Ideum is a New Mexico based creative company focused on using emerging technologies to design public installations and products that lead to meaningful visitor experiences.  Ideum’s creative designer, Becky Hansis-O’Neill, also a biologist, shares information on Ideum. Additionally, she shares some of the innovative and exciting exhibitions they built for various clients for public installations enhancing visitor experiences through interactive displays to educate about penguins and conservation at Albuquerque New Mexico’s Bio Park Society’s Penguin Chill. Ideum also works on a pottery project with Acoma artist Michele Lowden.

Andrew Bracken fosters partnerships to boost sustainable agriculture for small farmers, focusing on global food security amid climate change. In Kenya, herders face drought, but initiatives like Feed the Future provide tools like satellite technology to help locate pastures via an app. In Mozambique, after two cyclones, efforts focus on supplying seeds for the next season and providing food aid to farmers who lost crops. Bracken’s work aims for sustainable success in these communities.

Glassblowers David Royce and Michael Boyd prioritize sustainability in their craft. They founded Bicycle Glass, Co. to produce eco-friendly light fixtures from post-consumer glass, reducing waste. Their studio operates on renewable wind energy, achieving near carbon neutrality, and utilizes recycled packaging. They aim to share their journey and innovations for a sustainable future.