# Ma Earth

> Ma Earth shares ideas and builds tools for planetary health and regeneration—combining education with grants funding to resource those directly caring for land and life.

Ma Earth is part of a growing movement responding to the environmental crises of our time. Many environmental challenges stem from broken economic incentives—systems that reward extraction over regeneration. Ma Earth exists to help redesign those incentives and resource the people and projects actively caring for land and life.

## What We Do

Ma Earth's work spans three interconnected areas:

- **Education and ideas** — Through its Studio, Ma Earth produces interviews, webinars, and resources exploring regenerative finance, land stewardship, and pathways to a life-affirming economy.
- **Grants and funding** — Ma Earth runs community-matched funding rounds that direct money to grassroots regenerative land projects around the world.
- **Tools and infrastructure** — Ma Earth collaborates with partners like Hypercerts to explore blockchain-based MRV (measuring, reporting, and verification) tools that can strengthen trust in environmental finance.

## Ma Earth Studio

The Studio is Ma Earth's content and education arm, offering two main programmes:

### The Regeneration Will Be Funded
An interview series exploring regenerative finance and pathways toward a life-affirming economy. To date, Ma Earth has hosted over 150 conversations with leading voices across philanthropy, land stewardship, climate investing, technology, policy, and more.

Notable guests have included:
- Nate Hagens (The Great Simplification) — "Money is a Claim on Energy"
- Tom Chi (At One Ventures) — "Composting Late Stage Capitalism"
- Aya Miyaguchi (Ethereum Foundation) — "Cultivating an Infinite Garden"
- Tom Crowther (Restor) — "Building the Google Maps of Restoration"
- Stuart Cowan (Buckminster Fuller Institute)
- Melanie Mark-Shadbolt (Te Tira Whakamātaki) — "Indigenous Solutions for Biosecurity"

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.

### Learning Lab
A skill-sharing webinar series for land stewards and regenerative practitioners. Sessions are hosted live and recorded for ongoing access. Topics have included:

- Land Stewardship (Cassandra Lynn Ferrera, Center for Ethical Land Transition)
- Data Stories in Sound (David Dao, GainForest)
- Community Mapping (Cameron Ellis, Rainforest Foundation US)
- Indigenous Law and Rights of Nature (Erin Matariki Carr, RIVER)
- Blockchain for Regeneration (Monty Merlin Bryant, ReFi DAO)
- Biochar 101 (John Webster, GoBiochar)
- Landscape Rehydration (Erin Healy, Mulloon Institute)
- Permaculture for Community Nourishment (Zebulon Horrell, Mangaroa Farms)
- Tejiendo Alianzas para la Amazonía (Uyunkar Domingo Peas, Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance)
- Restoring Ecosystems with Beavers (Kate Lundquist, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center)
- Healing Appalachia with Bison (Tiffany Pyette, Appalachian Rekindling Project)
- Seed Memory: Soil, Seeds and Culture (Dr. Debarati Chakraborty, Naturophilia India)

## Ma Earth Grants

Ma Earth's grants programme funds regenerative land projects through community crowdfunding. Funding is distributed via aligned, transparent models.

**Programme stats (as of 2025):**
- $400,000+ distributed
- 1,000+ crowdfund donors
- 50+ nature projects funded across three rounds

**Funding partners include:** Biome Trust, Gitcoin, and Naia Trust.

**Projects funded span the globe, including:**
- Silvi (Kenya)
- OTEPIC (Kenya)
- Amazon Sacred Headwaters (Peru/Ecuador)
- Crees Foundation (Peru)
- Pro Eco Azuero (Panama)
- Brave Earth (Costa Rica)
- Agrarian Trust (USA)
- Shantigar (USA)
- Wilbur Hot Springs (USA)
- Heartseed Farm (USA)
- Tamera (Portugal)
- Traditional Dream Factory (Portugal)
- Château du Feÿ (France)
- RiFi Sicilia (Italy)
- GEN Ukraine (Ukraine)
- Bees & Trees (Uganda)
- AYOWECCA Uganda
- Lake Hawea Station (New Zealand)
- The Learning Environment (New Zealand)
- Kolektivo Curaçao
- South Rift Association of Land Owners / SORALO (Kenya)
- Grassroots Economics (Kenya)
- NARA (Kenya)
- AMA Earth Group (Puerto Rico)
- Redemption Hill (Brazil)

A third funding round is planned for mid-2026. Those interested in applying or collaborating can contact Ma Earth via the website.

## Key Themes

Ma Earth's work sits at the intersection of:
- Regenerative agriculture and land stewardship
- Regenerative finance (ReFi) and impact funding
- Blockchain, hypercerts, and MRV for environmental accountability
- Indigenous knowledge and rights of nature
- Community resilience and bioregional economies
- Philanthropy and trust-based giving

## Links

- Homepage: https://maearth.com/
- About: https://maearth.com/about
- Grants: https://maearth.com/grants
- Studio: https://maearth.com/studio
- Blog: https://news.maearth.com/
- Contact: https://maearth.com/contact
- Podcast (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/show/0Fkf8ZqPx5RRkeXTbuojCJ
- Podcast (Apple): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-regeneration-will-be-funded/id1706728107
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maearthstudio
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maearth
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maearthstudio
- X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/maearthstudio
- Learning Lab (live events): https://luma.com/learninglab
- Hypercerts (partner): https://www.hypercerts.org/
- Biome Trust (founding partner): https://biometrust.earth
- Mangaroa Farms (learning partner): https://mangaroa.org