Aqueduct
We are stewards.
Animals live full lives. They move freely, form bonds, play and shape their environments. These capabilities aren’t human constructions, like rights — they’re biological realities, observable across species. They’re what evolution has given. Flourishing means being able to exercise them. Conscious stewardship requires honoring them.Work which honors these capabilities is already happening: sanctuaries providing refuge, innovators creating animal-free materials, communities protecting wildlife corridors, farmers practicing regenerative agriculture, conservation technology monitoring ocean health, and so on...But this work remains scattered — often invisible to those who’d support it, disconnected from the economic infrastructure that could sustain it.The path forward isn’t simply encouraging more individual action — it is building infrastructure that channels isolated efforts into collective economic power.
Aqueduct is that infrastructure.
We’re an online marketplace that channels attention and resources toward animal-friendly and habitat-protecting businesses, organizations and projects — making what exists (goods, ideas, transition methodologies, etc) discoverable, turning scattered excellence into economic coherence.We don’t create the work — we reveal the network it’s already forming.This is infrastructure for a parallel market that already exists but can’t yet be found.
Animal Sovereignty reigns here.
Aqueduct aligns with twelve Principles of Animal Sovereignty. These are grounded in ten animal capabilities, which are explored throughout Martha Nussbaum’s Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility:Life
Bodily Health
Bodily Integrity
Senses, Imagination & Thought
Emotions
Practical Reason
Affiliation
Caring for Other Species
Play
Control of One’s EnvironmentIn addition to capabilities, we add:Privacy
&
PeaceDiverse fields and professions already align with these principles in practice. Participants of Aqueduct confirm they honor all twelve principles - respecting each while actively advancing those relevant to their work.If your operations align this way, you belong here.
All ships rise.
Aqueduct makes opportunities visible and solutions discoverable.
Isolated work finds its ecosystem.One platform, twelve principles, infinite applications - because recognizing animal sovereignty
hydrates and calibrates everything.Marine engineers developing quiet vessel technology find shipping partners in three countries through Aqueduct. One search connects oceanographers measuring impacts, investors funding innovation, and companies ready to collaborate - revealing an ecosystem ready to move.Alternative protein and plant-based food companies join Aqueduct and connect directly with retailers, restaurants, and distributors seeking animal-friendly products to stock. The platform helps to solve any distribution bottlenecks by revealing ready buyers, while consumers searching for alternatives discover where to find them locally.A dairy farmer wanting to transition finds cultivated protein startups seeking production partners, ingredient suppliers, impact investors funding the shift, and other farmers who’ve made the change sharing what works.A landscape designer specializing in native plant-pollinator relationships and wildlife corridors gets discovered through Aqueduct by a university procurement officer seeking alternatives to conventional maintenance. The institutional contract validates sophisticated ecological practice while demonstrating to students and families that animal capability-honoring landscapes can flourish at scale.A consultant connects cities to designers who create tourism infrastructure that protects wildlife - pathways, viewing platforms, seasonal protocols. Other municipalities discover these solutions on the platform and adapt approaches from one ecosystem to another.A salon spa owner learns about Aqueduct from a customer, switches to suppliers protecting water quality, team health and customer wellbeing, and joins the platform with renewed enthusiasm for her transformed practice. Shoppers seeking healthier personal services discover her through the network.An interior decorator finds clay paint suppliers offering finishes more beautiful than conventional options, healthier to live with, and gentler on waterways. She adopts them as her signature approach and lists on the platform where clients seeking healthier spaces discover her work.A land manager finds a bat house maker 50 miles away through Aqueduct’s regional filters - someone she’d never have discovered otherwise. His backyard craft gains visibility across the state and internationally, becoming sustainable livelihood.A community organizer building a wildlife corridor finds twenty monitoring volunteers through Aqueduct. The community-led project attracts grant writers and values-aligned construction companies, turning one local initiative into networked collaboration.
Our aim is to flourish.
At Aqueduct you’ll find the full spectrum of animal-friendly and habitat-protecting innovations.
Each in their own world, all
working toward the same horizon.Material networks
Redesigning what we make and how we make it — mycelium-based leather produced in repurposed tanneries, biodegradable alternatives to plastic packaging, and so on, as well as the supply chains that distribute them.Habitat protection systems
Preserving migration routes and ecological integrity.Sanctuary networks
Providing refuge and coordinated care.Plant-based supply chain infrastructure
Connecting farms, processors, distributors, and markets.Conservation technology
Tracking environmental and ocean health, identifying gaps, and mobilizing partnerships and resources.
We see a world where creatures are busy being happy.
Not someday, somewhere else — but here, now, through the choices we make and the systems we build.The humans who’ve realigned how they work to allow animals to flourish are already among us. They’re reworking their disciplines, forging new pathways into the world we see emerging.Aqueduct helps you discover who’s building it.
Building together
I’m Kari Lyn. I founded Aqueduct with a background in tech marketing at Microsoft and a Master’s in Ethics and International Peace from American University, where I encountered Martha Nussbaum’s celebrated capabilities approach to justice. This platform builds on the parallel version she developed for appreciating the capabilities of animals.I’m based in Silicon Valley and actively seeking collaborators from all sectors who see this vision - whether you want to help build it or simply be part of what’s emerging. Right now, early participants join by sharing their work through a simple form, which helps us understand how to best serve this community as we grow.Thank you, Martha Nussbaum, for providing a solid foundation for animals — and for us all — helping us recognize that caring for other species is essential to our own flourishing.
Images
Bird watching me, Pacific Ocean
“The Aqueduct” William Sartain
Lion & open book, Venice
Birdbath fountain, Hyderabad
Goddess of Speed, Antigua
Beaver foraging, Lake Washington
With my dear friend, Lucky, Pearl District
Bee & Rose, The City of Roses
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