Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, author and activist who has dedicated his life to environmental sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. He is one of the environmental movement’s leading voices, and a pioneering architect of corporate reform with respect to ecological practices.

ENVIRONMENTALIST

Paul

Hawken

Cristina Mittermeier is the marine biologist and activist who pioneered the concept and field of conservation photography. Recently starting the most ambitious project of her career: Only One, a new collective of organizations that uses digital technology and visual storytelling to catalyze lasting cultural change, with the ultimate goal of conserving the world's oceans from now into perpetuity.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Cristina Mittermeier

AquaRecycle is leading the way in the reuse of water and energy that would otherwise be wasted. Our flagship product is the only patented system for sanitizing and recycling laundry water for hotels, hospitals and other large facilities. We’ve complemented that with a method for recapturing the heat from their dryers. Both fit perfectly among today’s green-building initiatives.

WATER CONSERVATION

AQUARECYCLE

Lightning’s mission is to build world-class, two-wheel electric transportation with superior efficiency, performance and affordability to current gasoline alternatives. The first challenge was to develop technology that is equal or better than gasoline powered motorcycles. 

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Lightning

Motorcycles

At USGBC is committed
to transforming buildings, because we believe that every person
deserves a better,
more sustainable life. 
Our vision is that buildings and communities will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation. 

SUSTAINABILITY

USGBC

US Green Building Council

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Greenwave helps fishers across the country and around the world plan their own ocean gardens.

We are regnerative ocean farmers creating jobs and protecting the planet, growing good local food for local communities and working to make a living on a living planet.

REGENERATIVE OCEAN FARMING

Greenwave

Back in the early 2000s you couldn’t buy a reusable, stainless steel water bottle. Plastic was pretty much your only option. We sold the first BPA free stainless steel bottles in 2004. Today, reusable water bottles are everywhere. Klean Kanteen has become an international brand and has inspired dozens of other companies to make reusable stainless steel products. We don’t mind. When it comes to kicking plastic, we’re all in this together.

SUSTAINABILITY

Klean

Kanteen

Package Free: an ecosystem of brands on a mission to make the world less trashy. They believe that access to sustainable products and resources that positively benefit people and the planet is a basic human right. Their goal is to reshape the consumer product landscape, redefine what a truly good product looks like, and make natural and plastic free products more accessible, affordable, and convenient for all.

SUSTAINABILITY

Package Free

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TerraCycle partners with many manufacturing facilities around the world to recycle large quantities of difficult-to-recycle waste, as well as small, unusual waste streams like personal protective equipment.

RECYCLING

TerraCycle

Dickson is a futurist. He makes the case that urban agriculture can go vertical as well as horizontal. His book The Vertical Farm has been widely acclaimed. He has quickly become the central figure in what could be a worldwide revolution.

SUSTAINABLE FARMING

Mr. Dickson Despommier

Boyan founded The Ocean Cleanup is designing and developing cleanup systems to clean up what is already polluting our oceans and to intercept plastic on its way to the ocean via rivers.

OCEAN PRESERVATION

Boyan Slat