Chip Giller

Concerned citizen, Connector, Environmentalist, Social entrepreneur, Writer/Editor

Chip Giller has been active in the climate space and media field for 30 years, leading creative storytelling teams and partnering with nonprofits and others to speed progress to a better, more just world. In 2024, Chip joined forces with philanthropist Wendy Schmidt to launch Agog: The Immersive Media Institute, bringing their shared passions for storytelling and social change to the forefront of the emerging media landscape. Agog helps people use immersive media like augmented reality and virtual reality to imagine and build better futures. In 1999, Chip founded one of the first digital news organizations and first nonprofit newsrooms, Grist, to engage the next generation on climate change and other environmental issues. Grist reaches millions and has been recognized in many ways for its impact, including as a recipient of the National Magazine Award for General Excellence. In 2016, Chip launched the Grist 50, an annual celebration of climate-solutions leaders of all stripes. Among other honors, Chip has received a Heinz Award and been named a TIME “Hero of the Environment.”

*Giving truth a fighting chance in the information ecosystem. *A future that doesn’t suck and a planet that doesn’t burn.

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