Upe facilitates and incentivizes all kinds of community coordination towards the regeneration of the planet through collective action. By enabling access to local data curated by the local community, we complement other Web3 projects by setting the framework for local data management, and with that, the whole ReFi ecosystem is one step further in the path of planetary coordination.


We are a Web2, tested, tractioned, and web App willing to jump to Web3.


In 2023 one organization in our community, The Clean Wave, hosted 98 beach cleanups that resulted in 3,953.5 Kgs of trash out of the ocean, 1,500 people involved in 11 communities. 

There are other NGOs who are organizing local cleanups, who go so far as [sharing their results](https://forum.u.pe/t/general-potrero-playa-flamingo/150/106/) but are not tracking their impact over time. The town of Tamarindo has a team of people on payroll to clean the beach daily, but they are not consistently collecting and reporting their data. Upe aims to coordinate with other communities’ ADIs, local schools and any other cleanup initiative in the coastal areas of Santa Cruz, Guanacaste.

Upe Impact is a revolutionary web application designed to facilitate the coordination of community betterment projects. With an integrated authentication system powered by magic.link, the application generates user wallets upon login, ensuring secure access for all users of any technical level from web3 native to novice. The idea is to design and implement this so that any web user can utilize this tool with zero web3 knowledge.

The application features distinct interfaces for volunteers, event organizers, and administrators. Volunteers can check into events with ease and their attendance is tracked in real-time. Event organizers are empowered with a platform to verify this attendance, as well as to submit crucial data about the communal initiatives they're spearheading. This streamlines communication and ensures transparency across the board.

The admin or organizer interface adds another level of verification to maintain data integrity. It ensures that before the data is submitted on-chain using smart contracts, it is thoroughly examined and endorsed. By publishing the data, 'Upe Impact' upholds the principles of transparency, security, and permanence that blockchain technology offers.

In essence, 'Upe Impact' embodies the heart of the community, providing tools that enhance efficiency in community projects, and ensuring that the efforts undertaken by volunteers and organizers are accurately recorded, verified, and celebrated.

How this project will help reduce GHGs?


According to the IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures Appendix B Industry-based disclosure requirements Volume B38—Waste Management, within the subtitle IF-WM-110a.3, waste management and recycling can be counted with the same effect as the practices that directly impact GHG emissions. Here is a video with the Verra`s methodology https://player.vimeo.com/video/39288027, and here you can see the document, by Verra, about how the reduction of GHG emissions can be counted for waste management and recycling activities: https://verra.org/methodologies/vm0018-energy-efficiency-and-solid-waste-diversion-activities-within-a-sustainable-community-v1-0/


How this project is an important core infrastructure for web3 climate solutions?
Coordination is still one of the main challenges of climate action. We provide a verified framework for communities to coordinate worldwide. It is not a generic offer but a framework that has shown amazing results until now, as one can see at u.pe, Upe Forum, Upe Digest, and Upe Public Voting Data.
|  | EVENTS | TRASH | RECYCLING | PARTICIPANTS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Q2 2024 | 30 | 500 KG | 320 KG | 600 |
| Q3 2024 | 20 | 400 KG | 200 KG | 700 |
| Q4 2024 | 30 | 500 KG | 320 KG | 500 |