Third Sphere Socks — Sustainable by Default using RTV Recovered Fish Nets
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$8,010 displayed raised · 3 fund applications (1 curated) · 2 seasons · best rank #271 in Season 7
Third Sphere's popular socks, remade in RTV's carbon-negative nylon spun from recycled oc…
Art & Ocean ConservationCircular EconomyFashionMaterialsSustainability circular-economyregenerativearts-mediaclimate-ecologymarine-ocean
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About
The next run of Third Sphere's popular socks — remade in RTV nylon from recycled ocean fishing nets: infinitely recyclable, PFAS-free, ~70% lower CO2. One of the cool, sustainable products in the Third Sphere store → store.thirdsphere.com
Impact
Everyone wears socks, and they're almost always unsustainable. This makes the sustainable version the default — and every worn pair spreads Third Sphere's ethos: climate positive hardware and practical products that are regenerative.
Progress
Third Sphere socks are already loved and widely worn. RTV's material is proven — we’ve supported them on their journey to clean the oceans thus far — and the design is ready. Funding covers the next production run, made sustainably.
Team
This project is run by the Third Sphere team; we invested in RTV and live this thesis daily. Why we backed RTV → thirdsphere.substack.com/p/why-we-invested-in-return-to-vendor
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | $2,000 | $0 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 | $0 | $10 | $2,010 | 0.0x | 1.0x | 1.0x | $0 | — |
| Season 7 | $2,000 | $0 | $2,000 | $6,000 | $8,000 | $0 | $10 | $6,010 | 0.0x | 3.0x | 3.0x | $8,010 | — |
| Total | $4,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $8,000 | $12,000 | $0 | $20 | $8,020 | — | — | — | $8,010 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living | submitted | 2026-07-09 |
| Season 6 | Ocean Fund for Living Seas | curated | 2026-07-09 |
| Season 6 | Ocean Art & Media Fund | submitted | 2026-07-09 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/third-sphere-socks--sustainable-by-default-using-rtv-recovered-fish-nets-1
Wayback: leaderboard page ↗ · Wayback: platform page ↗
Not recovered: creator, links, drives, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.
Top siblings
Projects that applied to the same funds.
| Project | Shared funds | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | HolyHats: bucket hats with a hole made from RTVs upcycled ocean fishnets Holyhats: a hole new holy way to wear your hair (colloquially known as gloryhats, because… | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Ocean Art & Media Fund, Ocean Fund for Living Seas | $37,191 |
| 2. | The International Artists Project Documentary First Documentary to Tell the Stories of Music Artists Born in Every Country on Earth | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Ocean Art & Media Fund, Ocean Fund for Living Seas | $563 |
| 3. | Akuya I am an upcoming artist and this is my first track of the year, i need help for the produ… | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Ocean Art & Media Fund, Ocean Fund for Living Seas | $234 |
| 4. | Hands of Hope Foundation Extending Hope, Restoring Dignity. | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Ocean Art & Media Fund, Ocean Fund for Living Seas | $0 |
| 5. | FutureZoo What if the most powerful force in conservation isn’t protection, but connection? | Ocean Art & Media Fund, Ocean Fund for Living Seas | $215,046 |
| 6. | VR Underwater Expedition An educational virtual experience, created to educate children about what lives deep unde… | Ocean Art & Media Fund, Ocean Fund for Living Seas | $31,773 |
| 7. | CEM1:Cleaning cenotes with effective organisms. The use effective microrganisms to eradicate water contamination produced by pig fecal ma… | Ocean Art & Media Fund, Ocean Fund for Living Seas | $10,069 |
| 8. | Sharkwatch Cozumel Protecting Sharks and Reefs through Community and Science | Ocean Art & Media Fund, Ocean Fund for Living Seas | $9,112 |
Other funds of top siblings
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