Oco Crew Updates

See how the Oco Crew is making an impact every quarter.
Q2 2023

Why Oco Crew is supporting mangrove restoration.

Mangroves efficiently store large amounts of carbon in their above-ground biomass and soil, reducing the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. They store carbon in their roots and sediment for long periods, making them effective carbon sinks in both the long and short term.

Mangroves act as natural barriers, dissipating wave energy and protecting coastlines from storms, hurricanes, and erosion.
They support diverse plant and animal species, preserving biodiversity and the ecological services they provide.
Mangroves filter sediments, pollutants, and excess nutrients from runoff, improving water quality and benefiting adjacent marine ecosystems.This quarter, we have donated to SeaTrees to support mangrove restoration and conservation projects in Baja, Mexico; West Papua, Indonesia, and Mida Creek, Kenya. Here’s why we love mangroves: 
  1. Mangroves store carbon in their roots and sediment for long periods, making them effective carbon sinks in both the long and short term.
  2. Mangroves act as natural barriers, dissipating wave energy and protecting coastlines from storms, hurricanes, and erosion.
    They support diverse plant and animal species, preserving biodiversity and the ecological services they provide.
  3. They support diverse plant and animal species, preserving biodiversity and the ecological services they provide.
  4. Mangroves filter sediments, pollutants, and excess nutrients from runoff, improving water quality and benefiting adjacent marine ecosystems.
These projects also offer important social benefits to local communities through job creation, sustainable livelihoods, and enhanced resilience to climate-related events. Local communities and partners help manage these projects, which involve planting new trees and implementing measures to protect existing forests from deforestation and degradation.

Impact Update

583,183 lbs of CO2 to be reduced by 858 mangroves in Q2.

Equivalent to

51.5 homes’ electricity usage for one year.
29,766 gallons of gasoline consumed.
32,177,808 smartphones charged.

All time
5,806,378 total lbs of CO2 reduced from the atmosphere all time.
A mangrove in Kenya
Photography: SeaTrees Mangrove Project we supported in Biak Island, Indonesia
Q1 2023

Oco Crew gets 1,787 mangroves planted.

In Q1, we supported the restoration and preservation of mangroves in Baja, Indonesia and Kenya.

Impact Update

1,215,418 lbs of CO2 to be reduced by 1,787 mangroves in Q1.

Equivalent to

107 homes’ electricity usage for one year.
62,035 gallons of gasoline consumed.
67,062,118 smartphones charged.

All time
5,223,196 total lbs of CO2 reduced from the atmosphere all time.
A mangrove in Kenya
Photography: SeaTrees Mangrove Project we supported in Mida Creek, Kenya.
Q4 2022

Introducing Oco Crew: A new climate nonprofit making it easy to fund real climate projects.

Today, we could not be more excited to introduce you to a brand new climate nonprofit, Oco Crew. Our mission as a nonprofit is to make it easier for people to learn about and support real impactful climate projects. We are community-driven and would love you to join. For our first climate donation, we are supporting the restoration and preservation of mangroves in Myanmar, Indonesia and Kenya.

Restoring mangroves is an impactful way of coastal wetland. Project Drawdown estimates we can reduce 0.76 to 1 gigaton of CO2 from that atmosphere by restoring coastal wetlands:

"Unlike most terrestrial ecosystems, coastal wetlands—salt marshes, mangroves, and seagrasses—can continue sequestering carbon for centuries without becoming saturated. In fact, coastal wetlands can store five times as much carbon as tropical forests over the long term, mostly in deep wetland soils. As a result, they have accumulated vast stores of carbon, making their greenhouse gas mitigation potential high despite their small area. Coastal wetlands also provide important ecosystem services."

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Impact Update

165,778 lbs of CO2 reduced from the atmosphere in November.

Equivalent to

14.6 homes’ electricity usage for one year.
8,461 gallons of gasoline consumed.
9,146,996 smartphones charged.

All time
4,007,778 total lbs of CO2 reduced from the atmosphere all time.
A mangrove in Kenya
Photography: Timothy K
OCTOBER 2022

Our Research Committee launches our new climate donation approach.

Led by our research committee advisors with backgrounds in tech, consulting, nonprofit climate work and environmental science, we created a climate donation approach that focuses on climate projects that are backed by research, that are certified based on international standards and that we can fund as directly as possible. Learn more here
September 2022

We rethink every aspect of climate action and how we operate.

With a new expanded core team and advisor, dozens and dozens of creative and innovative new ideas surfaced on how we can better take climate action. This thrilling energy required us to deeply rethink our own approach to climate donations and climate action across the internet. These new ideas are our springboard into more impactful climate action and will be our roadmap as we move forward!
AUGUST 2022

We establish our board of directors and core team.

JuLY 2022

Oco Crew Inc. forms as a nonprofit!

PRE-LAUNCH

We evolved the Oco Crew concept for over a year.

Oco Crew began as a simple website making it just a few clicks to give money to impactful climate projects. The project was based on the same core idea that it is too hard for people to donate to impactful climate projects. As the project constantly evolved, we found a real need for a nonprofit that helps anyone learn about real climate projects and let people donate to those projects and make a contribution themselves. Even before becoming a nonprofit, we helped reduce over 3.6 million lbs of CO2 from the atmosphere.