Catalyzing innovation.
We launched Wonder Labs in April 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’. In 2020, we incubated a fuel management technology–BurnBot––a mechanized solution for safer, cleaner, and cheaper prescribed burning at scale. In 2021, we catalyzed private donors and startups to better respond to California’s increasing wildfire risk, culminating in the development and release of the first State of FireTech: Progress, gaps, futures Report in 2022. |
Between 2021–2023, our Reimagining 2025: Living with Fire program and Design Challenge showcased the potential of student-led and community-centered processes of reimagining the future of living and working with fire. In 2022, Wonder Labs' led curation of a Special Issue of articles, reviews, and essays for the Fire Journal, see Reimagining the Future of Living and Working with Fire, In 2024, we are incubating FireUp––America's first workforce platform exclusively dedicated to sustaining fulfilling careers in the fire and forestry industry. |