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Our mission revolves around three core pillars: Edutainment, Engagement, and Empowerment. With your support, we aim to foster a sustainable and inclusive financial ecosystem in Toronto, leveraging the power of Web3 and community collaboration.\n\n![enter image description here](https://svphoto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Toronto-Cityscape.jpg)  \n\n**Our Vision for Toronto:**\n\nToronto, a city deeply committed to sustainability, faces challenges like the urban heat island effect, extreme weather events, and rising lake levels. Through ReFi Toronto, we envision a city where these challenges are met with strong hyperlocal community bonds, collaboration between projects and initiatives from different sectors and industries, and an emphasis on making regeneration fun for everyone involved.\n\n![enter image description here](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/95b2-ravines-natural-parkland-banner.jpg)\n\n\n**Initiatives and Impact:**\n\n1. **Edutainment**: Hosting events and workshops that educate in an entertaining manner, supporting ReGen NFT artists.\n\n2. **Engagement**: Creating a hub for those involved in ReFi, Public-Goods, Impact-DAOs, and Social Impact within Toronto.\n\n3. **Empowerment**: Acting as a catalyst for entrepreneurial growth & development in the ReFi sector in Toronto.\n\n![enter image description here](https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/ward%20island%20garbage3.jpg)  \n\n**Budgeting and Funding:**\n\nOur goal is to raise $6,000 to support our initiatives. The funds will be allocated towards:\n\n- Our community hub event at Eth Toronto\n\n- A side event for the Elevate Conference in September\n\n- \"Get to Know Your Natural City\" walking tour of Toronto\n\n- ... and 2 more events by the end of the year\n\n![enter image description here](https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1Q42H11p9IQYvARG4tpc4DFbppE6uWgPn)\n\n**Past Events:**\n\nWe've already hosted 4 events with a total attendance of over 150 people:\n\n1. ReFi TO Launch\n\n2. #Touchgrass Regenerative Movie Screening\n\n3. Solarpunk Storytelling Workshop, featuring Telos\n\n4. Introduction to Crypto Philanthropy, featuring MetaFundWe\n ![enter image description here](https://harthouse.ca/assets/images/uploads/blogs/farmstory_hero.jpg)\n\n**Meet the Team Behind ReFi Toronto:**\n\n1. **Tian-Yuan Zhao**: Cofounder, with a background in web3 design and a passion for circular economics.\n\n2. **Daryl Edwards**: Advisor and Space Holder, with a daily practice of meditation and nature cycling.\n\n3. **Nathaniel Astudillo**: Infrastructure Engineer, with a unique practice of growing mushrooms in food waste.\n\n4. **Yair Garcia**: Cofounder of @antisat_eth @criptecmx, passionate about sustainable transportation and repurposing.\n\n5. **Shayan Eskandari**: Founding Member, with deep connections in the web3 space.\n\n6. **Vanessa Prevost**: Passionate about AI ethics and governance, and the founder of The Bennu Foundation.\n\n![enter image description here](https://media.timeout.com/images/105283089/image.jpg)\n\n**Join Us in Our Mission:**\n\nWe invite you to be a part of our journey in revolutionizing the Regenerative Finance space in Toronto. Your support and donations will play a pivotal role in achieving our vision for a sustainable and inclusive financial ecosystem in the city.\n\n![enter image description here](https://images.dailyhive.com/20190917101012/shutterstock_682201774.jpg)\n\n**Additional Information:**\n\n- **Funding Sources**: (To be specified)\n\n- **Team Size**: 6\n\n- **Social Media Links**: Twitter, Telegram, Instagram, etc.", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectTwitter": "refitoronto"}
ReFi Toronto - Pioneering Regenerative Finance in Canada's Urban Hub
Join us at ReFi Toronto, the forefront of Regenerative Finance in Toronto. Our mission revolves around three core pillars: Edutainment, Engagement, and Empowerment. With your support, we aim to foster a sustainable and inclusive financial ecosystem in Toronto, leveraging the power of Web3 and community collaboration.

![enter image description here](https://svphoto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Toronto-Cityscape.jpg)  

**Our Vision for Toronto:**

Toronto, a city deeply committed to sustainability, faces challenges like the urban heat island effect, extreme weather events, and rising lake levels. Through ReFi Toronto, we envision a city where these challenges are met with strong hyperlocal community bonds, collaboration between projects and initiatives from different sectors and industries, and an emphasis on making regeneration fun for everyone involved.

![enter image description here](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/95b2-ravines-natural-parkland-banner.jpg)


**Initiatives and Impact:**

1. **Edutainment**: Hosting events and workshops that educate in an entertaining manner, supporting ReGen NFT artists.

2. **Engagement**: Creating a hub for those involved in ReFi, Public-Goods, Impact-DAOs, and Social Impact within Toronto.

3. **Empowerment**: Acting as a catalyst for entrepreneurial growth & development in the ReFi sector in Toronto.

![enter image description here](https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/ward%20island%20garbage3.jpg)  

**Budgeting and Funding:**

Our goal is to raise $6,000 to support our initiatives. The funds will be allocated towards:

- Our community hub event at Eth Toronto

- A side event for the Elevate Conference in September

- "Get to Know Your Natural City" walking tour of Toronto

- ... and 2 more events by the end of the year

![enter image description here](https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1Q42H11p9IQYvARG4tpc4DFbppE6uWgPn)

**Past Events:**

We've already hosted 4 events with a total attendance of over 150 people:

1. ReFi TO Launch

2. #Touchgrass Regenerative Movie Screening

3. Solarpunk Storytelling Workshop, featuring Telos

4. Introduction to Crypto Philanthropy, featuring MetaFundWe
 ![enter image description here](https://harthouse.ca/assets/images/uploads/blogs/farmstory_hero.jpg)

**Meet the Team Behind ReFi Toronto:**

1. **Tian-Yuan Zhao**: Cofounder, with a background in web3 design and a passion for circular economics.

2. **Daryl Edwards**: Advisor and Space Holder, with a daily practice of meditation and nature cycling.

3. **Nathaniel Astudillo**: Infrastructure Engineer, with a unique practice of growing mushrooms in food waste.

4. **Yair Garcia**: Cofounder of @antisat_eth @criptecmx, passionate about sustainable transportation and repurposing.

5. **Shayan Eskandari**: Founding Member, with deep connections in the web3 space.

6. **Vanessa Prevost**: Passionate about AI ethics and governance, and the founder of The Bennu Foundation.

![enter image description here](https://media.timeout.com/images/105283089/image.jpg)

**Join Us in Our Mission:**

We invite you to be a part of our journey in revolutionizing the Regenerative Finance space in Toronto. Your support and donations will play a pivotal role in achieving our vision for a sustainable and inclusive financial ecosystem in the city.

![enter image description here](https://images.dailyhive.com/20190917101012/shutterstock_682201774.jpg)

**Additional Information:**

- **Funding Sources**: (To be specified)

- **Team Size**: 6

- **Social Media Links**: Twitter, Telegram, Instagram, etc.
ReFi Toronto - Pioneering Regenerative Finance in Canada's Urban Hub