Objective: Empowering regenerative creatives to create awareness of the urgent need to change the route of the train to back to the highway where it is less damaging to the environment
Justification: Initially the train was going to be along the highway from Cancun to Tulum, but the hotels balked and now they have re-routed it 5 km into the jungle and over the cenotes. This not only destroys jungle habitat, flora, and fauna but it also stresses the cenote and caves. If there was a major collapse, it could impact the only freshwater on the peninsula and have dire consequences for the people who depend on it. We need Mexico to change the route of the train to protect the largest underground rivers system, cenotes, flora, and fauna habitat.
Timeline: April 13 - 30
Below are the tasks that the Sacred Waters DAO will perform in the month of April:
Onboarding 74 people already involved in this cause with wallet links that have 0.5 NEAR = 37 NEAR (~$550)
Organize 2-3 in-person/virtual onboarding events and follow up - $750 to be divided among the 3 council members
Creative outreach bounties - 7 x $100 = $700
TOTAL BUDGET: $2000 in NEAR
Allocations are subject to refinement based on consultations with the DAO members.
This article substantiates the problem. Mexican senators are concerned about the potential damage to the jungle, cenotes, underground rivers, flora, and fauna, and they are demanding to see an environmental impact study.
More pressure needs to be put on the administration and we believe the group of 200+ artists, scientists, environmentalists, etc can contribute to this if they get organized. They already have done well, with over 135,000 people signing their change.org petition. Now let’s help them take it to the next level with a DAO. Tren Maya. Senadores exigen estudios de impacto ambiental
@regentulummich can you explain the issue with infiltrators, and the charge that the group are pseudo-environmentalists, the accusation that the groups are paid provocateurs, and how the DAO helps?
Yes, as part of the Whatsapp group of environmental organizations, divers, biologists and concerned citizens, we had a lot of people in the group trying to politicize the cause which is to change the route of the train that goes from Playa del Carmen to Tulum to go by the highway and not over the jungle, with the fragile caverns, cenotes, and underground rivers underneath.
There were also people making fake flyers, events and even websites using the name of the movement and organizations involved.
Is urgent to organize in a more efficient and transparent way to avoid the cause to be sabotaged and to reach the only goal we have, that is, to save this unparalleled natural wonders and the water that gives us life.
This photo shows the damage that is being done to virgin jungle.
This statement from the article really tugged at my heart:
“A month ago, the felling of virgin vegetation began, which includes sapodilla trees, chacá, chechén and chit palm. In its wake, the machinery leaves piles of stacked trees that dry with the passing of days, although some refuse to die because they sprout from among the chopped trunks that cling to the ground.”
Update: @regentulummich, among with two other environmental leaders in Tulum, was interviewed today by Newsweek Mexico about the environmental situation regarding trash and organizing the community around beach clean ups.
For those who aren’t aware of what is happening here on the Yucatan, Tulum is headed for ecological collapse and without a drastic change in course (like the one we need for the train), Tulum will be just another paradise lost in the state of Quintana Roo, following in the footsteps of Cancun and, even more dramatically, Playa del Carmen.
They are the people already involved in this cause. Thet need the wallets to onboard and become part of the DAO and submit proposals.
The bounties are for the artist to create NFTs showcasing the biodiversity that is at risk if we dont change the MAYAN TRAIN rount back to the highway.
The events will be held virtually and in place in Playa del Carmen and Tulum. We will create the presentations visualsnand videos to help people understand how to onbard, what we can do with the DAO in terms of organization, proposals, votes, transparency, NFTs.
I have a meeting with our group next Thursday to present an inicial proposal for the events so dont have the dates yet. But it should be in the coming weeks.
We also have one of our council members in Mexico city onboarding artists for NFTs and enviromentalists that support this effort from there.
Who are these people? Why do they need the wallets? and How will they use them?
These people are environmentalists, scientists, speleologists, biologists, divers, and concerned citizen who want to see the route of the Mayan Train changed back to the highway where it will be less environmentally damaging. They need wallets because we are onboarding them to an AstroDAO that will enable them to organize and work together in a transparent yet secure way. They will use the wallets to interact with the DAO, NFTs, and NFT marketplaces.
Please describe where and when will be events? The program of each event? Expected visitors?
Mich spoke with the group and they would like the events to be in-person as well as digital. We will need to pay for the space, projector, and coffee service.
Does NEAR have swag btw?
We will have 2-3 virtual/physical events before the end of the month. We will work with leadership to determine the specific days and times. The aim will not only be to help them get on board but prepare them to help others. We will explain it to them in way that helps them know how to share with others. We will do the events in Spanish and English. We will record the events as the primary footage for a comprehensive set of self-onboarding materials in Spanish and English.
Run of event
Everyone meet and synchronize 1 hour ahead
Host opens the evening
Welcome/Overview
DAOs, how the DAO work, and how Sacred Water DAO can benefit the group
Reflections in breakout groups and quick report backs
Act along demo of getting wallet and submitting a proposal to the DAO to be a member
Talk about how people can get involved with the Sacred Water DAO and how to get started
Reflections in breakout groups and quick report backs
Next steps for the Sacred Water DAO
Networking and support in with wallets and DAO
We expect 50-100 visitors between the 2-3 events. Our first goal is 50 full fledged DAO members by the end of the month.
Please describe each of the 7 bounties.
We are still in consultation with the group leaders about this. One of types of bounties that we are considering is a call for proposals for content around the mapping of natural wonders that can take the form of art NFT, a blog post, a promo video or documentary, and other visual documentation. We’re not ready to launch the bounties now so we think it is prudent to keep them open to see what ideas concretize after we onboard the leadership on Thursday.
I do not approve proposals myself, there are other councils.
Need to think about how to organize it the best.
The idea: 350$ funding for new wallets (probably we will provide you with 50-75 neardrop-links (0.3N (enough to activate wallet, connect to astrodao and create a proposal with 0.1N Bond )*74 = 22.2N ~ 370$ )and 150$ is the reward for onboarding events (probably via bounty).
I do believe that this is a great action for the planet.
But still I have been helping with onboarding events and creating NFTs as showcase like Christmas gift and so on, for free, if the artists really care about the enviroment this can be done without funding.
If you present the same to the Onboarding DAO we will love to help your initiative with $500, you start building the community who cares for the Sacred Waters and then you can come up with other activities, and I will love to help you on the next steps too.
Hope this helps everyone understand the proposal better 
