From wringing water from air to weaving clothes with zero waste, these climate heroes are pushing the boundaries of technology to decarbonize and detoxify the earth.
The workers who install those heat pumps might come from BlocPower's Civilian Climate Corps, a program Baird started in cooperation with the office of New York City's mayor. It has trained more than 1,700 people so far as mechanics and technicians. The city says about 80 percent of them were previously unemployed or struggled to find regular work, often because they had criminal records. Many of them came from neighborhoods with high rates of gun violence.
"Nuclear fusion is great. Nuclear fission is great. They're very exotic and sexy, and we do need people to work on that," he says."But we also need people to invest in the gritty, grimy realities. There are 100 million buildings across America with fossil fuels trapped in their basements." —Dozens of different techniques exist to remove salt from ocean water so humans can safely drink it.
For years, though, the trio worked on achieving an even bigger dream: creating a machine that 3D weaves yarn into clothing in just 10 minutes, leaving no scraps of unused material behind."In conventional apparel making, we start with rolls of fabric, cut out desired patterns, and discard about 10–15 percent of unwanted fabric pieces," says Esponnette."In 3D weaving, almost all the yarn will end up in the final garment.
Collins has since turned her entrepreneurial ambitions to environmental concerns. In 2019, she founded Planet FWD, a for-profit firm that leverages a large database of agricultural products' environmental impact in North America to analyze the product supply chains of big food brands and recommend high-impact improvements.
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