Green Wave (2014, 12 staff; greenwave.org)
Creates polyculture ocean farming systems to produce high yields of shellfish and seaweed in small footprints. “Less than 5% of the US’ waters would produce protein equal to 3 trillion cheeseburgers, sequester 135 M tons of carbon, create 50M new jobs, etc..”
Program Areas:
- Farm replication
- Market Innovation
Sample projects:
- Blue Carbon developing the world’s first kelp carbon credit protocol
- A worker-owned fertilizer plant in the South Bronx to provide seaweed fertilizers to New York City parks.
- Aquatic Science Internship Program
- Creating/managing seaweed markets
Leadership: Bren Smith (Co-founder, winner of Buckminster Fuller Prize)
Budget: ~$1m
