The Platform

Turning the 'Attention Economy' Back to Nature.

Last updated 10 days ago

The Platform

Turning the 'Attention Economy' Back to Nature.

At Guardians of Earth (GoE), we're re-connecting humanity to Earth through technology. Recognising a cultural disconnection from nature's value, we develop innovative solutions that foster deeper custodial relationships, community engagement, economics, and traditional knowledge to restore humanity...and in so doing, restore nature.

Here's the latest elements of the GoE platform:

BioCultural Units (BCUs) - a financial metric that accounts for the re-connection of people to their unique local environments - what we call “Nature Realms.” Each BioCultural Unit supports the work of verified stewards of nature restoration. The Unit aligns with SDGs, GRI and TNFD frameworks for cultural preservation, community empowerment, biodiversity enhancement, education and awareness.
Nature Realms - digital representations of locations around the world where communities are engaging in nature restoration.
Oracle of Life - a blind-peer review, reputation-based system for validating, enhancing and ground-truthing nature monitoring data and knowledge. Participants receive BioCoin for demonstrating knowledge. Ten percent of BioCultural Unit sales go toward the BioCoin pool. BioCoin can also be used to pay for Nature Realm subscriptions and to purchase Songs.
BioScore - an index that measures the biocultural health of a particular Nature Realm. One thousand BioScore equals 1 BioCultural Unit. The BioScore is a composite score that measures the following aspects of a Realm relative to region surrounding it, as well as globally: - Community involvement - Located Stories (weighted toward ancestral knowledge and community-approval) - Species diversity (General plus Shannon Index) - Data quality - Data quantity - Habitat quality
Stories and Songs - digital representations of art, culture, science, knowledge, anything associated with biocultural health. Community members amplify or soften stories using songs, a unique voting system that encourages inclusiveness, diversity, ancestral connection to a location, and verified expertise over populism.
The Apps - Let's get outdoors! With all the Nature Realm data, we're able to develop engaging apps -- including games -- that get people outdoors, discovering, learning about, becoming custodians of (taking financial stakes in!), and ultimately raising the BioScores for their local habitats. All data generated through the platform is owned by its individual creators, as well as the Nature Realm to which they're associated.

Last updated 10 days ago

Here's the latest elements of the GoE platform:

BioCultural Units (BCUs) - a financial metric that accounts for the re-connection of people to their unique local environments - what we call “Nature Realms.” Each BioCultural Unit supports the work of verified stewards of nature restoration. The Unit aligns with SDGs, GRI and TNFD frameworks for cultural preservation, community empowerment, biodiversity enhancement, education and awareness.
Nature Realms - digital representations of locations around the world where communities are engaging in nature restoration.
Oracle of Life - a blind-peer review, reputation-based system for validating, enhancing and ground-truthing nature monitoring data and knowledge. Participants receive BioCoin for demonstrating knowledge. Ten percent of BioCultural Unit sales go toward the BioCoin pool. BioCoin can also be used to pay for Nature Realm subscriptions and to purchase Songs.
BioScore - an index that measures the biocultural health of a particular Nature Realm. One thousand BioScore equals 1 BioCultural Unit. The BioScore is a composite score that measures the following aspects of a Realm relative to region surrounding it, as well as globally: - Community involvement - Located Stories (weighted toward ancestral knowledge and community-approval) - Species diversity (General plus Shannon Index) - Data quality - Data quantity - Habitat quality
Stories and Songs - digital representations of art, culture, science, knowledge, anything associated with biocultural health. Community members amplify or soften stories using songs, a unique voting system that encourages inclusiveness, diversity, ancestral connection to a location, and verified expertise over populism.
The Apps - Let's get outdoors! With all the Nature Realm data, we're able to develop engaging apps -- including games -- that get people outdoors, discovering, learning about, becoming custodians of (taking financial stakes in!), and ultimately raising the BioScores for their local habitats. All data generated through the platform is owned by its individual creators, as well as the Nature Realm to which they're associated.