Reefgen: ocean drones that plant seagrass
regenerative robots!
ocean-drones that plant seagrass!
$57,535 / $30,000 (1285 supporters)
100% funded
$57,535 / $30,000 (1285 supporters)
100% FUNDED
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Goal: fund 5 new robots
- 🤖 $1 plants 7 seeds!
Every dollar helps create a new Grasshopper, an underwater robot that can plant seagrass 15x faster than 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!
Name this robot!
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Winning name
Croptimus Prime
Robot #1 Naming!
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seagrass seeds planted
planted 5,394 seagrass seeds in Nov50% 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.
Reefgen’s underwater robots can restore seagrass 15 times faster than manual methods, tackling the rapid decline of seagrass meadows through scalable, regenerative robots!
Meet the seagrass tractor!
DRAG
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:
holy crap seagrass
is amazing!
of our seagrass meadows will cease to exist by 2050
Invested into the Indian River Lagoon returns $33 to the regional economy each year
Seagrass captures carbon up to 35 times faster than tropical rainforests
We vetted the crap out of this project
THE INTEGRATED IMPACT SCORE
4 - 6 week vetting process per project
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.
The technology used by Reefgen has potential application across a range of systems and could alleviate bottlenecks for seagrass restoration.
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.
The technology used by Reefgen has potential application across a range of systems and could alleviate bottlenecks for seagrass restoration.
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Reefgen identified as a global current top solution in seagrass restoration
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At least half of all oxygen on the planet comes from the ocean
FAQ
To Reefgen, through Dollar Donation Club Fund, our donor-advised fund.
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You betcha. Your gift goes into Dollar Donation Club Fund, a donor-advised fund within Legacy Global, a 501(c)(3).
Yes, anytime. Open the Subscriptions tab on your profile and tap Manage. For a company plan, email help@dollardonationclub.com.
It will roll into the next one. We’ve got plenty of global acupuncture points of change to fund!
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