Ethereum Localism

Tools, guides, and communities we’ve found useful—from across the Ethereum Localism ecosystem and beyond. For deeper dives, the Library has Shared Definitions, Field Reports, and GFEL documentation.

Sections are arranged by theme; browse what fits your interests. Links without ↗ stay in the Knowledge Garden; links with ↗ go to external sites (source in parentheses).

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Ethereum

Foundational reading on what Ethereum is and why it matters for communities experimenting with new coordination models.

Learn About Ethereum (ethereum.org) – A beginner-friendly guide to understanding Ethereum and how it works.
Introduction to Ethereum Localism

Ethereum Localism Playbooks

Hands-on guides for organizing locally—starting a Fun DAO, hosting a GFEL, running a Regen Hub. Whatever your starting point, there’s a playbook for it.

Ethereum Localism Action Kit - Practical tools, templates, and guidance to start creating local impact.
Ethereum Localism Implementation Guides
Local Regen Guide #1 (greenpill.network) – A practical handbook for creating regenerative systems through open-source collaboration and Web3 tools.

Regenerative Finance & Commons Economy

Local currencies, commons governance, financial infrastructure that actually supports people and place. Theory and practice from the ReFi and commons economy worlds.

Regen Foundation (regen.foundation) – Supports ecological regeneration through Web3 tools and community-led initiatives.
Regen Coordination (regencoordination.xyz) – An evolving alliance of Web3 organizations fostering collaboration for ecological, social, and economic regeneration.
Regen Commons (regencommons.com) – A digital space for regenerative finance and land stewardship collaboration.
Eight Forms of Capital (P2P Foundation) – A framework that expands value beyond financial capital to include social, cultural, and ecological capital.
Grassroots Economics (grassrootseconomics.org) – Community currencies and local economic empowerment.
Commons Economy Roadmap (commonseconomy.org) – A guide for transitioning from extractive systems to commons-based, cooperative economies.
Ostrom's Eight Principles for Successful Commons (earthbound.report) – A summary of Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom's principles for sustainable commons management.
Commons-Based Peer Production (P2P Foundation) – An overview of decentralized, collaborative production enabled by digital networks.

Cosmolocal Governance

Balancing local autonomy with global solidarity—protocols, tools, and experiments in shared governance across place and distance.

Open Civics (opencivics.co) – Tools and frameworks for participatory and inclusive civic processes.
Metagov (metagov.org) – A research collective developing governance infrastructure for digital communities and DAOs.
DAOHaus (daohaus.club) – A platform for creating and managing DAOs using Moloch smart contracts.
Gardens.fund (gardens.fund) – DAO infrastructure for communities to govern shared resources with conviction voting.
Neighborhoods (neighbourhoods.network) – A framework for building online communities with composable governance and cultural protocols.
Community Rule (communityrule.info) – A simple tool for designing and sharing governance models for groups and communities.

Participatory Funding

Who decides what gets funded? Quadratic voting, retro PGF, place-based grants—experiments in letting communities fund what they care about.

Easy Retro PGF (easyretropgf.xyz) – Lightweight tool for retroactive public goods funding that rewards real-world impact with minimal overhead.
Gitcoin Grants (Gitcoin) – Long-running quadratic funding platform for open-source software and public goods.
Allo IRL (Allo) – Participatory funding for in-person, place-based experiments using the Allo Protocol.
CLR.fund (clr.fund) – Permissionless quadratic funding protocol for public goods on Ethereum.
Giveth (giveth.io) – Web3-native donation platform for public goods, with GIVbacks and regenerative incentives.

Community

Allies and fellow travelers in the space—people experimenting with new ways to coordinate, govern, and build locally. Worth knowing.

Ethereum Everywhere (Ethereum Foundation) – EF initiative supporting community hubs and local Ethereum ecosystems worldwide; physical spaces for co-working, events, and collaboration.
greenpill.network (greenpill.network) – A network working to export regenerative digital infrastructure through the lens of the green pill meme.
Bloom Network (bloomnetwork.earth) – A place-based social network and peer incubator for regeneration, mutual aid, and local resilience.
Regens Unite (regensunite.earth) – Immersive gatherings around regeneration, coordination, and trust.
Crypto Commons Association (crypto-commons.org) – A think/do tank in the Austrian Alps for crypto-commons, post-capitalist tech, and open knowledge.
Ekonavi (ekonavi.com) – A community platform connecting agriculture, ecological activities, and bio-construction in Brazil and beyond.
citydao.network (Telegram) (citydao.network) – Networking hub for members or aspiring builders of local city DAOs.