Working to Protect the Environment with NFTs

As reported by Vox, global temperatures have already risen 1.3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and a 2020 study found that 1 in 3 species could be extinct by 2070 due to climate change. We all need to do our part to help protect the environment, and that begins with the choices we make in how we spend our money. That’s why Next Earth, the virtual replica of Earth on the blockchain, donates a portion of all virtual land sales to environmental causes. Since a recent ITO, or Initial Tile Offering, on the platform sold over $1.3 million of virtual land, over $130,000 is going to The Ocean Cleanup (around $73.000) and Amazon Watch (around $58.000), projects that help protect the environment. A poll on Next Earth’s Discord was used to allocate funds between these two initiatives. Hundreds of landowner votes determined that The Ocean Cleanup would receive a slight majority of allocated funds, while Amazon Watch would receive the rest.   Photo by Mohit Kumar on Unsplash The Ocean Cleanup The Ocean Cleanup is a nonprofit organization that has developed the largest clean-up system in the world, including the use of large floating devices to harvest ocean plastic, which is then collected and recycled. The Ocean Cleanup is also cleaning up the floating plastics in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, as well as intercepting plastics in rivers before they reach the oceans. Incredibly, The Ocean Cleanup is tackling 1,000 river...