Meet the Fixer
In This Series
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Watch: His fusion of sci-fi and Indigenous identity is art that (literally) moves
Multimedia artist Cannupa Hanska Luger puts the spotlight on Indigenous knowledge and culture with collaborative installations and performance art.
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Watch: Behind New York City’s first bike-powered compost service
How Ceci Pineda and their team at BK ROT are modeling a more responsible way to manage waste.
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These environmental justice leaders are creating the spaces they wish they’d had
Wawa Gatheru and Ki’Amber Thompson both came to environmentalism by accident. Now they’re making sure more people can find their way.
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A pipeline is threatening their homeland. Indigenous women are fighting back.
To tribal attorney Tara Houska, the fight against the Line 3 pipeline is a fight for future generations.
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He thinks scientists must move out of their ivory towers and take to the streets
Biochemist Lucky Tran harnesses facts and research to speak out on social injustice, and trains his colleagues to do the same.
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Watch: This doctor treats climate change like the public health menace it is
First, do no harm — to the planet.
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Urban inequality affects wildlife too: This professor wants to close the ‘nature gap’
Chris Schell’s research on coyotes' behavior reflects the dearth of green space available to them — and to communities of color.
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To this entrepreneur, Hyperloop won’t just connect cities. It will connect people.
Deborah Navarro is developing technology and infrastructure that could be the key to bringing disparate communities together.
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Watch: How one entrepreneur turns e-waste into jobs for the formerly incarcerated
Meet the head of Tech Dump — a company that sees opportunity in the fastest-growing garbage stream in the world.
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Meet 5 artists who will change the way you see the climate crisis
The honorees of this year’s Grist 50 are creating thought-provoking work on climate and equity.