Carbon180 is a climate-focused nonprofit on a mission to fundamentally rethink carbon. The organization champions carbon removal technologies and practices through policies rooted in science and justice
Carbonfuture, a leading provider of high-integrity, durable carbon removal, announced a partnership with XPRIZE, the world leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity's grand challenges, to support the integrity of the growing carbon dioxide removal industry through rigorous monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV).
CARICOOS is the Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System. This effort, funded by the NOAA IOOS office http://ioos.noaa.gov/, is one of eleven coastal observing systems and regional associations, which, along with federal agencies, constitute the national coastal component of the US Integrated Ocean Observing System. Learn more at http://www.caricoos.org/.
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide technology leader that has been making the Internet work since 1984. Our people, products, and partners help society securely connect and seize tomorrow's digital opportunity today. Discover more at thenetwork.cisco.com and follow us on Twitter at @Cisco.
CMC Research Institutes (CMC) is a not-for-profit organization working to eliminate industrial greenhouse gas emissions by accelerating technology development. To achieve this goal, CMC designs, creates and operates research institutes that function as innovation clusters to catalyze and deliver multi-sectoral emission reduction technologies.
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies.
Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS Corp. offers complete 3D software tools that let you create, simulate, publish, and manage your data. SOLIDWORKS products are easy to learn and use, and work together to help you design products better, faster, and more cost-effectively. The SOLIDWORKS focus on ease-of-use allows more engineers, designers and other technology professionals than ever before to take advantage of 3D in bringing their designs to life. For more information, visit www.solidworks.com/Education
The Department of Marine Sciences (DMS) has its origins in the Institute of Marine Biology (IMB), founded on February 8, 1954, and is associated with the Department of Biology at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. The university specializes in M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the areas of Biological, Chemical, Geological, and Physical Oceanography.
EarthEcho International is a nonprofit organization founded on the belief that youth have the power to change our planet. Established by siblings Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau in honor of their father Philippe Cousteau Sr., and grandfather legendary explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, our mission is to inspire young people worldwide to act now for a sustainable future.
EcoEngineers is a consulting, auditing, and advisory firm with an exclusive focus on the energy transition.
Enegis, LLC, is an energy and natural resources engineering and consulting firm providing strategy, technology, economics, and project development worldwide.
Enviro Innovate spearheads an international clean-tech cluster that is attracting startups and established enterprises looking to commercialize or acquire innovative clean technologies. Working in collaboration with Enviro Ambient, Queen’s University, Air Liquide, Carbonomics, DuPont Canada, Foley Hoag, KPM, WorleyParsons and the City of Kingston, Enviro Innovate is able to draw on the experience and expertise of a multitude of relationships and resources to assist early–stage companies to commercialize next–generation, globally–applicable, clean-tech products. Our partners envision a continuing focus on carbon capture and carbon conversion research after the Carbon XPRIZE competition, which will incentivize the development of new and emerging CO2 conversion technologies, accelerating them from laboratory testing to demonstration under real-world conditions and ultimately to world-leading businesses.
Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS technology, Esri software is used in more than 350,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. Esri is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at esri.com/news.
Check out what our partners at Esri have provided as a resource and demonstration for teams to showcase their solutions and approaches to the competition and enhance the general publics understanding of the rainforest system. As part of our partnership with Esri they have given free access to their globally leading geospatial platform, ArcGIS, for all competing teams.
The Foundation for Amazon Sustainability (FAS) is a non-profit civil society organization that works for the sustainable development of the Amazon. Its mission is to contribute to the conservation of the biome, to improve the quality of life of the people of the Amazon and to value the standing forest and its biodiversity. With 16 years of experience, the institution achieved outstanding figures and impacts, such as the 202% increase in the average income of thousands of families benefited and the 39% drop in deforestation in the areas it serves.
Fugro is the world’s leading, independent provider of geo-intelligence and asset integrity solutions for large construction, infrastructure and natural resource projects. With global onshore and offshore expertise, the company acquires, processes and interprets data related to topography, soil composition and environmental conditions. Fugro’s ocean mapping capabilities include accurate depth and seafloor measurements across the marine domain, from the land/sea interface to the deepest parts of the ocean. Learn more at www.fugro.com.
GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility—is an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world's governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth.
Coordinated through its Secretariat in Copenhagen, the GBIF network of participating countries and organizations, working through participant nodes, provides data-holding institutions around the world with common standards, best practices and open-source tools enabling them to share information about where and when species have been recorded. This knowledge derives from many sources, including everything from museum specimens collected in the 18th and 19th century to geotagged smartphone photos shared by amateur naturalists in recent days and weeks
GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility—is an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world's governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth.
Coordinated through its Secretariat in Copenhagen, the GBIF network of participating countries and organizations, working through participant nodes, provides data-holding institutions around the world with common standards, best practices and open-source tools enabling them to share information about where and when species have been recorded. This knowledge derives from many sources, including everything from museum specimens collected in the 18th and 19th century to geotagged smartphone photos shared by amateur naturalists in recent days and weeks
Global Green USA is the American affiliate of Green Cross International, founded by President Gorbachev to foster a global value shift toward a sustainable and secure future. For 20 years, Global Green USA has been a national leader in advancing smart solutions to climate change that improve lives and protect our planet.
We create transformative model projects and advance new policies that build sustainable and resilient communities and affordable housing. We help local governments, schools, and public agencies integrate sustainable design, clean energy, and water reduction measures and we help people reduce waste, live better, and act more sustainably today--and in the future.
Global Green USA has influenced more than $20 billion dollars worth of building construction by encouraging the integration of green building and sustainability practices, and we’ve educated millions of people about climate-friendly solutions through our five annual events, including the green event of the year, our Pre-Oscar Party. Our impact has been felt across the country, particularly in areas affected by disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans where we led green rebuilding efforts and continue to provide assistance and resources to local residents.
Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit the Google website.