Local Solar System Foundation

Our initiatives

Four areas of work, one mission, one planet. Initiatives are where people learn, research and take part.

  • The Earth seen from orbit at sunrise.

    Free space learning

    Magenta Initiative

    Current priority

    Free courses and interactive tools on the solar system, space travel and the space economy

  • A sea turtle swimming next to a floating plastic bag.

    Urgent environmental threats

    Blue Initiative

    Ocean and water pollution · Plastics · Air quality · Sea-level rise

  • Thousands of mirrors in rings in the desert, aimed at a solar tower that glows with concentrated sunlight.

    Energy and natural resources

    Green Initiative

    Resource use · Population and consumption · Low-footprint wind energy · Energy alternatives compared

  • People silhouetted under a bright Milky Way.

    Quality of life

    Red Initiative

    Night-sky preservation · Visual pollution · Healthy-ageing research