While attending The University of Southern California, Natalie's graduate thesis was a conceptual solution to a big world problem. Her solution was to utilize reverse osmosis to resolve California's drought crisis. The process would provide drinking water, produce energy, and create a new building material, salt. The process would result in an independent cradle-to-cradle, self-regenerative urban environment.
Over the past decade of working in architecture, using salt as a building material resonated throughout her career. For years she internalized her ideas until she met a team of material scientists at the University of Utah who shared an interest in her creativity. When designers and scientists collaborate, creativity blends with reality.
As a team, they developed 100% biodegradable plastic from algae. We are excited to share what we are creating from our algae plastic. Our goal is to work towards a carbon-neutral future.
Natalie's pitch was selected as a semi-finalist in the Elevation Pitch Series hosted by the Founder Institute of Colorado.
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