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David Gory, Co-Founder and CEO of Airbuild, joins us to discuss Airbuild's incredibly innovative and exciting "Project Photosynthesis" pilot project in Green River, Utah. Through the power of algae, Project Photosynthesis creates multiple environmental benefits: 1) it cleans river water by removing nutrient loads, e-coli, and other pollutants; 2) it is a carbon-capture project that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through algal photosynthesis and pyrolyzed biomass; 3) it produces biochar which can be used in a number of ways such as an organic fertilizer and "mulch" to promote soil moisture or as a replacement for limestone in concrete; 4) it also incorporates and repurposes local organic waste providing a service to local municipalities and agricultural producers; and several more bells and whistles. The excitement around this project is palpable - can't wait to see where it goes!

Check out the project website: https://www.airbuildinc.com/

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Emily Olsen, Vice President - Rocky Mountains for Trout Unlimited, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Operations Manager for Blue Commons, and Elijah Tangenberg of CKBlueshift, LLC, join us to talk about Blue Commons and their new ReBeaver Restoration Fund. This is an exciting discussion about Blue Commons and their innovative approach to bring readily available and deployable financing for water conservation projects in the Colorado River Basin. Blue Commons uses a variety of creative financing structures to make funds available to its partners for a number of needs such as project grant funding, bridge loans, and money to leverage other sources of revenue. As the ReBeaver Restoration Fund is the newest Blue Commons fund, we discuss Trout Unlimited's work to use Blue Commons to fund Beaver Dam analogs and similar technologies to restore watersheds in Arizona and Colorado. Very exciting work!

Check out the ReBeaver project: https://thebluebank.org/rebeaver

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Peter Culp, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, and Mary Kelly, Co-Founder and Partner Emeritus, join us to talk about the innovative work Culp & Kelly and Blueshift are undertaking at the nexus of water, climate, finance, and natural resource management. As a new partner with Culp & Kelly, your host Emily Lewis, talks with Mary and Peter about the creation of Culp & Kelly, the need for a different kind of business and legal model to address complicated water problems, and operating a mission-based organization. We also take the opportunity to ask two of the smartest people in the room about their thoughts on the last 15 years of water management, current trends, and predictions for the future. We end on a hopeful note about finding opportunity in times of change and the need to build a positive more equitable future.