Earthx2026 Solutions Stage

The Solutions Stage is a fast-paced, public-facing platform showcasing tangible, real-world solutions emerging across the EarthX ecosystem. Featuring rapid-fire talks from innovators, businesses, governments, NGOs, and academics, the stage highlights actionable ideas, scalable models, and on-the-ground progress driving measurable environmental impact.

Earthx2026, our marquee event, brings together leading voices from across the environmental spectrum—including scientists, conservationists, academics, entrepreneurs, advocates, NGOs, farmers, corporations, policymakers, educators, students, and global leaders—to exchange ideas and drive solutions for a sustainable future. Since 2011, the event has gathered leading voices from across the environmental spectrum brings together policymakers, investors, scientists, business leaders, artists, technologists, and civic leaders to move beyond polarization and toward pragmatic, scalable action that supports both human prosperity and planetary health. This nonpartisan convening will offer an honest environment to identify common ground solutions that align incentives – not ideology – and set a course towards a healthy and flourishing future for the planet.

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Info: Growing global energy demand requires every available energy source and every possible efficiency. Most people want to make a positive difference; what they lack is clarity, motivation, and a way to see their impact. What if there were a way to move people up the sustainability-engagement curve more quickly and willingly? EcoCampaigns shift the narrative away from doom and gloom and instead spotlight practical, high-impact products, efficiency boosters, and clear educational concepts—combined with rewards, recognition, and measurable results. The model motivates participation, builds confidence, and helps bridge divides around climate and sustainability. In this session participants will engage with real-world motivators and inhibitors uncovered through recent sustainability research, explore the potential of gamified engagement strategies, and co-create a framework for tracking and celebrating collective progress.

Info: This presentation builds on the alternative substances in healthcare introduction course. Discussions will center around legal concerns for healthcare provider liabilities and FDA concerns, particularly with cannabis, ketamine and psychedelics.

Other topics include CPOM issues, fraud (kickbacks & physician self-referrals), off-label uses, right to try laws, cGMP regulations, incorporating APRNs, involvement of private equity, state laws and various delivery models.

Info: Environmental educator passionate about working at the intersections between media, diversity, and environmentalism.

Info: Sustainability doesn’t have to sacrifice style. In this session, Sarah Teresinski, founder of Redeux Style and a member of the United Nations Fashion & Lifestyle Network, explores how fashion and home interiors can serve as powerful entry points for circular living. From fast fashion and fast furniture to landfill diversion and creative reuse, this talk reframes sustainability as an accessible, design-forward lifestyle rather than a restrictive one.

Drawing on real-world examples, media projects, and consumer engagement through EarthX, attendees will learn how rethinking what we already own and how we source, style, and reuse can significantly reduce waste while elevating everyday life. This session offers practical insights for individuals, brands, and communities looking to inspire behavior change through beauty, creativity, and intention.

Info: Xiye Bastida, a Mexican climate activist from the Indigenous Otomi community, is a key organizer of Fridays for Future in New York City and a prominent advocate for Indigenous and immigrant representation in climate action.

Info: How AI, Proptech, and Infrastructure Intelligence Can Cut Emissions at Scalw

Buildings account for ~40% of global emissions—this frames real estate as the climate battleground.

Climate change will not be solved by energy alone. It will be solved by how we design, site, finance, operate, and retrofit buildings and infrastructure—using AI to make better decisions faster.

Key Talking Points:

Why climate progress stalls when land use, buildings, and infrastructure are treated as “slow-moving”
How AI-driven underwriting, site selection, and operations can materially reduce emissions
Data centers, logistics, housing, and cities as leverage points—not liabilities
What policymakers, investors, and developers can do now (not in 2040)

Info: Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, PhD, USN (Ret.), interviews legendary ocean explorer Dr. Robert Ballard, famed for discovering the shipwrecks of the Titanic and the Bismarck, for an intimate, engaging fireside conversation exploring deep‑sea discovery and emerging technologies, offering a glimpse into the mysteries and future of our ocean world.

Info: The Guy Harvey Foundation, along with our partners, is on a mission to promote marine science literacy and address ocean conservation issues in schools, both in the United States and around the world. We achieve this by providing and implementing free, accredited marine science courses for teachers and students.

Info: GMSO's global fleet of research vessels serves three crucial missions: advancing scientific research and exploration, promoting international science diplomacy, and improving global rapid response efforts.

Info: The ocean sustains life on Earth, yet many of its most vital ecosystems, especially coral reefs and coastal habitats, are rapidly declining. This talk explores how the emerging blue economy can drive regenerative solutions by blending science, innovation, and creative projects to finance restoration sustainably. Through the work of Ocean Rescue Alliance International (ORAI) and Coastal Resilience Solutions (CRS), marine scientist Dr. Shelby Thomas highlights how art-inspired reef installations, scalable restoration technologies, and nature-based coastal infrastructure can rebuild marine ecosystems while supporting resilient coastal communities.

By integrating ecological engineering with public engagement and creative design, these projects demonstrate how restoration can serve as both an environmental solution and an economic opportunity. From habitat-mimicking artificial reefs to innovative coral and oyster restoration systems, this presentation offers a vision for a thriving blue ec

Info: Water scarcity is a defining constraint for new development. This session explores how innovative water agreements—beyond traditional permitting—can enable data center growth while protecting communities, ecosystems, and long-term water resilience.

Info: My latest novel, The Sushi Warrior, is a collaboration with renowned artist and conservationist Guy Harvey. The plot focuses on illegal fishing and human enslavement in the $20B global tuna industry. The book tells a tragic real-life story using the lure of fiction as well as the amazing illustrations by Guy.

I've been using a Powerpoint to educate students and adult about the fact that illegally caught seafood ends up on our dinner plates and in our restaurants, some of it harvested by enslaved workers.

My presentation also touches on our high-tech ability to track fishing fleets (legal and illegal) all over the planet yet, sadly, there is little or no enforcement when fishing laws are broken. The result is a billion dollar illegal, unregulated and unreported seafood black market.

My goal is to educate, entertain and hopefully, garner support for greater open-ocean enforcement of criminal activity.

Info: Conscious Capital is a purpose-driven organization focused on advancing human consciousness. We work to shift global success metrics from GDP to GDPurpose™, aligning capital with impact.

Info: Dr. McCalla is not only a science research professional and enthusiast, but she also considers herself a science geek. Additionally, she is the president of the New York State Science and Engineering Fair (NYSSEF).

Info: Michelle Yahn, host of the YouTube channel "Rebel with a Rake," demonstrates how residential water reuse and rooftop runoff diversion can enhance yards as contributors to water conservation and soil health. Through video clips and real-world installations, she highlights simple systems like greywater reuse from laundry and stormwater redirection. These techniques slow runoff, reduce erosion, and lessen the burden on municipal infrastructure. This engaging session combines practical demonstrations with accessible education, empowering attendees to adopt meaningful climate solutions at home.

Info: This session highlights Q2 Stadium’s journey to TRUE Certification for Zero Waste and the cross-sector partnerships that resulted in a successful circular model in Austin. Experts will share how venue operators, city programs, and private recyclers have co-designed innovative solutions and closed-loop systems with partners including HEB. Attendees will walk away with a roadmap for achieving and maintaining TRUE Certification in their facilities and with the knowledge of how local partnerships create circular solutions that keep materials in the local economy and out of landfills.

Info: Sustainability was designed to slow damage, not to support planetary-scale urban growth. As billions more people move into cities, this talk reframes urban development as a systems challenge – one that requires cities to function like ecosystems. Supernature Labs introduces BioplanningTM a regenerative planning framework that integrates ecology, infrastructure, and finance to create cities that heal land, strengthen communities, and attract long-term capital. The session offers a roadmap for how regenerative cities can become the new global standard.

Info: Conferences are all about networking, learning, and being inspired. However, a lot of the time we tend to network and learn from people who think like us and are in the same industry. Since this conference is intended to bring people together from different industries, why not a networking session curated to do just that?

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