We are experiencing the ramifications of living in an industrialized age marked by short-term thinking. The impact of global climate change and air and water pollution has reached all corners of the Earth. News of climate change impact can be overwhelming, but according to the 2021 IPCC Climate Change Report, there is still time to get the planet back into a proper alignment! For that to happen, we all need to investigate our relationship to the environment and consider ways to make a difference. 

As a warm-up for your Eco-Innovators Capstone project, you will be going through this micro-studio in which you learn about a specific environmental threat in Columbia: ocean pollution, and design a device to address that threat. Though the time for this warm-up studio is short, your ideas can be expansive!