# The Project The information in this White Paper is subject to change or update in the future and should not be construed as a commitment, promise or guarantee by Saplings. \ **Discover the first FREE 3D dynamic Collection of 3000 NFTs healing humanity.** 🌎🔥\ \ Saplings wishes to give back its rights to Nature by working with the community to address the biggest world crisis: climate change – demonstrating that we can drive change together.\ \ It is a nostalgic mash-up of games we played as kids, including Animal Crossing, Pokemon, and Tamagotchi—and we're building on top of that. Meet Saplings, our 3D Interactive Mascot, see their growing, enjoy community-driven events and get rewarded on the [long-term](/vision/roadmap) while helping fight climate change. 💪 {% embed url="" %} **Link to the website** {% endembed %} # Motivations > *"I've seen too many alarming reports on the environment without even donating $1 to the cause.*\ > Early 2022, I felt like a fraud, living peacefully while scientists have been sending us the same signals for decades that the earth is literally burning? *And we, humans, living on this planet, doing practically nothing...*\ > \ > *I wanted to use my skills to serve this cause, doing what I was good at: designing things, coding websites, and, launching products. I wanted to do something that was not only useful but also something that was sustainable for the environment.*\ > \ > *So I started this project, and I'm excited to see where this one is going. I hope to see it succeed, and I deeply think we can fight climate change, together."*\ > \ > *–* Pierre M, founder of Saplings # Threads to Read ### What is Saplings? 🌱 {% embed url="" %} Discover Saplings. {% endembed %} ### Quests System? 🔮 {% embed url="" %} Our Quests System {% endembed %} {% file src="/files/LWPYDLVHjCGC2Ud3nkVN" %} Discover our brochure. {% endfile %} # Green Manifesto **At Saplings, we’re building resilience and hope one tree at a time.** 🌳\ \ We’re living through change so profound. As the earth heats up, we can’t just stand by and watch — the time to act is now. We won't be able to stop climate change alone, but we can at least try to cool down the planet by getting the word out and teaching people how they can help.\ \ Creating a radical safe and inclusive space for driving change and history. We see this as the start of a global movement that will unite people from all corners of the globe in a common cause: to make everyone think, reflect and act for the good of our beloved Earth.\ \ ***When harnessed right, NFTs offer a unique opportunity to promote social good for the planet while having fun***. If you care about Earth, people and justice — or if you just want to own some of the coolest & cutest NFTs — then here's your chance.\ \ **Get involved, enter Saplings' universe: We can make a change — together.** 💚 # Team The project grew quickly and many professionals joined the team. All are convinced that the web3 community can have incredible impacts on ecology and all of them will do whatever it takes to complete ## **Founder** 👑 ### **Pierre M** Former startup co-founder and freelance creative developer. > *"I will use my various past experiences to craft an **incredible web experience** around those NFTs while leading the business side of this collection that will certainly have **game-changing implications in the NFT space***** and a great impact on environmental issues*****.**"* **Skills: Art Direction, Front-end and Business.** ## Advisors 🖼️ ### **PA** Quantitative researcher in a digital asset fund. > "*I will used my knowledge of cryptocurrency and NFT to make the collection more attractive and do quantitative analysis in order to **place Saplings NFT among the best**.*" **Skills: Data Science, Financial analysis, Macroeconomics and digital assets knowledge**
## **Designers** 🦖 ### **Eschyles** 3D Generalist. > *"Using my knowledge and experience in more than just fashion or video games, **I want to be able to help save the planet from literally \*dying\*.** We all have many years to live, and I bet that burning under 75 degrees is not funny at all!"* **Skills: Concept sketching, Modelling, RigSkin, Animation and Game Design.**
### **Valkyo** 3D Character Designer. > *"I wanted to challenge myself by getting out of my comfort zone and making NFTs, which is what convinced me. What make this project special is that part of the **profits that will go to NGOs for the protection of the planet**, which is a great initiative!"* **Skills: 3D character modeling, 3D Generalist, Texturing.** ### **Capucine** 3D Designer. > *"I like to create colorful props and environments in a variety of 3D contexts. Working with the Saplings' Team is for me a way to **show the gratitude that our lovely planet really deserves.**"* **Skills: Modelling, Sculpting, Texturing, 2D Concept Art.** ### Sixtine Concept Artist. > *"I like to create new universes and to use my drawing skills to make the world a little bit better. I joined Sapling for that reason, **I would be grateful if concept art could raise awareness about deforestation.**"* **Skills: Concept art 2D, Background, Character design.** ## **Developers** 🤖 ### **Mourad** Solidity Developer. > *"With **passion** and **expertise**, I will build the underlying infrastructure for your Saplings to grow healthy. That includes **Smart Contracts**, **Back-End** and **Server** architecture."* **Skills: Software Architecture, Solidity, UNIX, Node.JS** ## Social Media Manager 💬 ### **Chirley** Social Media Manager. > *"Definitively proud to be a part of the Saplings family and **#NFTForGood movement**, I will put my experience in Digital Marketing in action for a better good and grow our visibility and earthling community on all social platforms. **We can save our planet together, so let's all do something from now on.**"* **Skills: Social Media, Growth, Marketing.** # Funds Distribution ### ***Transparency** is a core value for the Saplings Team.* ### **When you grab 1 NFT, you can choose to support the project and climate cause.** **50% of the donation** will goes our [non-profit organizations partners](/vision/ngos-and-partners) that work to preserve the environment. **20% will be locked** for the project itself and [long-term milestones.](/vision/roadmap) **The 30% remaining** will be divided among all contributors. ### **Secondary Market?** 🤔 Creator fees of 8% are collected on Opensea. # NGOs & Partners 50% of the donations towards the project will be donated and split among those non-governmental organizations. ***Proud to be partners with top non-profit organizations that actively work to stop and remove the deforestation around the globe, having an enormous impact on climate change.*** Still looking for more NGOs and other organizations to work together with. ## Amazon Conservation ([AC](https://www.amazonconservation.org/)) Since 1999, its Mission is to unite science, innovation, and people to **protect the western Amazon – the greatest wild forest on Earth.** AC works together with local communities, governments, indigenous groups, scientists, and partner organizations to **protect the Amazon Rainforest** for local inhabitants and future generations. **They focus their efforts on on-the-ground conservation solutions that have a lasting impact in the region.** ### **What is a rainforest?** 🌴 **Rainforests offer the largest, lowest-cost emissions reductions for the planet in two ways.** Preventing their destruction avoids release of harmful greenhouse gases. Tropical rainforests also absorb CO2, and other gases that cause global warming. ### The Challenges? 🪓 **The Amazon is getting closer to its “tipping point”— when it will no longer be able to generate its own rainfall and support its rainforest ecosystems.** Estimates place the current deforestation level of the Amazon at 17 percent, and its tipping point at 20-25 percent. If the tipping point is surpassed, the largest rainforest on Earth could become—at best—a dry grassland.\ \ **Trees. Oxygen. Water. Food. Wildlife. Life.**\ Protecting the Amazon ensures a healthy future for all of humanity.\ \ **What does the Amazon offer us?** * **Irreplaceable Biodiversity:** Home to more than 10% of the world’s known wildlife species * **Climate Regulator:** The Amazon’s role as a climate regulator is critical as the planet gets hotter and drier * **Resources and Medicine**: Modern medicine also depends on forest resources, as many treatments and vaccines are derived from wild flora * **Go** [**here**](https://www.amazonconservation.org/the-challenge/why-the-amazon/) **for more information about that.** ### **How do they act?** 💪 They work **hand-in-hand with governments and communities** to create and strengthen key conservation areas to protect globally-important forests that help mitigate the effects of climate change and provide vital resources for all who call them home. They directly address major threats that endanger biodiversity and people’s well-being, including illegal gold mining and logging, unsustainable road development projects, and climate change impacts, such as fires, flooding and species extinction. \ \ **How they protect wild places?** * They create conservation areas * Safeguard indigenous territories * Innovate the management of conservation areas by providing science and technology * Connect habitats to enable wildlife to have the space they need to thrive * Build climate resilience
### **What will be my impacts? 🐝** With your support, we can save the **largest forest we have left.** \ Through your financial contribution, **we’ll be able to continue to fund cutting-edge programs on the ground that are safeguarding the Amazon rainforest.** ## Health In Harmony ([HIH](https://healthinharmony.org/)) Founded on Radical Listening, Health In Harmony is a rainforest conservation organization holistically addressing the health of people, ecosystems, and the planet since 2007. \ They are on a mission **to halt the climate crisis by reversing tropical rainforest deforestation.** > “I truly believe that each one of us has something we can contribute to the collective path of transformation towards a sustainable planet for us all. So I ask you, “What is your commitment to making one change our planet needs now?” **– Dr. Kinari Webb, founder of HIH** ### **What is a rainforest?** 🌴 **Rainforests offer the largest, lowest-cost emissions reductions for the planet in two ways.** Preventing their destruction avoids release of harmful greenhouse gases. Tropical rainforests also absorb CO2, and other gases that cause global warming.\
### **The Challenges? 🪓** Scientists now believe that catastrophic climate change could render a significant portion of the Earth uninhabitable as a consequence of **continued** **high emissions of CO2**, self-reinforcing climate feedback loops and looming tipping points. We must reduce emissions and increase removals of greenhouse gases in order to restore the melting Arctic and end the deadly cycle of damage that the current climate is delivering.\ \ **Some of the deadly consequences of 2020, one of the hottest year on record ☠️** * Major wildfire activity in California, Australia and in the Amazon * An Atlantic hurricane season resulting in more than $46b of damage * Floods in South East Asia displacing more than 12 million people * etc. ### **How do they act?** 💪 **HII partners with communities living near protected rainforests that are critical to the climate and biodiversity, so they can live in balance with the natural environment.** Because programs are exclusively designed by communities, they are unique to each rainforest, but often related to healthcare, livelihoods, education, and reforestation. Read about their work here:\ ### **What will be my impacts? 🐝** **Indigenous peoples make up just 5% of the world’s population, yet they manage 25% of the earth’s land and support 80% of the earth’s biodiversity.** With your support and by partnering with local organizations and governments, Health In Harmony works alongside 135,000 Indigenous, Traditional, and rainforest peoples, protecting over 8.8 million hectares of high-conservation value rainforest in Indonesia, Madagascar, and Brazil. ## **Trees For The Future (**[**TREES**](https://trees.org)**)** **Since 1989, TREES is a nonprofit that's changing lives through tree planting.** TREES staff train farmers in a sustainable farming technique called the Forest Garden Approach. Forest Gardens support a healthy environment by restoring and protecting degraded land while ending hunger and poverty for the farmer and their family. To date, TREES has planted 250 million trees around the world and changed the lives of more than 300,000 people. ### Why Trees 🌳? **Trees transform lives & landscapes**. \ The world's most pressing environmental problems are rooted in unsustainable land use. Trees have the power to restore degraded ecosystems, improve lives, and protect the planet. **When they are planting trees, they are protecting the planet at many scale.**\ The Forest Garden Approach restores degraded land, captures carbon and prevents future unsustainable land use practices. **They are ending hunger.** \ The average Forest Garden is home to dozens of food crops, providing access to diverse, nutrient-rich meals year round. **They are ending poverty.** \ Fruit and vegetables aren't the only income generating resources in a Forest Garden. Farmers are known to start businesses selling seeds and seedlings, honey, soap, timber, and more. **They are empowering women.**\ Farmer groups in our program are required to be composed of at least 30% women. Most exceed that benchmark, with many led by or composed entirely of women farmers. ### **What will be my impacts? 🐝** **Your support can plant trees and change lives**\ Our community of donors makes our impact possible. Explore your options for supporting Trees for the Future and join our movement for people and planet today.
# Roadmap The information in this Roadmap is subject to change or update in the future. ### Chapter I. Planting Seeds & Removing Weeds 🌱 **Q2 2022** We are pleased to announce the launch of our [website](https://www.saplings.earth/) and [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/y6sFgThNby) on Earth's Day 🌍 \ \ The roadmap and features have been properly addressed and structured.\ \ Discover the Saplings’s Universe, **a nostalgic mash-up of the team's favorite childhood games**: Animal Crossing, Pokémon, and Tamagotchi. This immersive experience will be your new profile picture, your life-long companion, and a long-term mini-game with benefits. ### Chapter II. Fighting Deforestation & Saving Trees 🌳 **Q3 2022** On a mission to spread awareness and educate people on the climate crisis—we are here to create a lovely, regen(erative) community and promote eco-friendly lifestyle. We will bring you the latest climate change news in an engaging way by challenging you to collect XP and level up through our new innovative [battle-pass system](https://www.saplings.earth/battle-pass). **Each time you level up, you’ll unlock limited-edition accessories for your Saplings, roles, Whitelist spots, airdrops and random loot boxes.** ### Chapter III. Discovering Our Beautiful Nature 🌿 **Q3 2022** Each Saplings will be randomly generated from a mix of over 100 traits, on-the-fly, when minted. 100% crafted and hand-painted by our team of 3D Designers and Concept Artists (Textures, 3D Accessories, Backgrounds, Expressions and Poses). **There are over 20 millions potential combinations and each one is guaranteed to be unlike any other in existence.** Introducing a pure innovation in the NFT Space—one of the first Interactive and Dynamic NFT out there. **Forget everything you know about NFTs, because Saplings will be a major change from the norm.** \ \ Your new NFT won’t be static; your NFT won’t be an image (you will still be able to use it as a PFP, don’t worry). **Saplings will introduce a fully immersive 3D experience where you can interact with your NFT in real time.** This one will evolve over time—any updates or new features added will reflect directly into your NFT). *Mini-updates/features example: Imagine if we want to give you a Christmas hat on Christmas day. In a matter of seconds, everyone would be able to claim their hat and add it to their Saplings Character.* **To celebrate the occasion, we will hold a beta-presale featuring the first 40 NFTs at 50% off.** Only our most committed members will have access to this opportunity*—this will help us get feedback and improve the overall experience for the real minting phase.*
### Chapter IV: Absorbing Sunlight & Watering Plants 🌞 **Q4 2022**\ \ Right after the minting phase, we will launch our second innovation in the NFT space: the “Photo-Synthesis” studio. A place where you can take a picture of your NFT in a unique way. \ **You'll be able to take pictures of your Sapling from any angle and with any background, accessories, and expression you choose.** In a few clicks, you can change the photo of your NFT and update it across all marketplaces and social media. It’s like Photoshop for NFTs!
### Chapter V: Enjoying a Blossom Day 🌹 **Q2 2023** **It's time for saplings to see the light of day!**\ ***\*Official Launch\**** We have begun sending the percentage of the donations that was pledged to our NGOs. ### **Chapter VI: Giving Back Nature The Rights it Deserves 🍎** **Q2 2023** We will Introduce “The Stage”—our mission is to spread awareness and educate people about the climate crisis. **We know that a lot of our community members can have a really strong story to tell—we want to give them a voice, emphasize their story, and help them share what they have to say by leveraging all of our social media activity.** We’ll organize a series of AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions with our NGO partners to highlight the positive impacts that our donations will have. We’ll also be holding trash pickup and different events all around the world, allowing us to and learn about each other as we help clean up and debate over the environmental issues. #### Holders Benefits Not Mentioned So Far Alongside all the milestones listed below, we want to give the most out of this NFT. \ \ We will try to push the boundaries of the possibilities in terms of collaboration and main-stream adoptions—we want to give you long term benefits like: private ticket access to conference, meetups on the climate crisis and environmental issues. We want to partner with cities and places where we can promote sustainability by offering discounts on subway tickets and bike rental. \ \ Finally, we will try to help local communities in needs through our different NGOs partners by leveraging our community—YOU will be part of this huge social movement 💚 #### We Care For Our Whole Community Including Non-Holders * Non-holders will still be able to participate in upcoming community events * Education will remain accessible to everyone {% hint style="info" %} Note that all the **"Minted" milestones** are subject to a **DAO** consolidation and holders of a Saplings NFT will have a chance to receive shares on the sales.\ \ **We want to make this decision properly, one thing at a time. We are focused on the collection itself at the moment.**\ \ *Percentage? How is this share divided? How will it be distributed? All those questions will be answered later on.* {% endhint %} ### **25,000 $ Raised for NGOs —** Taking Care Of The Garden 🌲 ***We cannot promise you a world without global warming by then, but we can still continue our quest for education with milestones!***\ \ We want to involve our Holders—all of you—in shaping the Saplings project. We'll be taking your votes into account on almost every in-game decision. **A more immersive and enjoyable gaming experience, in the palm of your hand:**\ *Transforming this experience into a playable tamagotchi, take care of your Saplings, participate in a variety of mini-games and win new rewards and accessories. Adding a lot of in-game and IRL quests. Introducing the Garden, our 3rd innovation, a place that you can decorate with furnitures that you earn by engaging in community activities (Events, airdrop, giveaways,* [*quests & loot boxes system*](https://www.notion.so/Loot-Boxes-Complete-Guide-3e8bf44730af48bc8d31180083c7d7b6)*…)* \ \ ***Inspired by Animal Crossing, you will be able to customize your Garden, rotate and place furnitures and view them live when visiting your NFT online.** Customize it however you want; those furnishings will be visible when you will take a new PFP of your Saplings.* ### **50,000 $ Raised for NGOs — Spirit of Storytelling & Education** 📖 * **We plan to create a Comic for children featuring your NFTs.** \ We think that the best way to save the world is to start with our children. Something that will teach kids about how their actions affect the earth. This way, they'll learn from an early age how important it is to take care of our planet.\ \ *We will involve all our holders into the creation of this Comic—and we will **feature your NFTs** inside. Let's teach the world together ✨* \ \ *Every donors will receive a **FREE** shipment on the Comic.* ### **75,000 $ Raised for NGOs — Dropping a Mobile Game** 🎮 * **Releasing a crazy and addictive mobile game** 🙌 \ What about learning useful things about our planet while having fun? \ *We will involve all our holders into the creation of this Game—and we will **feature your NFTs** inside. Let's teach the world together ✨* \ \ *Every donors will receive a **Welcome pack** inside the Game.*\ *Every NFT of every holder will be used in the Game. (With their respective names and genres)* ### **100,000 $ Raised for NGOs — Let’s Be United Forever & Play Some Games** ♟️ * We said it is a great time to teach children about conserving the planet Earth.\ What about everyone else?\ Everyone should be aware of that, Your grandma, your uncle... even your dog!\ \ **We plan to create and launch a Board Game for the whole family—A great way to learn more about our planet while having fun** 💚 (We will create this one in multiple languages)\ \ *We will involve all our holders into the creation of this Board Game—and we will **feature your NFTs** inside as well.*\ \ *Every donors will get a **FREE** shipment on the Board game.*
### A Green Future? 🌱 **It's time to think together, it's time to write our destiny**. \ We will do what we can to impact the planet and protect humanity from the climate crisis. We will create a DAO for our holders and shape the future of Saplings and the future of our lovely home—together. *** ### Come grow with us. 🌱 {% embed url="" %} # How Can I Join? ### Join us on discord 💬 {% embed url="" %} ### Important links 🔗 {% embed url="" %} # Any Mint Info? ... # What is an NFT? **Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT)** are virtual tokens minted on the blockchain for digital scarcity, security, and authenticity. They're unique, indivisible, and non-interchangeable—essentially digital collectibles that let you own an asset for as long as you want.\ \ [More information there.](https://www.theverge.com/22310188/nft-explainer-what-is-blockchain-crypto-art-faq) # Mint: Frequently Asked Questions. Saplings is a FREE Mint, meaning you don't have to pay to obtain one of our NFTs, but you can still donate to support both the projects and major NGOs. If you want to know more about our NGOs Partners: [NGOs & Partners](/vision/ngos-and-partners) ## What's the primary Goal? The primary goal of Saplings is to empower the NFT Community in order to spread awareness on climate change. \ **By donating even $1, you're already helping the planet and our mission!** ## **What are the mint requirements?** There is no special requirements for this mint, you just need to **join our Discord.** ## What I will be supporting? You'll directly supporting Major NGOs fighting climate change 👉 [NGOs & Partners](/vision/ngos-and-partners) ## Do I get something by donating? Yes! 🤩\ You'll unlock a **unique background** for your Saplings, **2** **mystery loot boxes and a special access to all upcoming features.** ## How do you use the donations? If you want to know more about the funds distribution 👉 [Funds Distribution](/vision/funds-distribution) ## **Can I keep track of the donations?** The donations will be tracked on the mint page. # How can I get a NFT for FREE? ### We MINTED OUT! If you want to own a Saplings, you can buy one on the secondary market: \ # What Blockchain? We will go for **Ethereum** and be listed on Opensea.
# What are OG and WL roles? ### What is the OG role on Discord? According to [Urban Dictionary](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=OG)’s most popular definition, **OG** is an abbreviation of the words ‘**Original Gangster**’, which is what the term was used for at first. Today, this term is used by a lot of NFT Communities and has severals meaning, each defined by the Founders. For [Saplings' Collection](https://saplings.earth) and many others, OG role is granted to the first user to join the discord server. It is not a special role with any particular privileges or abilities, but is a way of recognizing the first user to join.\ \ OG role will provide you many things like private channels, privates giveaways and contests.\ **Giving you more chance to grab a Whitelist spot, win a FREE NFT, etc. ✨**\ \ *You will also have the possibility to take an active part in shaping the future of this community.* ### What is the WL role on Discord? WL is **short for WHITELIST**. \ **Generally, whitelisted members are able to mint the NFT during the presale period. ⛏️** *Imagine there is 10 000 NFTs and 20 000 people want one.*\ If you get the **WL** role, you will amongst the few ones who get access to the pre-sale, guaranteeing you that you will be able to mint and buy ***peacefully*** your NFT. # Contact? Partnership? ### We are still actively looking for any partnerships! * NGOs Partners * NFT Collection Collabs * Eco-friendly Brands collabs & long-term partnership * In fact, anyone who helps our planet is welcome!\ Be creative, surprise us! ### Interested in a collaboration? Please use this [form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1hwz1PzmPfSLTNzHNiOLfRKPsMLN0oB-fonMZzOgMWLs/edit). # Careers? Currently Hiring! ## We are always looking for new members! *We are not hiring at the moment, thanks for your application.*