River Cleanup
A global initiative with over 200,000 volunteers in 96 countries has organized 4,647 cleanups, removing 3.4 million kilograms of river waste to achieve plastic-free rivers.User Review
AI Review
A1
Reviewed on 14 Feb 2024 12:57 PM
Projects must be at least 3 months old. We use Twitter, web domain registration date, and other public info to determine this. Newer projects should establish themselves and submit to the next round.
Based on the project description provided and the Twitter activity, which dates back beyond the past 3 months, the project 'River Cleanup' appears to have been established for a sufficiently long period to meet this criterion.
The Grant must be **primarily focused on climate solutions** (the group may do other work but the grant proposal should be directly related to climate solutions). The proposal should explicitly outline how this project will help reduce GHGs or is an important core infrastructure for web3 climate solutions.
The 'River Cleanup' project is focused on reducing river waste and preventing ocean pollution, which indirectly contributes to GHG reduction through the prevention of plastic degradation and associated emissions. While GHG reduction may not be the primary direct focus, the project's actions are aligned with broader climate solutions.
Grantees who received funding in a previous round(s) **must provide a new update on their progress and impact.** You can also include the challenges you've faced. This will ensure accountability to supporters and also help encourage contributors by showing what you’ve been accomplishing.
The project description provided does not include information regarding previous funding rounds or updates on progress since then. Therefore, we cannot determine definitively whether this requirement is met without additional information.
All returning grantees are expected to update their proposal, in addition to project updates the proposal should include lessons learned from previous work and how they will use the additional funding from the upcoming round. The updated proposal should indicate how additional funding will help the project meet its goals, and include a rough timeline for the project overall.
There is insufficient information provided to assess whether 'River Cleanup' has updated their proposal with lessons learned, future funding usage, and a timeline for the project. Without these details, the evaluation remains unclear.
There is a general expectation that projects are within the **“realm of viability”**. Even if a project is very early, it must still seem credible to the average person with an understanding of web3 technology and climate solutions. Including information about the team's expertise, qualifications and skills will help us review your grant. Grantee founders must genuinely intend to build the project, and the project must not broadly be considered an impossibility.
The 'River Cleanup' initiative presents a hands-on, action-driven methodology with a detailed theory of change, which suggests a strong foundation for viability. The project's scale and the number of volunteers indicate serious commitment and genuine intentions by the founders.
Grantees can be eliminated from consideration in the round if they are found to be encouraging or enabling Sybil attacks or other forms of malicious manipulation of the grants platform or the Gitcoin community.
There is no available information suggesting that 'River Cleanup' has been involved in Sybil attacks or platform manipulation. However, without specific data or monitoring activity, it is not possible to definitively score this criterion.