Startups

Startups doing cool stuff in the environmental sustainability space.

1.5 acres can change an entire community: how vertical farming startup Eden Green Technology is tackling food insecurity during Covid-19

Ecosia plants its 100 millionth tree, spokesperson talks local biodiversity and goals ahead

Pivot Bio CEO Karsten Temme had a vision to create a better way to feed the world. Then, he raised over $100 million from Bill Gates and other major investors to make it happen

Women-led water purification startup NUMiX Materials wins the first-ever U.S. Bank Cleantech Inclusion Award

After finishing his Chemistry Ph.D., he raised $17.8 million to build Hazel Technologies. Now his company is on track to save 270 million pounds of food waste in 2020

This startup is introducing affordable and sustainable housing to inner cities with a new innovation: the ‘Casita’

Arnold Leitner, CEO of YouSolar

YouSolar CEO Arnold Leitner saw no clear path to make solar accessible to everyone. Here’s what he built to change that

ZenWTR BOTTLES

New bottled water brand ZenWtr wants to help save our oceans — and it’s on track to rescue 70 million plastic water bottles from the ocean in 2020

Prime Impact Fund raises $50 million from Sierra Club Foundation and other backers to invest in climate tech startups

Pinky Cole

Atlanta-based entrepreneur Pinky Cole partners with Impossible Foods and rapper Jermaine Dupri to offer free plant-based burgers and encourage higher voter turnout