Aside from individual planters and planting communities under Rural Ambassadors, Treejer offers a model for Organizations. This enables existing organizations which already have a system to give economic incentives and other development opportunities to their employees and their communities, who will be planting the trees and taking care of them. In this case, organizations decide how the Planters Funds are allocated among the individual planting and reporting and tree and the organization intself.

To create an organization do the following:

1. Dowload the Ranger App, create an account and verify yourself as explained here.
2. When verifying yourself, select yes when you are asked if you want to create an organization.
3. To onboard planters to your organization:
   1. Make sure the planters you are going to send the link to have the app installed as well.
   2. Click the invite button in the main menu and share your invite link with your planters.
   3. Planters have to complete the verification process after opening the link and they can start planting.
   4. The Organization will start receiving the correesponding rewards.

Feel free to ask any questions here. Happy planting!

Rural Ambassadors are individuals who onboard and lead a planting community in Treejer. As specified in docs.treejer.com, they earn a commision from the funded trees they refer. Follow these steps to be considered a Rural Ambassador:

1. Dowload the Ranger App, create an account and verify yourself as explained here.
2. Make sure the planters you are going to send the link to have the app installed as well.
3. Click the invite button in the main menu and share your invite link with your planters.
4. Planters have to complete the verification process after opening the link and they can start planting.
5. Rural Ambassador gets rewards for his referred planters who have their trees funded.

Feel free to ask any questions here. Happy planting!

Tree Planters! The Ranger App is ready and live on mainnet. Read the guideline below to get on board and start submitting your trees.

What is the Ranger App?

The Ranger App is a mobile application created by Treejer for tree planters. It will be used to submit trees, update the status of them and receive the corresponding payments for funded trees.

Where can I get it?

• Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.treejer.ranger
• App Store: The Ranger App will also be available soon in the App Store. We are in the verification process, which might take 1-2 weeks. We will post the updates here once it's ready.

How do I set up my account in the Ranger App?

1. Open the app. Read the first three prompt messages and click "next"
2. You will now be in the "Connect Wallet" screen. Choose your preferred login method and create an account.
3. Verify your account by either confirming an SMS Code or using a magic link in your email.
4. Your account is now created. The next step is to verify it. To do so, provide your:
   1. Phone number
   2. Name
   3. Location
   4. ID Card
   5. Confirm if you are an organization owner
5. Once you are done, we’ll verify you. You can notify us in a comment here if your pending verification took longer than 48 hours.

Once my account is verified, how do I use the app?

1. In the main menu, click the button to add a tree to your forest.
2. Provide a picture of the tree and add its exact location.
3. Submit the tree. A transaction will happen here. You don’t have to pay for anything, just hold on some seconds.
4. Finally, you’ll see your tree has been submitted.
5. You can check the status of your submitted trees and update their status from your Tree Inventory tab.
6. If you are a Rural Ambassador, use the Invite button to invite planters to your community. Check more details here.

What if there is no internet connection where the trees are planted?

No problem. We’ve got that solved for you. Use our offline maps function.

1. In the Main Menu, click Offline Maps.
2. Select the area in the map where your trees are planted.
3. Download this map when you do have an active internet connection.
4. Now you can visit your planting site and register your trees. The map will work without problems.
5. The transaction will be set, although they will still be pending until you get internet connection again.
6. When you have internet connection, you can submit all pending transactions and your trees will be supplied.

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask them here.

Happy planting everyone!

We are happy to announce Treejer will be providing support to all planting communities that have commited to plant Genesis Trees as of today, November 23rd. Rural ambassadors, who lead this select group of planters, will be receiving a micro-grant of $400 USD each. This is the first batch of micro-grants enabled by Treejer’s Rural Development Fund. We appreciate the time, efforts and budget that they have dedicated to the protocol and we look forward to achieving big things together.

There are 13 elegible Rural Ambassadors from 8 different countries. They will be contacted by tomorrow to follow with the next steps and claim the micro-grant.

We encourage rural ambassadors to use the funds to:

• Buy more seeds to continue planting trees via Treejer
• Pay back any debt, specially if it was generated by an investment in tree planting
• Invest in the development of involved communities

All grants will be provided in DAI, a cryptocurrency know as a stablecoin, which is always worth 1 USD. We will provide guidance on how to exchange DAI to your preferred currency. Grants will be sent to an Ethereum Wallet. We will also provide assitance on how to create one.

The journey is about to start and we are excited to be in this together!

Last Wednesday we had our first Fireside Chat. Thanks to those who joined! Here is a recap if you coulnd't make it.

Treejer is an open protocol with potential to connect rural planters to funders worldwide through bankless payments, breaking a barrier and creating opportunities for them. Individuals in rural communities are planting trees and supplying them to the protocol. Trees are being planted in 10 countries in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. We encourage planters to plant native species without a short or mid term incentive to cut them down, as we focus on tree growing rather than only tree planting. Planters get paid by providing periocal updates of the trees over the first three years. Funds are managed by smart contracts, providing traceability and transparency.

Planters use the Ranger App, developed by Treejer, to submit their trees, update their status and receive rewards. Trees are dynamic NFTs connected to real, traceable trees, planted in strategic locations to secure a high social and environmental impact. NFTs create opportunities for storytelling, as each tree holds detailed information as who planted the tree, when, where, the species and pictures of it.

Treejer has three types of trees:

1. Special Collections: Special editions of trees can be launched by Treejer or in collaboration with third parties. Treejer's first special collection will be Genesis Collection, the first 10,000 trees in the protocol, planted in strategic locations with high social and environmental impact. We use generative art to create the digital collectible representing Genesis Trees, including 128 treeShapes, 64 trunkColor, 64 crownColor and a secret multiplier. Drop distribution and prices can be founds in docs.treejer.com.
2. Regular Trees: This will be the majority of the planting done in Treejer protocol. Regular trees will be sold at a standard price of $4.99. This universal price may change depending on different factors, however, any change only impacts future trees not previously funded ones.
3. Custom Trees: Planters will be able to choose the price at which they sell trees by supplying custom trees. Custom trees will be available between 3-6 months after launch.

We are currently finishing our internal audits. We've decided to do this to increase the security of our contracts and consequently of your assets. 

We are also finalizing some partnerships with other Metaverse projects. They will be annouced soon. If you have any suggestions of other projects we could partner with we're open to hear them!

Following Fireside Chats will focus on project updates, Q&A and community conversations.

Treejer has three type of trees that can be registered in the platform:

1. Special Collections: Special editions of trees can be launched by Treejer or in collaboration with third parties. Treejer's first special collection will be Genesis Collection, the first 10,000 trees in the protocol, planted in strategic locations with high social and environmental impact.
2. Regular Trees: This will be the majority of the planting done in Treejer protocol. Regular trees will be sold at a standard price of $4.99. This universal price may change depending on different factors, however, any change only impacts future trees not previously funded ones.
3. Custom Trees: Planters will be able to choose the price at which they sell trees by supplying custom trees. Custom trees will be available between 3-6 months after launch.

So, in summary, planters will start their Treejer experience by supplying two types of trees:

1. Genesis collection: These 10,000 trees will each have be represented by a unique digital collectible (NFT). Going from tree #0 to tree #10,000, trees will have different values. Planters will receive between $20 - $200 for each tree sold from Genesis collection, with cheaper trees being sold first and prices increasing incrementally. As we always explained, these funds will be received throughout the first 3 years of the tree's life, as planters provide updates of it. Genesis trees will be distributed among more than 10 communities in 10 different countries. Each community will supply between 500 - 1,000 trees, depending primarly on the number of families involved.
2. Regular trees: The rest of the trees each community will supply during launch will be regular trees, sold at a standard price of $4.99, from which the planters receive $2.75, and the rest is distributed among a local development fund, rescue fund, research fund, the rural ambassador and Treejer's treasury. There is no limit on the number of regular trees that communities can supply. Ideally, each community would supply at least 2,000 regular trees for launch, another 2,000-3,000 by the end of the year and at least 10,000 during 2022. The high value generated by genesis trees will be key to raise funds to enable more planting of regular trees in the future.

Strategy: For each community, our recommendations are the following:

1. Distribute genesis trees fairly among the different families involved. Revenues from these trees will allow them to increase the number of trees they can supply in the following months and years. Remember that Treejer's goal is to plant 200,000 trees by the end of 2022, so Genesis trees are just a small part of the impact we seek to achieve. For the same reason, we expect planters to plan accordingly for their commitment of regular trees during upcoming months.
2. Plant genesis trees strategically in special places. These could be nearby cultural or historical landmarks, in places of high ecological value or nice landscapes and ecosystems. Doing this will help get the trees funded earlier.
3. Provide updates regularly. Remember that funders want to know how the trees they funded are going. Taking care of the planted trees and providing pictures of them at least 4 times per year is key. More details regarding tree updates will be provided shortly.
    

How to join as a partner?

The following details are key to determine what types of trees are accepted in the protocol. Please make sure you do and proceed to complete the next steps.

Requirements

1. For now only native trees can be submitted
2. Trees with a clear incentive to be cut down in the short or mid term aren't accepted
3. Reforestation efforts should involve communities
4. Only trees that haven't been funded by third parties can be submitted
5. Once a tree is submitted to Treejer, their future carbon credits can't be sold to third parties

Next steps

Each partnering community needs to provide a minimum amount of trees to the Treejer protocol initially. Also, the first 9 communities (Green Blocks) will benefit from additional opportunities for the first 1000 trees they supply. More information will be announced soon. At the end of each step, you're required to send an output of your works to Treejer so we can promote your project in our community.

1. Start a Green Block

Green Block is a community of tree planters who supply trees to the Treejer protocol. In Treejer, each Green Block consists of a community of 5 planters. Start talking about Treejer to your community and choose the best people to work with:

• Make sure each planter has a smart phone.
• Choose the ones with higher technological literacy

📝 Output

• Name of tree planters (Green Block members)
• Location of the Green Block

2. Plant the first batch of trees

Start with planting 1000 trees (max 5000 for now). Choose location, tree species and the rural communities to start Green Blocks (community of rural planters who supply trees to the Treejer protocol)

📝 Output

• Your plantation timeline
• Tree species
• Your potential challenges (so we can help you speed up the process)

3. Share the story with Treejer

The best thing to offer to funders is sharing the story of trees and the people who plant them. They love to know more about the local communities and their impact. At Treejer, we're doing our best to create the tools to facilitate this connection. Send photos and videos of trees and rural planters to be shared on Treejer's channels, so it helps fund the trees you plant. The more stories you share, the higher probability of getting your trees funded. Some good content ideas are listed here:

📝 Output

• Min. 5 photos of trees (required)
• A one-minute video of the trees and the location (required)
• A one-minute Green Block introduction video (optional but recommended)

Tip: In the introduction video, one of the planters can introduce your Green Block while they're showing the trees and sharing information about the trees, planters and the location. It's recommended to record it with trees in the background.

4. Install Treejer's Ranger app (late July)

Once you've planted the trees and shared the story with us, we'll send you the links to install the Ranger app, a mobile application that helps you:

• Add your Green Block to Treejer
• Submit your new trees so they can be funded
• Get paid directly in the app by giving quarterly updates from funded trees

You'll also receive help in using the application from our team.

📝 Output

• Your Green Block is successfully added to Treejer
• You've started submitting/updating your trees

Thanks for taking the time to look at this guide. If you have any questions, please ask them by replying to this discussion. If you meet the requirements and are ready to partner with Treejer, send an email to [email protected] and let us know what we can do together.