Five projects worth following right now

Here we are, on our first blog post for our community. A lot of the news right now can feel overwhelming and backwards. Choosing to believe that a better future is possible might feel far-fetched and sometimes, impossible. First, we have to remind ourselves that we have never been exposed in this particular way to the world problems in human history, a reminder to act locally is always a grounding answer. Is also important to remember that there are some amazing people doing great work. Work that would perhaps make us feel a little less embarrassed when the time to inherit this planet to our children comes.

1. Going Green Media: the storytellers

Solutions don't spread on their own; someone has to tell the story well. Going Green Media is a planet-first media company doing exactly that, short films and documentaries about the people actually fixing things, from wildlife rangers in Africa to sustainable architecture and materials innovation.

I came across this beautiful project around 3 years ago, by around the 3rd post I loved about them, I started following. This couple is amazing, and I can't start to imagine all the conversations, adventures and projects they have had the chance to explore and share about. They of course travel intentionally and mindfully about their carbon footprint so they limit on purpose big trips to 3 times per year. They are worth your time and attention!

2. Agrotonomy: vertical farming at scale

Agrotonomy builds aeroponic tower farms, vertical systems that grow produce roughly three times faster using about 95% less water than conventional soil farming, and they've set them up on nearly every continent. What makes them worth following isn't just the technology; it's the succulent, juicy, makes-you-drool videos showing their produce, looking healthy, strong and pesticide free. Millions of people watch their daily harvests, and there's something quietly radical about making farming one of the most-watched things on the internet.

They run what is perhaps the largest social media presence in agriculture: Instagram (7M followers) and TikTok (4.5M).

It was easy for me to find them due to their popularity and simple and well produced videos. For those who don't know, aeroponics and hydroponics, is a method to grow produce without any soil, yes you heard that right, the roots hang and are watered with the nutrients directly. Learn more about these techniques here.

3. Gardyn: growing food where you live

If Agrotonomy is the commercial end of vertical growing, Gardyn is what it looks like inside a home. Their hydroponic/aeroponic towers grow up to 30 plants in about two square feet, with sensors and an AI assistant handling most of the care. It's a glimpse of something we care deeply about: intelligence and affordable hardware making the regenerative choice the easy choice. Fresh greens, year-round, a few steps from your kitchen counter, with no gardening experience required.

4. The Venus Project: the long view

The Venus Project has been around for decades, founded on Jacque Fresco's roughly ninety years of work, and it shows its age in the best way. While everyone else optimizes products, they ask the bigger question: what would human habitats look like if we designed them, from scratch, to fit Earth's carrying capacity? Cities, energy, food systems, the whole stack. You don't have to agree with every conclusion to find the ambition clarifying and stimulating. Sometimes you need someone holding up the hundred-year picture so the rest of us remember what we're incrementing toward.

5. Precious Plastic: recycling you can build yourself

Precious Plastic open-sourced the machines for small-scale plastic recycling, shredders, extruders, presses, and gave the blueprints away for free! The result: hundreds of workspaces and thousands of people worldwide turning waste plastic into furniture, tiles, and products, no factory required. It's the purest expression of an idea we love: when you open-source the tools, the community scales the solution. Their feed is full of people proving that "waste" is just material in the wrong place.

As a Software Engineer, I understand and support deeply the concept of Open Source. And seeing it on hardware is absolutely amazing. Kudos to this team for real.

The common thread

A media company, a commercial farm builder, a home appliance, a century-spanning vision, and an open-source community. Five very different answers to the same question: how do we make regenerative living ordinary? Each one makes the path a little more visible. Follow a couple, let them displace something less nourishing in your feed, and tell us who we missed, we're always looking for the next one.