Catalyzing social and ecological innovation.

Why
We are a social enterprise based in San Jose, California, born of the need for more agile solutions to the most urgent environmental issues. Our mission is to catalyze social and ecological innovations with communities on the frontline of climate impacts. 

How
We seek to fulfill our mission by co-developing technologies, facilitating convergence research, and applying seed capital. We adopt methods of co-learning with communities, co-creating sustainable solutions, and enabling community-led innovations. Our work is guided by the United Nations Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) and the United Nation’s Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. 

What
Through our Reimagining 2025: Living with Fire program we aim to enable diverse communities across California to adapt to living with fire in just, inclusive, and sustainable ways. 

We launched Wonder Labs in early 2020 and through the first year of the global COVID-19 pandemic, led NSF-funded longitudinal research on ‘Wildfire Preparedness and Evacuation Planning in a Pandemic’, supported the Yuba-Bear Burn Cooperative's first prescribed burn in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, and catalyzed private donors and startups to better respond to California’s increasing wildfire risk. 

In 2021, we continue to expand on these fronts. Our Reimagining 2025: Living with Fire program showcases the implementation of a comprehensive Policy, People, and Places approach to wildfire risk reduction. Guided by this framework, we are exploring the potential of more diversified fuel management options for small private landowners and incubating BurnBot––a mechanized solution for safer, cleaner, and cheaper prescribed burning at scale.