant seagrass—faster, cheaper, and at scale.
They’re adaptable, easy to use, and empower local teams worldwide to restore marine ecosystems with speed, safety, and consistency.

It’s like giving nature a high-tech helping hand. 🌊🤖

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$1 Return on Donation:

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of our seagrass meadows will cease to exist by 2050

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Invested into the Indian River Lagoon returns $33 to the regional economy each year

35xFaster

Seagrass captures carbon up to 35 times faster than tropical rainforests

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Dr Chiara Bertelli
Dr Chiara BertelliLecturer at Swansea University, An experienced marine ecologist with a PhD in seagrass ecology

The technology Reefgen has created has the potential to enable seagrass restoration to be upscaled and become more cost effective. This will increase success in using seagrass restoration as a nature-based solution for tackling climate change and for restoring seagrass meadows where they have been lost.

Dr. Kelly Darnell
Dr. Kelly DarnellDirector, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Associate Research Professor, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, Director, Mississippi Based RESTORE Act Center of Excellence

The technology used by Reefgen has potential application across a range of systems and could alleviate bottlenecks for seagrass restoration.

Jeff Gaeckle
Jeff GaeckleSeagrass ecologist at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

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Every $1 plants 7 seagrass seeds
Top Global Solution

Reefgen identified as a global current top solution in seagrass restoration

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