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Shooting For the Moon at X, The Moonshot Factory 🚀
What if we had a crystal ball for natural disasters? What if we could close the loop on plastic waste? What if we had a detailed operating manual for every single type of plant? These are the kinds of seemingly impossible challenges that X, The Moonshot Factory, embraces. Comprised of innovators, scientists, engineers and more, their mission is to invent breakthrough solutions to some of the world’s biggest problems. Read on to learn how X is using tech to fight back against the climate crisis, and how robots might be our newest climate ally. 🤖 Also, tune in for their hot new podcast for a deeper dive behind the scenes of some of their most innovative projects!
The Price of Your Daily Bread 🍞
BIG NEWS! Your favorite climate comedy show, UnF*cking the Planet is BACK and better than ever. Seriously, we even got Kip to dance and wear a funny hat. We’re kicking things off by exploring a growing problem that needs some serious unf*cking... farming. Keep reading to learn why what we eat is a majorly overlooked part of the climate crisis, and try your best not to have a cow. And relax, we’re not coming after your steak.
Changing the Fertilizer Game 🚜
Welcome to another edition of PBTC’s newsletter! This week, we’re getting our hands dirty with another episode of Reinventing Tomorrow. Set in the heart of sustainable agriculture, Nitricity is a fertilizer company revolutionizing how we grow food. Keep reading to hear how this innovative climate solution is making growing greener! 🧑🌾
Gobbling Up an Eco-Friendly Thanksgiving 🌎 🦃
Thanksgiving’s around the corner, despite it still feeling like summer in most of the country. With this holiday coming up, we wanted to unpack how much this food-based celebration impacts the environment. Turkey and Thanksgiving are synonymous for most of us, so, how much turkey do Americans eat on this day? Let's find out.
How Can We Decarbonize the Food System? 🐄 🌱 🍳
90 billion pounds of food is wasted every year and 44 million people in the U.S. don’t know where their next meal is coming from. 4 billion people worldwide rely on nitrogen fertilizer made with fossil fuels. Today we’re highlighting two orgs, Switch Bioworks and Feeding America, fighting to decarbonize the food space and reroute food to the people who need it most. Keep reading to hear about Episode 1 of Reinventing Tomorrow and Episode 3 of Where the Internet Lives.