The Meld ISPO is over but if you keep your ADA staked for one more epoch, the rewards will go to Veritree as a part of the Cardano Global Impact Challenge. It will help push the global fundraising campaign over the edge and bring it closer to planting 1 million trees in the Cardano forest in Kenya. Ken Olling talks about the end of the Meld ISPO and what comes next. Derrick and Stephen talk about Veritree, the type of impact it can have and how it does. Jeremy joins us to talk about the Global Impact Challenge and how Veritree is using Cardano as its blockchain of choice to record and track the planting of trees for reforestation around the world & the Initial Tree Offering (ITO) Find out how you can be a part of the change-makers and contribute to this Global Impact Challenge https://ito.veritree.com/ Thank you to @MELD and the @CardanoFoundation for organising the final epoch initiative and the interview. Check out my previous interview with Ken Olling about what Meld is and how they plan to change the DeFi space with smart loans. https://youtu.be/MIEjQhZ5u9Q Sorry about the video quality, Zoom with this many people brings down the quality. Chapters 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:20 - End of Meld IDPO 0:02:47 - Cardano Global Impact Challenge 0:05:19 - What is Veritree? 0:09:17 - How are the NFTs used? 0:11:46 - What metadata is held on the NFTs? 0:13:38 - How Do You Choose Where & What to Plant? 0:16:30 - Greening a Plot of Dirt 0:17:58 - Current Status of the Challenge 0:20:33 - Impact of Reforestation 0:23:55 - Can the Cardano Blockchain be Carbon Neutral? 0:27:48 - The Final Epoch Donation 0:28:55 - Getting to the Finish Line 0:30:18 - Continuation of the Initiative 0:31:45 - How to Participate 0:33:24 - Outro === *** None of the information on this episode is to be considered as financial advice. All conversations and opinions are that of the guests and is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. Please do your own research and understand that cryptocurrencies are volatile and risky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq8FhvxET2k === Subscribe to the audio podcast: https://bit.ly/learncardano-spotify https://apple.co/3jEPM8C https://bit.ly/learncardano-googlepodcasts https://cardanode.com.au/podcast Follow on Social: https://twitter.com/cardanodeau https://www.facebook.com/groups/cardanodeau https://discord.gg/aAcjtaVv9V https://instagram.com/learncardano https://facebook.com/learncardano https://t.me/learncardano Support the show, delegate to ADAOZ: https://adapools.org/ADAOZ https://cardanode.com.au #cardano #ada #blockchain ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw3aEHDpA18