1. I want to create way to generate electrical power without pollution. Basically, a closed cycle process that releases no pollutants, or electronic waste.
2. I want to do everything I can to eliminate gender bias in the world.
We have a small hydro-electrical plant una River near my house and really it's no big deal, it fits very nicely in the surrounding environment and it produces clean energy.
It's also educational because since the river is near the city small children classes can visit it and learn about it.
Geothermal can be a solution for generating electricity directly, but if you'd like to minimize electronic waste perhaps it would be easier to use it to replace alternative energy sources for HVAC purposes.
Biofuels (eg: plant bamboo, grow it, then burn it) can also technically be closed cycle energy sources.
Solar water heaters can also reduce electrical or fossil-fuel-based energy consumed for generating hot water.
What progress have you made in your work on either front? What sort of work do you do to solve these problems?
I am also spending much time lately in the SF kink community to build a fundamental understanding of the biases people have experienced in life with respect to their gender identity, and am strongly considering HRT so I can live life on the other side and experience the prejudice first hand.