Former Montessori Student Helps Farmers and the Planet

Dr. Jake Jordan helped Mati Carbon, the first ever delivery of engineered carbon dioxide removal, win a $50M Grand Prize by the Musk Foundation.

Dr. Jake Jordan, Chief Science Officer of Mati Carbon, works in Enhanced Rock Weathering in India, Zambia and Tanzania. The company was recently announced as an XPrize winner of $50M.

Dr. Jordan is a former student of Raintree Montessori School in Lawrence, KS. Pamela Shanks, Jordan’s Primary Guide at Raintree and author of The Montessori Approach to Classroom-Based Interventions, remembered, “Jake was a curious and enthusiastic learner. He was as happy at work as he was a play. He loved it all!”