Hello, my name is Cauê, but you can call me Coi.

I am the founder and steward of GreenPill Brasil, and I have been deeply involved in expanding the regenerative finance movement through various roles. My contributions span community building, education, operational leadership, and product development. I am dedicated to connecting local environmental efforts with decentralized finance solutions that reward and recognize public goods work.

1. Stewardship of GreenPill Brasil and the Global GreenPill Network

As the founder and steward of GreenPill Brasil, I’ve built a community that promotes education around regenerative finance, public goods, and decentralized tools. I host weekly sessions focused on topics such as decentralized governance, web3 public goods funding, and carbon and biodiversity credit calculations, climate solutions. These discussions aim to equip local communities and NGOs with the knowledge they need to engage in ReFi (Regenerative Finance) and participate in projects that restore our ecosystems.

In addition to my role in Brazil, I serve as a network steward for the broader GreenPill network. I help onboard new members and support the creation of new chapters worldwide, ensuring that local communities can access resources and guidance to implement regenerative finance solutions in their regions. My contributions include facilitating discussions, sharing best practices, and coordinating events that help strengthen the network’s global impact.

2. Business Lead at Dev Guild

As the Business Lead at Dev Guild, I’ve played a key role in structuring the guild’s operational framework, acquiring new grants, and overseeing product development. I was central in creating onboarding materials to help new contributors understand the guild’s mission and how they can get involved in supporting regenerative projects.

3. Mentor on I AgroforestDAO Journey

My role as a mentor for the I AgroforestDAO Journey involved onboarding 30+ agroforestry projects into the web3 ReFi ecosystem. I guided these projects through adopting decentralized tools, public goods funding, and how to track their environmental impact using blockchain technology. This mentorship has empowered agroforestry leaders to scale their efforts and attract funding, contributing to long-term sustainability.

4. Product Development & Community Engagement

I’ve led the development of Green Goods, a project designed to connect biodiversity restoration with on-chain rewards. By enabling garden operators and gardeners to document their work—such as planting native fruit trees or identifying an invasive species or key species—Green Goods rewards participants with tokens and NFTs.

Through Green Goods, I have organized community events that brought local residents together to engage in hands-on environmental work. These events were not only crucial in restoring biodiversity but also demonstrated how decentralized finance can support grassroots ecological efforts and promote collective action.

5. Contributions to Silvi Protocol & Treekipedia

My work with Silvi Protocol and Treekipedia has focused on developing open-source tools that support tree stewards in managing and restoring ecosystems. These platforms provide resources for tracking biodiversity, enabling verifiable, transparent data on ecosystem restoration efforts.

This aligns with my broader mission of empowering local communities to take part in biodiversity conservation while benefiting from decentralized financial systems that reward their contributions.

6. Grant Ships Operator & Gitcoin Contributions

As an operator for the Grant Ships Alpha and Beta rounds, I helped facilitate the distribution of grants to projects focused on public goods. This role allowed me to ensure that funds were allocated to projects with a clear focus on regenerative finance and environmental impact.

In collaboration with Gitcoin, I’m also contributing to the development of the Allo Yeeter prototype, a tool aimed at streamlining the funding and reward distribution process for communities. Additionally, I am part of the Allo Builders Round Operators during GG22, working with the Cartographers Syndicate to enhance allo protocol builders.

7. Educational Contributions

Education plays a vital role in my work. I was an editor for the second translation of the book Greenpilled, ensuring that regenerative finance concepts reach a broader Brazilian audience. My editorial work helped make the ideas of public goods funding and decentralized governance accessible to a local community eager to engage in the ReFi movement.

As a facilitator of the Regen Meet-Up at ETH Samba 2024, I brought together leaders, developers, and activists from the web3 space to discuss the role of decentralized finance and AI in scaling climate solutions. This event was a key moment for fostering collaboration and innovation within the brazilian ReFi ecosystem. We explored topics like Brazil having a Climate Coordination Web3 Hyperstructure, and how AI could be build for different purposes like mitigation, predictability and re-imagination of our cities infrastructure.

From founding GreenPill Brasil and leading Dev Guild, to mentoring projects, developing tools with Silvi Protocol and Treekipedia, and contributing to Gitcoin and Grant Ships, my work is centered on empowering local communities to engage in regenerative finance exploring peer to peer interactions and other paradigms that web3 empowered us. By connecting on-the-ground environmental efforts with decentralized financial tools, I aim to grow ecosystems, ensuring that regenerative projects/people doing it can be fairly recognized, and helping to re-imagine brazilian cities through the community re-envolviment.