Inside 8 companies rethinking how we harness and use resources

Among the 2026 World Changing Ideas, there is no shortage of projects that are taking a thoughtful or clever approach to resource use. Some get creative—by, say, turning an invasive starfish into a deicer, or adapting oil and gas drilling to advance geothermal energy. Others are rethinking how things considered waste can be repurposed, like Curio and Cecilia.