Our Future
Our Brand Extensions
PR1 Saturn Catalyst Grants
PR2 The Saturn Atlas
PR3 Saturn StoryForge
PRODUCTS
SE1 Saturn Journey Maps
SE2 Saturn Connectors Network
SERVICES
EV1 The Saturn Commons
EV2 Saturn Open Gallery
EV3 Saturn MakerSpaces
EVENTS
CO1 Saturn solutions Exchange
CO2 Saturn Builders Guild
CO3 Saturn Pathfinders
CO4 Saturn Town Square
CO5 Saturn Habitat Project
COBRANDING
EX1 Voices of Saturn Podcast & Platform
EX2 Saturn Learning Labs
EX3 Saturn Pulse: Community Trend Lab
EX4 Saturn Greenprint Labs
EXPERIENCES
EN1 Saturn Movement Festival
ENVIRONMENTS
Our History
Our New Brand
Logo Development
Experience 1
Experience 1
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Product 1-PR1
Saturn Catalyst Grants
A monthly award presented to certain individuals or teams for their improvement project idea.
Description
Micro-grants awarded monthly to individuals or small teams proposing bold community improvement projects. Like green energy hubs, mobile health initiatives, local education solutions
.
Mission Focus
Saturn Catalyst grants reinforces our mission of grassroots innovation by showing that even small ideas can create massive ripple effects.
Similarities
GoFundMe Causes
Differentiators
Saturn catalyst grants will be entirely community-voted. The public selects who gets the grants, not Saturn executives.
Product 3-PR3
Saturn StoryForge
A digital media studio where the community can document their experiences and community action stories.
Description
A community-powered digital media studio where people can create short films, documentaries, podcasts, or VR experiences centered on bold community action stories.
Mission Focus
Saturn StoryForge reinforces our mission of working together by sparking emotional connection around real-world change and elevating diverse voices.
Similarities
StoryCorps
Differentiators
Saturn StoryForge projects are mentored by experiences creators, but the narrative ownership remains with the community storyteller.
Service 2-SE2
Saturn Connectors Network
A platform that connects problem-solvers with resources that aligned with their innovation projects.
Description
A matchmaking platform that connects problem-solvers with resources: mentors, local officials, nonprofits, or micro-investors aligned with community innovation projects.
Mission Focus
Saturn Connectors Network reinforces our mission of foreword-thinking by fueling bold ideas and removing the biggest barrier to grassroots movements: lack of connections.
Similarities
LinkedIn for Good
Differentiators
Saturn connectors network prioritizes first-time innovators, youth leaders, and underrepresented communities.
Experience 1-EX1
Voices of Saturn Podcast & Platform
A community podcast where individuals tell stories and presents ideas for building up their community.
Description
A global, community-curated podcast and multimedia platform where everyday innovators tell stories and projects, dreams, hacks, and bold ideas reshaping their communities.
Mission Focus
Voices of Saturn Podcast and Platform reinforces our mission of grassroots initiative by elevating community voices; build momentum around grassroots innovation narratives.
Similarities
NPR StoryCorps
Differentiators
Voices of Saturn podcast & platform is a full community editorial board: episode topics and guests are chosen by open vote.
Experience 3-EX3
Saturn Pulse: Community Trend Lab
A research project for the community where members report on up and coming trends, ideas, and experiments.
Description
A crowdsourced research project where community members report on emerging social trends, tech ideas, cultural shifts, and sustainability experiments happening in their cities.
Mission Focus
Saturn Pulse: Community Trend Lab reinforces our mission of grassroots initiative by using real grassroots intelligence to shape future innovations and brand directions.
Similarities
Trendwatching.com’s Insights Network
Differentiators
Saturn pulse contributors are citizen researchers, and earn points or rewards for trend-spotting that leads to real-world projects.
Event 1-EV1
The Saturn Commons
A digital/physical platform where communities prototype new initiatives.
Description
A set of physical and digital “common spaces” where communities gather to prototype public art, civic innovation, environmental projects, or social tech initiatives.
Mission Focus
The Saturn Commons reinforces our mission of working together by fueling collaborations beyond mobility; create shared public experiences that drive real world change.
Similarities
WeWork Labs, MakerSpaces
Differentiators
Saturn commons are community-governed. Local volunteers make operational decisions.
Event 3-EV3
Saturn Makerspaces
Community spaces funded by Saturn where individuals can work on bold ideas.
Description
Saturn funds a network of free, community-operated makerspaces where citizens can work on bold ides: renewable tech, furniture upcycling, DIY civic tools, public art installations.
Mission Focus
Saturn Makerspaces reinforces our mission of working together and foreword-thinking by fueling innovation by giving people that tools, space, and peer collaboration to turn ideas into real solutions.
Similarities
Fab Lab Network
Differentiators
Saturn makerspaces only projects focus on community benefit or sustainability qualify for free resources.
Collaboration 2-CO2
Saturn Builders Guild
A network where community members collaborate and design infrastructure.
Description
A collaborative network where people co-design small, sustainable public infrastructure projects (Solar benches, modular urban gardens, portable micro libraries) crowdsourced and crowd supported.
Mission Focus
Saturn Builders Guild reinforces our mission of working together by advocating bold community input for re-imaging public spaces through direct action.
Similarities
Habitat for Humanity
Differentiators
Saturn builders guild projects are prototyped, tested, and iterated publicly in real time.
Collaboration 4-CO4
Saturn Townsquare
A initiative where communities collaborate to create bold solutions.
Description
A digital and in-person initiative where communities nominate local challenges (like food deserts, lack of green space, accessibility issues) and collaborate in hackathons to co-create bold, feasible solutions.
Mission Focus
Saturn Townsquare reinforces our mission of foreword-thinking and grassroots initiative by fueling grassroots collaboration that drives immediate local impact.
Similarities
Civic Hall Labs
Differentiators
Saturn townsquare is where every project is publicly transparent. Full budgets, decisions, and progress reports visible to the whole community.
Product 2-PR2
The Saturn Atlas
A map where users can pin innovation projects around the world.
Description
A living digital map where users can pin and document community-driven innovation projects globally. From urban farms to upcycled art installations to peer-led education hubs.
Mission Focus
The Saturn Atlas reinforces our mission of foreword-thinking by sparking bold ideas and connecting local movements into a global visual network of change.
Similarities
Google Earth Voyager
Differentiators
The Saturn Atlas offers collaboration pathways; users can request advice, mentorship, or partnerships from pinned projects.
Service 1-SE1
Saturn Journey Maps
A platform where people map their personal journey dealing with community problems.
Description
A storytelling and innovation platform where individuals map their personal journey tackling a community problem. Chronicling struggles, wins, and lessons learned, and collaborate with others facing similar challenges.
Mission Focus
Saturn Journey Maps reinforces our mission of foreword-thinking by highlighting and mapping bold, community-led action journeys to inspire collective innovation.
Similarities
LinkedIn Stories
Differentiators
Saturn Journey Maps are dynamic. Users update them over time as their story evolves, creating an ongoing narrative of innovation.
Environment 1-EN1
Saturn Movement Festival
A festival that celebrates the community and creates cultural collaborations.
Description
An annual global community festival celebrating bold ideas, innovation challenges, public art, local inventions, music, sustainability pop-up, and cultural collaborations.
Mission Focus
Saturn Movement Festival reinforces our mission of grassroots initiative by driving a cultural movement, not just a brand activation. Celebrating collective creativity and collaboration.
Similarities
SXSW
Differentiators
Saturn movement festival shows that every aspect is crowd-programmed: from keynote speakers to featured projects to music lineups.
Experience 2-EX2
Saturn Learning Labs
A workshop for the community to teach each other practical skills.
Description
Open-source, free online and offline workshops where Saturn community members teach each other practical skills. Coding, green design, storytelling, local activism, design thinking.
Mission Focus
Saturn Learning Labs reinforces our mission of working together and foreword-thinking by sparking bold collaborations and community-led learning ecosystems.
Similarities
Linkedin Learning
Differentiators
Saturn learning labs work as peer-to-peer only: no traditional “expert” hierarchy. Everyone is a learner and a teacher.
Experience 4-EX4
Saturn Greenprint Labs
A program where citizens from the community create micro-green initiatives for their community.
Description
A global, community-driven program where citizens design, test, and share micro-green initiatives. Like rooftop gardens, solar sidewalks, or pop-up tree planting festivals.
Mission Focus
Saturn Greenprint Labs reinforces our missionof working together by fueling community-led sustainability experiments that reshape urban and rural spaces.
Similarities
TreePeople
Differentiators
Saturn greenprint labs are designed by the locals using open Saturn toolkits (GIY templates, funding blueprints).
Event 2-EV2
Saturn Open Gallery
A gallery showcasing art that embodies innovation.
Description
An open-access, community-curated digital and physical gallery showcasing bold creative projects (art, architecture, social impact designs) that embody innovation and community action.
Mission Focus
Saturn Open Gallery reinforces our mission of foreword-thinking and working together by celebrating creativity as a fundamental force for community empowerment and social change.
Similarities
TED-Ed Clubs
Differentiators
Saturn open gallery consist of rotating regional curators drawn from the community.
Collaboration 1-CO1
Saturn Solutions Exchange
A platform where the community submits challenges and create innovative solutions.
Description
A global digital platform where community members submit real-world challenges (urban, environmental, social) and collaborate on innovative solutions. Everything from sustainable packaging to public space redesign.
Mission Focus
Saturn Solutions Exchange reinforces our mission of foreword-thinking by empowering bold ideas and crowd-solve community challenges, reinforcing innovation as a collective movement.
Similarities
Lego Ideas
Differentiators
Saturn solutions exchange is where community members earn equity points toward future Saturn projects.
Collaboration 3-CO3
Saturn Pathfinders
A community “think tank” that brainstorms new concepts for future living.
Description
A community-led think tank that brainstorms, designs, and tests new concepts for future living. From modular housing, to decentralized energy solutions, to sustainable community markets.
Mission Focus
Saturn Pathfinders reinforces our mission of working together and building grassroots initiative by fueling innovation and community collaboration beyond transportation into next-generation living ecosystems.
Similarities
MIT Media Lab
Differentiators
Saturn pathfinders encourages rapid prototyping: failures are shared and celebrated as much as successes.
Collaboration 5-CO5
Saturn Habitat Project
A campaign where communities design and build eco-villages.
Description
A global collaborative campaign where communities design and build tiny eco-villages, community centers, or resilience hubs using sustainable methods, and share blueprints with other communities.
Mission Focus
Saturn Habitat Project reinforces our mission of foreword-thinking by sparking bold physical manifestations of collaboration, innovation, and sustainability.
Similarities
Habitat for Humanity
Differentiators
Saturn habitat project is focused not just on housing, but on building community commons (co-working spaces, fee libraries, solar farms, and maker gardens).
