Jeff Kirschner
Founder of Litterati | Combating Plastic Pollution with Citizen Science
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Jeff Kirschner is the founder of Litterati, a pioneering citizen science platform that uses crowdsourced data to map and fight plastic pollution worldwide. As a TED speaker, Kirschner has inspired millions to join the movement to clean up our environment.
With a background in product design, he has applied human-centered principles to build Litterati into a global force for good, empowering communities to take action and drive systemic change. Kirschner's insights equip audiences with practical strategies to foster sustainability and drive positive impact through grassroots innovation.
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This app makes it fun to pick up litter
The earth is a big place to keep clean. With Litterati -- an app for users to identify, collect and geotag the world's litter -- TED Resident Jeff Kirschner has created a community that's crowdsource-cleaning the planet. After tracking trash in more than 100 countries, Kirschner hopes to use the data he's collected to work with brands and organizations to stop litter before it reaches the ground.
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