95. A Young Innovator's Mission to End Plastic Waste

Our speaker, Steffek Rainey, is an innovator deeply committed to sustainability, with a focus on developing ventures that encourage everyday people to participate in impactful environmental change. A student at Harvard, Steffek is exploring cutting-edge design and engineering principles to create solutions to significant societal challenges like plastic pollution and climate change. Before joining Harvard, he founded an award-winning company dedicated to reducing plastic waste through innovative product design. Steffek’s designs have been recognized by the US President and EPA and he has been twice voted a People’s Choice Student Entrepreneur.Steffek Rainey’s journey is not just about creating a product—it’s about creating change. He shares with us how a single idea turned into Evera Bottle, a sustainable alternative to single-use plastics, and how his advocacy for a cleaner world has challenged industries, inspired communities, and redefined what it means to be a young innovator. With stories of struggle, resilience, and breakthrough moments, this talk is a call to action for everyone to think about how they could change the world with one simple idea. Because the future doesn’t belong to those who accept the world as it is—it belongs to those bold enough to change it.To learn more, go to:https://www.everabottle.com/