Valkyrie Holmes is the co-founder of Project Firefly, a new company supported by the 776 Foundation that combines drone technology with pressurized air cannons to better contain wildfires. Valkyrie talks about how exactly is Firefly planning to fight fires using drones. 👉 Find the full podcast: https://youtu.be/A2zRu7EWCVg 👉 Find the…
Laura Stieghorst is one of the first 776 Fellows. She is the co-founder and CEO at BASICO2, where they are working to understand how we can safely rebalance ocean chemistry using natural mechanisms to remove CO2 from the ocean and restore coral reefs. Laura talks about why the oceans are…
This week: • $1 billion for electric school buses • A potential "tripledemic" sandwich (not as delicious as it sounds!) • One person's (treated) wastewater is another person's drinking water • Most pregnancy-related deaths in America are preventable • Bumble goes public with their "Private Detector" code Here's What You…
In this week's news we're covering: 0:00 Intro 1:10 Plant-based meat industry is failing 03:24 The success of Covid and the need to demand more 05:20 Foreign-made baby formula in the US 06:57 The difficulties telehealth is facing 08:48 We are giving away our data 11:05 Ten things from my…
Valkyrie Holmes is the co-founder of Project Firefly, a new company supported by the 776 Foundation that combines drone technology with pressurized air cannons to better contain wildfires. Yes, you heard that right. In her brief but wildly impressive time as a professional, she’s worked as an intern at SpaceX…
Throughout history, kings, queens, governments, churches, and donors have funded contests and awarded prizes for solving the most difficult problems of the day. Today, as we stand on the precipice of huge problems and opportunity, with everyone looking around going “What can I do?” the utility and relative inclusivity of…
This week: • Plant-based meat stocks • Another COVID winter is coming • A long-term plan for the baby formula shortage • The uncertain future of telehealth • Willfully shunning data privacy Here's What You Can Do: • Help elect progressive state and federal candidates (https://votesaveamerica.com/save-america/)who will shift our diets…
Lissie Garvin is the Foundation and Fellowship Director at the new 776 Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the venture capital firm with the same name, both founded by Alexis Ohanian. Lissie helped run Reddit, was chief of staff at Initialized Capital, working alongside Alexis. Laura Stieghorst is one of the…
Let's talk robots. But first: There’s a very particular bottleneck where groundbreaking science is more applicable than ever but inaccessible to many. The tools are unaffordable to the schools and groups who could use them to hook kids right when they’re most excited, kids with a huge variety of lived…
In this week's news we're covering: 0:00 Intro 1:11 Climate Change and insurance 2:54 Covid Vaccine’s effect on pregnancy 5:05 Food insecurity in America 7:18 Wildfire smoke effect on air quality 9:02 Internet blackout in Iran 10:09 10 Things from my notebook 10:50 That's it for this week 👉 Find…
How lucky are we? How lucky are we that we live in a time of such great opportunity – when, yes, we’re teetering on the edge of a global climate calamity, still reeling from a pandemic, knowing that our problems and challenges are not only enormous, but systemic, all-encompassing, and…
This week: • What climate change means for insurance • Pregnancy and the COVID vaccine • Food insecurity in America • What wildfire smoke means for air quality • Internet blackout in Iran What we can do • Understand your flood risk with Flood Factor (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/h1_F8Wtc7lOEot2zuJ67rzzta85slHeGeEj9S03GDSqq3cZAFXXvuhFnCc6q02lEZZPTblwd8YvtI2X4T5aTJw/3q3/sjZpiImjRsiz0o0Bx8o94g/h17/PHYXIoqLLu1H_lFsi0WFFKa-f1qzWy1mtBbCTDnYOKU), a free tool to…
In this week's news we're covering: 00:00 - Intro 00:22 - Hurricane Ian 02:36 - Covid update 03:15 - Viral levels in wastewater 05:01 - The world in 2050 06:30 - The biggest-ever Alzheimer's Study 08:44 - People and computers 11:03 - 10 Things from my notebook 11:59 - That's…
This week: • It's hurricane season • Viral levels in wastewater spiking • What the world might look like in 2050 • Results from the biggest-ever Alzheimer's study • Asking better questions about our apps Action Steps • Send (https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3QUS9SLT7QD3/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex)disaster recovery supplies to Florida, donate (https://donate.wck.org/give/429706/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=fionaupdate)or volunteer with World Central…
For decades Americans have relied on wood, oil, and gas to power, heat, and cool our homes, and the water we use to drink, cool, and bathe in. But these things have helped fuel our climate crisis – by some estimates, residential energy use accounts for about 20% of US…
This week: • The companies building a new clean economy (and the pretenders) • The "I" in COVID • Defrauded pandemic funds for hungry kids • Preventing overdoses with safer supply programs • Increasing surveillance Action Steps • Read (https://mailchi.mp/protocol/sustainabilitys-low-hanging-fruit-432433) Protocol's tips to make your company more sustainable • If…
Let’s say you get sick. Diabetes. Cancer. Heart disease. Long COVID. PTSD. MS. Depression. Alzheimer’s Despite the best efforts of your physician, nothing’s working. They’re out of answers, and you’re out of questions. You might both be increasingly out of time. Where do you turn? There must be someone, somewhere,…
Curious about the climate? Then there’s a show I want to tell you about—A Matter of Degrees, where Dr. Leah Stokes and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson tell stories about the powerful forces behind climate change — and the tools we have to fix it. You know climate change is a problem.…
This week: • The cost of electrification • The end of free COVID tests • The water crisis in Jackson • Minimizing cancer treatment side effects • The companies selling your location data to the police Action Steps • Read (https://www.rewiringamerica.org/electrify-home-guide) Rewiring America's home electrification guide, and then share it…
This week: • Heat in China ramping up a clean economy arms race • How to learn more about Long COVID • Cleaning up after coal • Magic mushrooms and depression • Better data for pregnant people Action Steps • Check out (https://www.ctvc.co/ira-and-the-new-capital-cost/)CTVC's rundown on Ira's impact on capital costs…
This week: • What IRA means for cars • Centralizing data for the next pandemic • A parched Earth • Big Pharma is Big Mad about IRA • Fingers crossed that Big Tech will protect democracy Action Steps: • Listen to (https://thecoolestshow.com/inflation-reduction-act-roundtable-w-rhiana-gunn-wright-dana-johnson-and-bishop-marcia-dinkins/) a very-Ira episode of "The Coolest Show" podcast…
“What can I do?” This is the question I get most often. It’s the question that early on pivoted our newsletter and then this podcast towards measurable action steps that help you feel better and drive systemic change. I don’t have anywhere near all the answers to basically anything, so…
In a world where trust in institutions and in news is falling and the role of influencers is growing, finding the connective tissue between you and your audience is key to, well, connecting. To establish a rapport, which can if nourished, lead to trust, which can lead to a genuine…
