Explore
Search results
After Aspen Ideas: Climate 2024, we caught up with speaker Rich Powell, the CEO of ClearPath who advises policymakers on energy innovation and emissions reduction. We interviewed Powell about bipartisan climate conversations, how to remove roadblocks to building new clean energy projects, and the private sector's role in the energy transition.
Water scarcity is a major concern as the planet warms. Desalination has emerged as a workable solution, but traditional methods tend to be energy-intensive and costly. We caught up with Aspen Ideas: Climate speaker Dragan Tutic, co-founder and CEO of Oneka Technologies, to learn more about this issue and the innovative solution his company has developed: a floating, wave-p...
Lily Brooks-Dalton is the bestselling author of "Good Morning, Midnight" and "The Light Pirate." Ahead of her appearing at Aspen Ideas: Climate 2024, we caught up with her about how climate fiction lets us imagine new futures, ask hard questions, and sit in the unknown.
How is constitutional law being harnessed to address climate change? Ahead of Aspen Ideas: Climate, we caught up with Andrea Rodgers, Senior Attorney at Our Children's Trust, whose environmental law practice is fighting on behalf of young people and future generations.
What happens when revolutionary gene editing technology is applied to human health and climate? Ahead of Aspen Ideas: Climate, we caught up with Brad Ringeisen, Director of the Innovative Genomics Institute, about using CRISPR for climate change, how biotechnology can help feed the world, and why plants are carbon capture superstars.
For health researchers, space is proving to be a unique laboratory to explore stem cells, pharmaceuticals, 3D bioprinting, food science, and more. TRISH's Dorit Donoviel, an Aspen Ideas: Health 2023 speaker, explains how collaboration and open science can help advance these "out-of-this-world" discoveries for all mankind.
Meet Laura González Mantecón, a 2023 Festival Fellow who is building a grassroots network of scientists, land managers, and policymakers to test cutting-edge climate adaptation strategies.
Catherine Coleman Flowers, the founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, has dedicated her life to ensuring human dignity through a right most Americans take for granted: basic sanitation. We caught up with her about wastewater management (what she calls “America's dirty secret”), her experience on the White House Environmental Justice Advisory...
From March 3-6, 250 18 to 30-year-olds will build networks and discuss climate solutions with leading experts, before staying on for Aspen Ideas: Climate.
From March 6 - 9, policymakers, scientists, business leaders, technologists, artists, educators, and journalists will convene in Miami Beach to address one of the world’s greatest challenges.
The "Great Resignation" has impacted nursing and created a healthcare crisis for us all. What can be done to drive real change and create a supportive work environment where nurses can grow and thrive? Presented by Johnson & Johnson.
Race, ethnicity, age, sex, environment, and other social determinants of health can all impact how different people respond to the same medicine or vaccine. This is why diversity and inclusivity at every stage of the medical research process are critical to learning about the safety and efficacy of potential treatments for all patients. Presented by Pfizer.
Can the data collected through smartphones, wearable sensors, and passive monitoring devices be turned into actionable knowledge about the environmental impacts on our health? Meet three innovative researchers who are using these technologies to unlock the mysteries of Crohn’s disease and more. Presented by the Helmsley Charitable Trust.
We're proud to announce the 2022 winners of The Aspen Challenge, four amazing teams of young people designing solutions to some of the most critical problems facing their communities.
Amidst the greatest public health crisis of the last 100 years, another epidemic is marching along a seemingly unavoidable trajectory. Explore Pfizer’s dedication toward meeting this challenge – and its quest to develop novel therapeutics targeting the biology of human metabolism.
Small moments of joy are often the first to go when we're stressed or in a crisis. But they're actually a tool to restore our emotional well-being, says designer Ingrid Fetell Lee.