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The YouTuber Who Is Redefining Renewable Energy
With a talent for building DIY powerwalls, Jehu Garcia has become the “reluctant battery king.”
This Biologist Wants to Grow Vegetables on Mars
His work could help astronauts grow tomatoes on the Red Planet one day.
This Engineer Is Building a DIY Mars Habitat In His Backyard
How Jeff Raymond is pioneering sustainable agriculture for Earth and Mars.
This Software Developer Is Making a Surveillance-Free Cell Phone Network
Denver Gingerich is the brains behind Sopranica, a DIY, surveillance free cell phone network he hopes will one day rival big telecom companies.
These Greenhouse Designers Are Bringing Fresh Food to Arctic Communities
Stefany Nieto and Ben Canning are providing affordable, healthy food to remote communities, and involving locals in the process.
The Reddit Moderator Getting a PhD in Online Moderation
Kat Lo is studying the largely thankless job of unpaid content moderation so we can make open and safe online communities.
The ‘Camera Trap Queen’ Who Shares Remote Wildlife With the World
Asia Murphy explores, studies, and photographs some of the wildest regions on Earth.
The Marine Biologist Using Big Data to Protect Ocean Wildlife
Douglas McCauley works with tools like Global Fishing Watch to engage the public in the future of the oceans.
The Activist Helping Abuse Survivors Tell Their Stories Through Comics
Krittika Ghosh helps immigrant women share their perspectives and energize their communities.
This Entrepreneur Is Growing Organic Leather Without the Cows
Andras Forgacs co-founded Modern Meadow to revolutionize the materials we wear everyday.
This Game Developer Wants to Create Space for Indigenous Stories
Elizabeth LaPensée created Thunderbird Strike to protest pipeline construction on Indigenous land.
The Paleontologist Who Finds Anthropocene Insights in the Dinosaur Age
Steve Brusatte explains how these spectacular bygone animals shaped our present, and how they can inform our future.