（下文為英文中文互譯）
15 Young Founders Rethinking Everything (2)
重新思考這個世界的15位年輕創始人（二）凱利·厄哈特和維斯塔計劃，從非營利組織到環保公司
Kelly Erhart, 26; Project Vesta
凱利·厄哈特，26歲，她成立的公司叫維斯塔計劃，網站如下圖。
"I wanted to fully focus on solutions."
她遵從的信條是全力以赴、尋求方案。
Kelly Erhart was environmentally conscious as a kid but made a choice as a young adult: "I wasn't going to let my climate anxiety become apathy," the 26-year-old says. "I wanted to fully focus on solutions."
凱利從小就有環保意識，年輕時決定做些與氣候變化有關的事，并決心全力以赴，尋找可以付諸實踐并行之有效的方法。
She found her focus one weekend while reading a dense climate report, which noted a particular solution called "enhanced weathering." In short, it encourages a natural process by which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere when water hits certain rocks.
一個周末，她在閱讀一份厚重的氣候報告時注意到報告裡提到一種叫“增強風化”的方法。所謂增強風化，簡單地說就是加速岩石的自然風化過程，利用海水對某種岩石的不停沖刷，在加速風化的同時，也能去除空氣中的二氧化碳。她意識到這就是她一直尋找的東西。
Seemingly every major report listed enhanced weathering as a crucial tool for reaching climate targets, but nobody appeared to be doing it outside of scientists in labs.
經過更多的閱讀，凱利留意到，似乎每一份大的有關氣候的報告都提到“增強風化”這個方法，把它視為解決氣候變化問題的一個重要方法，但這個方法至今還隻是停留在實驗室裡。
This would become the focus of Project Vesta, which she cofounded in 2019 as a nonprofit and is now a public benefit corporation that has raised $6 million in philanthropy for its side.
她想試試。于是她把2019年與人共同創立的非營利組織“維斯塔計劃”變成了一家正式的公司。她要把“維斯塔計劃”變成一家能夠帶來社會效益的公司。她成功地籌集到了600萬美元的慈善資金。
Erhart had previously cofounded a waterless toilet company, and learned an important lesson there: Even as the world needs many solutions, nothing gets done unless you build a team that's singularly focused in one direction.
凱利之前還與人共同創辦過一家無水馬桶公司，從那個公司的經營裡她吸取到一些經驗教訓。針對同一個問題這世上恐怕有無數的方法可以解決，可實際上，沒有幾個方法最終能被成功地做出來。為什麼呢？因為沒有一個專注的團隊。
To that end, she built an impassioned team who identified why "enhanced weathering" hadn't left the science labs: "Scientists aren't entrepreneurs," she says. "They don't take risks, and this is a risky thing."
于是，她組建了一支團隊，團隊成員個個激情滿滿。他們認識到為什麼“增強風化”這個方案至今沒能走出實驗室。因為科學家畢竟不是企業家，他們沒有企業經營和生存的風險，可企業家有！
Her company secured significant funding so that scientists with a wide range of specialties — who may not normally collaborate — could together research its use.
如今她的公司獲得了大量資金，她可以邀請到各個專業方向的科學家，一起來研究制定和實施這個方案。各個分支的科學家們通常也難有類似這樣的合作機會。
This year, Project Vesta launched its first pilot site, where a specific kind of carbon-capturing sand will be spread on beaches.
今年，維斯塔計劃啟動了它的第一個試點，在一處海灘上撒上一種特定的沙子，這種沙子有助于捕獲空氣中的二氧化碳。
Several more are in the works, with the hopes of one day removing billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. — Nate Hopper
另外幾個也在籌劃安排中。她希望有一天他們做的這些能幫助去除數十億噸的二氧化碳。
原作者：内特·霍珀；原文：
https://www.entrepreneur.com/entrepreneurs/15-young-founders-rethinking-everything-from-artificial/432612
補充：
Enhanced weathering is a process that aims to accelerate the natural weathering by spreading finely ground silicate rock, such as basalt, onto surfaces which speeds up chemical reactions between rocks, water, and air.
“增強風化”是一種加速自然風化的過程，通過将矽酸鹽岩石比如玄武岩的顆粒粉末鋪撒到物質表面來加速岩石、水和空氣之間的化學反應。
It also removes carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, permanently storing it in solid carbonate minerals or ocean alkalinity. The latter also slows ocean acidification.
這種過程同時還能從大氣中去除二氧化碳，将它永久地儲存在固體碳酸礦物質或海洋堿度中。後者有利減緩海洋酸化。