SHIFTMAKERS
CLIMATE IMPACT BY DESIGN
Portrait of Jesse Hynes
Portrait of Catherine Griffin
Portrait of Mariano Alvarez
Portrait of Jo Norris
Portrait of Alex Pfeiffer
Portrait of Sanjana Pau;
Portrait of Nick Martin
Portrait of Anthony Kinslow
Portrait of Jesse Hynes
Portrait of Catherine Griffin
Portrait of Mariano Alvarez
Portrait of Sanjana Paul

DESPAIR IS A BARRIER TO SCALING CLIMATE TECH

Shiftmakers is a short film series that flips the script on traditional climate change narratives, moving from doom and gloom into motivated action. The series highlights the optimism and drive of founders tackling pressing environmental challenges through design.
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Newest Release

IMPACTABLE X

ImpactableX CEO Catherine Griffin develops data models that help early-stage climate tech companies understand and prove their potential impact. The platform enables companies to move beyond hype by providing real-time metrics that demonstrate both environmental and economic impact. Through their data-driven approach, ImpactableX gives founder the tools to quantify and communicate their contribution to systemic change, building trust and credibility among investors and others in the climate sector.

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GEMINI

Gemini Energy Solutions founder Anthony Kinslow II created a Software-As-A-Service (SAAS) platform that delivers affordable, high-quality energy audits for small commercial buildings. Their technology allows non-certified energy auditors to identify cost and energy savings, providing access to clean energy jobs and performing energy audits in in marginalized communities. Gemini is also building clean energy hubs in churches and other community centers.

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UPCOMING EPISODES

These founders are changing the world.

CLIMATEBASE / Jesse Hynes
January 8th
Catherine Griffin headshot
EARTHACKS / SANJANA PAUL
2025
A headshot of Sanjana Paul
AVALO / MARIANO ALVAREZ
2025
Mariano Alvarez headshot

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Our Purpose

WHO WE ARE

Shiftmakers is created by a collective of award-winning creative agencies based in Philadelphia, Austin, and New York.

DESIGN

Shfitmakers features interviews with groundbreaking climate tech founders. Each episode explores how founders are designing their products and businesses
for impact.

RESILIENT

Instead of climate stories that are about fear or guilt, these stories are about the amazing possibilities that design and human ingenuity create.

FUTURES

Overwhelming existential crisis breeds powerlessness. We must make solutions feel real in order to spark adoption at scale.  To build a healthy future, we need real people telling real stories.

Photo of Michu Benaim-Steiner and Nicole Dery