Conservation Companions was conceived when Zaffy Castagnaro, a high school senior, met Dave Johnson, the founder of the Katie Adamson Conservation Fund, in her AP Environmental Science class. They talked about the ways her class had previously contributed to conservation efforts, and Zaffy was struck with an idea: leveraging new technology to benefit the environment and endangered species. Zaffy partnered with Bufficorn Ventures, New Frontier Works, and Penguins International to come up with an NFT-based fundraising opportunity to fund the building of incubators for penguin chicks in South Africa.
