This past Wednesday, I made a visit to Chelsea’s High Line, where a certain kind of science fair—coinciding with New York City Climate Week—is taking place through tomorrow, September 23: the inaugural Climate Science Fair, hosted by Emerson Collective in collaboration with the climate-tech nonprofit Elemental Excelerator. With the aim of cultivating climate optimism and impactful conversations about our collective future, the community-driven event features a keynote speech by the scientist and TV personality Bill Nye as well as presentations, performances, workshops, talks, soundscapes, and demos with a wide swath of leaders and innovators across sustainable agriculture, clean energy, textile recycling, and more, from Ghetto Gastro co-founder Jon Gray (the guest on Ep. 2 of our Time Sensitive podcast) to the marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. “The heart of so much of our work is really thinking of the power of human ingenuity,” says Jennifer Arcenaux, senior director of Emerson Collective’s Culture Council, when asked about the impetus for the fair. “We thought the framing of a science fair—which is so accessible to all of us; we all know what it feels like to present, and the nervousness and excitement and all of the creativity that went into designing our own demos in grade school and middle school and high school—was a beautiful way to capture and translate these ideas in a way that’s truly accessible.”