ParrotFish

Abstract

The Urgency of Ocean Pollution Mitigation: Leveraging Smart Donation Memes for global impact

A community-driven solution to ocean pollution funding would allow environmental initiatives to receive sustainable support without relying on traditional institutional donors. While existing cleanup technologies provide part of the solution, their main benefits are lost if funding remains dependent on centralized organizations and short-term grants. We propose Smart Donation Memes (SD Memes), combining viral community growth with structured charitable giving through blockchain technology. The system implements donation cycles, creating a sustainable funding mechanism that scales with community growth. The donation treasury not only serves as a pool for environmental action but proof that community-driven initiatives can sustainably fund real-world problems (RWP). As long as the core tokenomics structure maintains minimum thresholds for meaningful impact, each donation cycle will contribute to ocean cleanup efforts while incentivizing further community growth.