As you know, the story of the Metatribes takes place in a dystopian future where Humanity has gradually consumed all resources in order to support its addiction to the Metaverse. The Metatribes are therefore set in a universe where artificial realities are taking over from reality, making the Earth unlivable.
This is why the team is committed, through the partnership with Discover Earth and Coral Gardeners, to the preservation of ecosystems and nature. The partnership aims to finance a replanting program including a coral nursery.
To this end, 20’000 USDT were donated to the Coral Gardeners association located in French Polynesia to finance their activities.
Moreover, an NFT, Coralito, has been specially designed to materialize this partnership and has been directly airdropped on our partners’ portfolio. This NFT will be resold in an undetermined future at auction and the profits of the sale will be added to the 20’000 USDT paid to Coral Gardeners.
Corals, contrary to popular belief, are not rocks per se but living beings or more specifically colonies of polyps living in harmony with algae.
Through this symbiosis the corals receive oxygen and sugar while the algae benefit from nutrients and shelter from the corals.
Over time, the polyps secrete calcium, creating an exoskeleton called coral, and build up into gigantic formations, becoming hubs of bio-diversity, providing shelter for many species and protecting the coast from wave erosion. Coral reefs can take hundreds of years before this process can take place.
Corals, despite their rugged and rocky appearance, are very sensitive creatures and hundreds of years of construction can be destroyed in a few years. Rising ocean temperatures, acidification of the water and bottom trawling can destroy these thousand year old formations.
This project was important to us because we all know that the Earth needs help and that crypto communities can also contribute to this global movement. The protection of ecosystems is one of the values at the heart of our ideology and will remain present throughout our adventure.