La Cocina
La Cocina is a community-centered organization rooted in San Francisco’s Mission District, dedicated to advancing equity in food business ownership. Founded to support women, immigrants, and people of color, La Cocina transforms informal food enterprises into sustainable, income-generating businesses by providing affordable commercial kitchen space, training, capital access, and a deeply supportive entrepreneurial community. The […]
Clean Coalition
The Clean Coalition drives policy innovation to remove barriers to procurement and interconnection of distributed energy resources (DER) such as local renewables, energy storage, and demand response, while establishing programs and market mechanisms that realize the full potential of integrating these solutions. Active in numerous proceedings before state and federal agencies throughout the U.S., Clean […]
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) envisions thriving, diverse, equitable communities, working to build local power and fight corporate control. Over the past 50 years, ILSR has taken on corporate giants like Amazon and Walmart while leading the charge against utility and waste monopolies, with research, advocacy, and community assistance that breaks new ground for […]
Global Disaster Preparedness Center
The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) was established by the American Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) as a reference center to support innovation and learning in disaster preparedness. As one of 12 reference centers in the international Red Cross Red Crescent network, the GDPC enhances disaster […]
Watergen
Watergen began with a singular vision: to provide clean, safe water to those who need it most. Founded to address water scarcity head-on, the company pioneered Atmospheric Water Generation (AWG), creating a transformative solution that generates water directly from the air. The patented GENius system is adaptable to any environment, delivering water where traditional pipelines […]