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113 statements about EcoGeek in 73 videos, by upload date.

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2007

  • 2007-01-11 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th — ask: Hank asks John or viewers what to do with business cards he had printed online for Detroit, which did not come out like his Kinko's sample. (hedged) — 00:01:43
  • 2007-01-12 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 12, 2007 — John offers ideas for Hank's misprinted business cards: make Katherine a dress with a hole punch and dental floss, eat them while discussing Kenya, write tiny wedding thank-you notes, wallpaper his dollhouse. (playful) — 00:00:14
  • 2007-01-15 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 15th — Hank thanks viewers for the number and quality of misprinted business card utilization ideas and says he will discuss them on Wednesday. — 00:03:02
  • 2007-01-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 16, 2007 — ask: John asks Hank to mail him about five of the misprinted EcoGeek business cards, getting his address from their parents. — 00:02:37
  • 2007-01-17 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 17th — Hank greets Maureen Johnson and E. Lockhart and wonders whether that Maureen is the one who told him to build a house out of his misprinted business cards; if so, he has a surprise for her. (playful, unsure) — 00:00:10
  • 2007-01-17 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 17th — Hank: Taking up Maureen's suggestion from the comments to build a house out of his misprinted business cards, Hank, who didn't know how, researched card houses on the internet. — 00:00:38
  • 2007-01-17 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 17th — Hank calls the finished first story an excellent misprinted business card utilization idea, since he now knows how to stack cards and hopes viewers do too; he then tries to add another story. — 00:02:05
  • 2007-02-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 16th — Hank lists his work: Brotherhood 2.0 with his brother, running EcoGeek.org (a blog on environmental technologies), his old web design and development business, and trying to be a freelance writer; he is in this month's (February 2007) Mental Floss. — 00:00:11
  • 2007-03-14 · March 14: Becoming a NerdFighter — Hank has a confidential phone meeting with Yahoo, which he says went very well. — 00:00:11
  • 2007-03-14 · March 14: Becoming a NerdFighter — Hank opened the call by telling the Yahoo people he had Googled them. (playful) — 00:01:17
  • 2007-03-22 · March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards — Hank opens having combined a misprinted-business-card idea with putting stuff on his head, jokes about pants on his head, and says he will cover the cards and the book club. (playful) — 00:00:03
  • 2007-03-22 · March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards — Hank: A commenter long ago suggested making a cube out of Hank's misprinted business cards and pointed him to a tutorial; Hank at first thought the commenter kind of crazy. — 00:00:42
  • 2007-03-22 · March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards — recommendation: Hank demonstrates the tutorial: six same-size cards bent into cups and joined make a sturdy cube; six more slid into the flaps give it flat faces. — 00:00:42
  • 2007-03-22 · March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards — announcement: Hank says he has used the business-card cube in the intros to his EcoGeek videos, which viewers will soon be able to see on EcoGeek. — 00:02:01
  • 2007-03-22 · March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards — Hank: Because he runs EcoGeek, Hank is getting a free copy of Deep Economy; he will read it too, as he will probably interview the author for his website, and hopes to discuss it with John first. (hedged) — 00:02:42
  • 2007-04-11 · April 11th: EcoGeek Podcasting — Hank: Since John's day-in-the-writer's-life video showed that watching someone type isn't very interesting, Hank shows what he does by discussing the biggest current green-technology issues. (playful) — 00:00:10
  • 2007-04-11 · April 11th: EcoGeek Podcasting — ask: Hank points viewers to EcoGeek.org for details on these stories and more green-technology news. — 00:02:12
  • 2007-04-11 · April 11th: EcoGeek Podcasting — announcement: Hank asks John what he thought: he is thinking about doing a podcast for EcoGeek, is trying it out, and appreciates any opinions. (hedged) — 00:02:58
  • 2007-04-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 16: Brotherhood of Traveling Shirts — John loved Hank's EcoGeek podcasts, looks forward to more, and advises him not to cut off the beginnings of his sentences. — 00:01:07
  • 2007-04-19 · April 19th: For Sale?! — ask: Hank asks for comments or suggestions about his EcoGeek.org video podcast intro. — 00:03:39
  • 2007-04-23 · April 23rd: Celebrity — Hank: Asked in the comments how long a video takes, Hank says it is hard to say, since he interleaves writing EcoGeek stories and breakfast, but concentrating it takes at least two hours. — 00:01:50
  • 2007-04-24 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 24: Moving — John liked Hank's EcoGeek podcast animation intro so much that he thinks Brotherhood 2.0 could maybe have a shorter, more visual animation that doesn't spell communication wrong. (hedged) — 00:01:59
  • 2007-04-27 · April 27th: Bad Day,,, — Hank: Before leaving Hank must get EcoGeek ready, pack and write a lot so as not to lose his job, the only one he has now; Katherine is arranging care for the cat and garden. — 00:02:47
  • 2007-05-21 · May 21st: Comment Bashing, Anniversaries and EBO Ladies — Hank made a deliberately silly EcoGeek video about a NASA project he calls a flapping bird plane; Digg and then Gizmodo picked it up. — 00:00:10
  • 2007-05-21 · May 21st: Comment Bashing, Anniversaries and EBO Ladies — announcement: Hank announces that Yahoo's new site green.yahoo.com features EcoGeek content alongside NRDC, Amory Lovins, TreeHugger and Worldchanging. — 00:01:36
  • 2007-05-21 · May 21st: Comment Bashing, Anniversaries and EBO Ladies — Hank says the Yahoo deal took a long time and was secret, so he couldn't tell John; it worked out and Yahoo now sends EcoGeek lots of traffic. — 00:01:36
  • 2007-08-17 · August 17: Hmmm...A Secret Project? — Hank has filled his hard drive with a long video he is making for EcoGeek, so he doesn't know how he'll export today's Brotherhood 2.0 video, which he must make anyway. (playful) — 00:00:40
  • 2007-08-28 · August 28th: Starring Mom — John teases Hank for not getting up until 2 p.m., 'like a raccoon', then allows that Hank is probably awake and eco-geeking. (playful) — 00:01:13
  • 2007-09-11 · September 11th: Floorcats, Recycling Bins and Memories — Hank shows pictures of a Brotherhood 2.0 recycling bin someone made: Brotherhood 2.0 on top, notes about EcoGeek and John's books on the sides, the World Suck Index on the front. (playful) — 00:01:48
  • 2007-10-24 · October 24th: RANDOM NERDFIGHTING — John reports that PC Magazine named Hank's EcoGeek.org one of the 100 best websites on the internet. — 00:03:12
  • 2007-11-08 · November 8th: SUGAR HIGH! — Hank: The nerdfighter also sent EcoGeek-logo Peeps and scraps; Hank has been eating them and, as when John made him eat Peeps early in the project, is on a sugar high. (playful) — 00:02:00
  • 2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — Hank shows his guitar, says he has been playing his new song, and holds up one of the misprinted business cards he still hasn't figured out what to do with. — 00:00:10
  • 2007-12-06 · Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto — John congratulates Hank on EcoGeek's three millionth visitor. — 00:03:34

Also named in: Brotherhood 2.0: February 23, 2007: Books, June 7: Weather and My Pants

2008

  • 2008-06-16 · Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts — announcement: Hank announces that he and John are starting a temporary project, Obama's Idiots, about the 2008 presidential race, at youtube.com/obamasidiots. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-06-16 · Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts — announcement: Hank: During the project the brothers will raise money for Democratic candidates and, when goals are reached, do painful or embarrassing things; Hank has not yet got John to agree to that part. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-06-16 · Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts — announcement: Hank says John will deliver political commentary and news, while Hank will punish himself in return for donations to Barack Obama and other Democrats, starting with Daniel Biss. — 00:00:40
  • 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank: In New York City Hank met the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, who said he admires EcoGeek; Hank says it felt like being king of nerddom for a day. — 00:00:40
  • 2008-09-13 · Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) — Hank says he has been absent mostly because of EcoGeek, which is doing very well. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-09-13 · Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) — Hank: EcoGeek's one employee left for a bigger position, so Hank is doing all his old work again; he is hiring and may have found someone. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2008-09-25 (said on 2008-09-24, implied) · Obama llama Duck — Hank explains that his old idea of the brothers punishing themselves for donations to Obama's campaign was dropped: good, but not achievable alongside Nerdfighters, EcoGeek and Paper Towns. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-10-07 (said on 2008-10-08, implied) · Hank on the Debate — Hank says he thinks mostly about the environment and young people, as founder and chief editor of EcoGeek.org, a clean-technology site. — 00:00:00

Also named in: Your Spying Thieving Valentine: Hank, Marion the Nerdfightarion, Hank and John from the Road

2009

  • 2009-05-13 · GREEN SCREEN!!!! — announcement: Hank announces that as of today his YouTube channel TheEcoGeek is live, another thing he is doing with the green screen. — 00:01:17
  • 2009-05-13 · GREEN SCREEN!!!! — announcement: Hank: As the EcoGeek, Hank will discuss all kinds of environmental news on the channel, mostly focusing on green technology. — 00:01:49
  • 2009-05-13 · GREEN SCREEN!!!! — ask: Hank points to the subscribe button on the EcoGeek channel page, suggests viewers click it, and asks them to tell him what they think of the channel. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:49
  • 2009-08-04 · Twitter Games and Truth or Fail — announcement: Hank says he has been reluctant to adopt Twitter (the EcoGeek Twitter mostly carries EcoGeek stories) but has now started a personal Hank Green Twitter. — 00:00:23
  • 2009-09-20 (said on 2009-09-21, implied) · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says Hank is 29, a video blogger and musician, and runs the environmental technology website EcoGeek. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-09-20 (said on 2009-09-21, implied) · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says Hank started EcoGeek in graduate school and it has grown into a business. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-09-20 (said on 2009-09-21, implied) · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says Hank now has insurance through that plan, though without drug coverage he still pays $20 a day; worrying less about cancer and bankruptcy, he invests more in EcoGeek, which employs more people. — 00:02:04
  • 2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — John: Asked whether they have real jobs, John says Hank runs the environmental technology website EcoGeek. — 00:00:44

2011

  • 2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — John: Since turning 30, John says, Hank kept publishing EcoGeek.org, 'the best environmental technology website', and fostered young musicians from Chameleon Circuit to Mike Lombardo through DFTBA Records. — 00:01:24
  • 2011-10-26 · 7,000,000,000 People — Hank says he has a problem with talking about population as the problem; EcoGeek commenters always say 'this wouldn't be necessary' if only the population were smaller. — 00:00:58

2012

  • 2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — John thanks the people at NASA and Northrop Grumman who made Hank's present possible, especially Ron Birk, Charlie Atkinson and Rolf Danner, and Michael Gardner at EcoGeek for facilitating it. — video description
  • 2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — John thanks Hank for increasing awesome through Vlogbrothers, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow, Crash Course, HankGames, VidCon, DFTBA Records and EcoGeek, and says he does too much. (playful) — 00:02:12
  • 2012-06-08 · How to be More Productive...With Hank! — announcement: Hank lists his many jobs: VidCon is coming up at the end of the month, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries just passed 50,000 subscribers, plus SciShow, Crash Course, Truth or Fail, EcoGeek and DFTBA Records. — 00:00:03
  • 2012-11-13 · I Was a Child Poet. And a Bad One. — John: Among the finds: his early work 'The Best New Years Resolution Ever: Happy New Year Streamers' and misprinted EcoGeek business cards from January 2007. — 00:00:34

2013

2016

  • 2016-08-26 · I'm Just Going to Talk for Four Minutes — Hank shows a diecast concept Chevy Volt he bought because he was so excited about the car while writing for EcoGeek. — 00:01:25
  • 2016-10-07 · Changing Our Business a Bit — Hank explains their content company has been called EcoGeek after the blog he started in 2005, the reason for his first company, an LLC; the name no longer really applies. — 00:02:47
  • 2016-10-07 · Changing Our Business a Bit — announcement: Hank announces that this week (week of 3 October 2016), after years of failing to settle on a name, the company that produces their content is renamed Complexly. — 00:03:10
  • 2016-10-07 · Changing Our Business a Bit — Hank gives the name's reasons: the world is not simple, we will never fully understand the universe, each other or ourselves, the process matters as much as the outcome, and they want to help others imagine complexly. — 00:03:18

2017

2018

  • 2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — recommendation: Hank recommends a series on the US court system on youtube.com/complexly, Complexly's new YouTube channel where the production company can try new things. — 00:09:40

2021

  • 2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — Hank says Crash Course and Complexly have funded themselves creatively: advertising, grants from organizations that understand the mission, Subbable, then Patreon, and now the Crash Course coin. — 00:02:40

2022

  • 2022-04-22 · My Life is on My Walls — Hank: Going far back in Vlogbrothers history, Hank shows the misprinted business card cube from 2007. — 00:01:54
  • 2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — announcement: Hank: Complexly is selling five calendars for five shows: Eons and Bizarre Beasts art, James Weiss's Microcosmos microphotography, and SciShow and SciShow Space images, printed in the US with facts, shipping everywhere. — 00:02:16

2023

  • 2023-05-23 · Rough Week — announcement: John asks people to spare a thought for the employees of DFTBA and Complexly, who now have him, a store-brand Hank Green, as temporary CEO. (playful) — 00:02:55
  • 2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — both: Asked whether they have real jobs: Hank runs the environmental technology site EcoGeek; John is an award-winning author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines and Paper Towns. — 02:17:44

2024

  • 2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete — announcement: John: Complexly is now the lead sponsor of Willis's Twitch and YouTube livestreams, with Complexly's logo prominently featured. — 00:03:35
  • 2024-05-28 · A Midlife Crisis — John says over 70 people work full-time for Complexly and over 50 for DFTBA.com or Good Store. — 00:01:27
  • 2024-06-14 · Some Reasons why People Suck — Hank says that when he started his EcoGeek blog in 2005 he would have guessed US CO2 emissions would never start falling. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2024-06-14 · Some Reasons why People Suck — Hank says US CO2 emissions started to go down in 2005, the very year he started his EcoGeek blog. — 00:00:00
  • 2024-08-02 · My Letter to the Future — announcement: Hank announces that Complexly, maker of SciShow, Crash Course and Eons, has launched its own store, with products up to 50% off to kick it off; purchases help Complexly keep existing. — 00:03:49
  • 2024-08-26 · Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon — announcement: Hank announces the Learnathon, a fundraiser over the next few weeks for Complexly's mission of accessible education, celebrating its staff with livestreams and behind-the-scenes videos. — 00:00:51
  • 2024-09-06 · I feel like I can't talk about this… — ask: Hank: The Complexly Learnathon ends today; Complexly is not launching a streaming service, but viewers can pretend and give $60 for a year of Complexly. — 00:02:55
  • 2024-09-06 · I feel like I can't talk about this… — Hank says everyone at Complexly works hard on razor-thin margins, which is stressful, but at the moment a good stressful. — 00:03:24
  • 2024-10-02 · What I learned from the weirdest day of my life — Hank: On one of the weirdest days of his life, in New York in 2008, just after his first Nerdfighter gathering and wearing a fan-made Nerdfighteria shirt under his suit, Hank made a deal to sell EcoGeek to Scientific American for money and a job. — 00:00:29
  • 2024-10-02 · What I learned from the weirdest day of my life — Hank: When Lehman Brothers collapsed and the economy crashed in September 2008, Scientific American's owner paused all deals indefinitely; Hank jokes that the deal is still on pause. — 00:00:58
  • 2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank: Complexly (SciShow, Crash Course and more) is the most impactful thing Hank has helped start; it could always use him, from promoting Study Hall and the Crash Course coin to SciShow thumbnails. — 00:07:34

2025

  • 2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank says all Dear Hank and John ad money goes to Complexly rather than to the hosts, as would be normal for a podcast; ideally not forever, but Complexly needs it now. — 00:05:55
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John recalls that one of Hank's early ideas was EcoGeek, a blog charting the intersection of technology and the environment, which he rooted for from afar. — 00:01:16
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John says EcoGeek was successful, but the volume of Hank's other projects overwhelmed him and it sort of went away, except Hank Green ideas never do. — 00:01:28
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — announcement: John announces Hank is relaunching EcoGeek, no longer a blog but a subscription service for home cleaning products for eco-conscious homes. — 00:01:41
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — announcement: John says EcoGeek brings non-toxic cleaning supplies, from laundry sheets to hand soap, dishwasher tablets and glass cleaner, curating the best from the internet as the blog once curated information. — 00:01:54
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — announcement: John says EcoGeek launches today and 100% of its profits go to the Coral Reef Alliance in support of its Maui Watershed Project. — 00:02:08
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — announcement: John says the idea was developed by DFTBA with Hank, and he is promoting it the week before his book because he thinks it is brilliant. — 00:02:27
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — recommendation: John says he has used EcoGeek's cleaning supplies exclusively for about two months and it is a game changer: less weight to ship, and the stuff is amazing. — 00:02:44
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John says that instead of enriching billionaires by buying something like Tide, he is fighting coral reef devastation. — 00:02:50
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — ask: John hopes viewers like EcoGeek and says they should check it out via the link in the description. — 00:02:57
  • 2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life — Hank confirms that this week (week of 10 March 2025) they launched a line of eco-friendly cleaning products with all the profit donated to the Coral Reef Alliance. — 00:00:00
  • 2025-04-18 · This one's for your mom — announcement: Hank says that, as a separate Earth Day promotion, new EcoGeek subscribers get a free scrub brush, his favorite kitchen tool in a long time. — 00:15:52
  • 2025-05-23 · I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes. — ask: Hank invites people with significant business or personal wealth to email info at complexly.com, where they have ideas to share. — 00:05:05
  • 2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank says that is why he and John quietly take no profit distributions from DFTBA or Complexly and give away all the revenue from the channel. — 00:05:35
  • 2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — announcement: John presents Good Store's holiday bundles in three categories: socks and Sun Basin soap, candles and bath bombs fund the MCOE; coffee and tea fight TB; EcoGeek products fund the Coral Reef Alliance. — 00:03:34
  • 2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — announcement: John says EcoGeek sells dish soap, laundry sheets and a new dishwasher powder designed in part by Alec from Technology Connections. — 00:04:03
  • 2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — John calls Alec his current favorite YouTuber, a self-made dishwasher expert who serves as an unpaid intern for EcoGeek and their sock company because he is kind of an angel. (playful) — 00:04:03
  • 2025-11-21 · I Wasn't Always Like This!! — Hank explains Complexly, the educational media company he and John started (SciShow, Crash Course, Eons): people who show up daily to wonder together and lower barriers to knowledge. — 00:03:40
  • 2025-11-21 · I Wasn't Always Like This!! — ask: Hank: On the last day of the Complexly Learnathon, Hank shows hand-drawn logo shirts and asks viewers to support Complexly: $60 gets a Pelican pin, SciShow dice set, Endlings bandana or shirt, gone after today. — 00:04:45
  • 2025-11-21 · I Wasn't Always Like This!! — Hank says nearly half of Complexly's budget now comes from people who choose to support its work. — 00:05:14
  • 2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — John warns that giving EcoGeek dish soap or laundry sheets may tell someone you expect them to do the chores, whereas a bath bomb says you want them to take a great bath. (playful) — 00:14:03
  • 2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — Hank brought Good Store products to a $25-limit white elephant; it felt a little sneaky, but the EcoGeek items did great and everybody wanted them. — 00:14:54
  • 2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — announcement: John explains where purchases go: Keats & Co. coffee and tea supports TB care in Lesotho; socks, underwear and Sun Basin Soap support the Maternal Center of Excellence; EcoGeek supports the Coral Reef Alliance. — 00:24:21
  • 2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John notes B could have been Bizarre Beasts, a Complexly YouTube channel about unusual organisms, and C could be Crash Course or Complexly. — 00:00:29

2026

  • 2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — announcement: Hank announces that, as of January 1, 2026, Complexly has relaunched as a nonprofit organization, which he and John had kept secret for about a month. — 00:02:02
  • 2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — announcement: Hank announces the brothers have donated all their shares to the new nonprofit to make Complexly stronger and built to last for generations, prioritizing the biggest impact on the most people. — 00:04:04
  • 2026-02-10 · I Was a Teenage Dirtbag — announcement: John congratulates everyone at Complexly on officially becoming a nonprofit. — 00:04:48
  • 2026-02-13 · Why Isn't Everybody a Nonprofit?! — announcement: Hank reminds John that Complexly, the company they founded together 15 years ago, just became a nonprofit organization, which they think was a good idea. — 00:01:27
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: John says Complexly becoming a nonprofit is a relief to him and exciting; he remains its founder emeritus. — 07:44:31
  • 2026-02-24 · Risk Is a Privilege — announcement: John recaps that Complexly became a nonprofit. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-02-24 · Risk Is a Privilege — John says that flexibility came from earlier risks: in his early 20s Hank started the blog EcoGeek, which became profitable. — 00:00:58
  • 2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — announcement: In a channel comment Hank says he forgot to say that he is no longer an owner because Complexly was converted into a non-profit, which is why coins are now tax deductible. — creator comment
  • 2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — announcement: John says Complexly became a charity, so Crash Course and the rest of Complexly are now owned by the public it seeks to serve. — 00:03:38
  • 2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — announcement: Hank notes Complexly is now a non-profit, so donations are tax-deductible and the coins carry no sales tax. — 00:06:34
  • 2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Hank says the event is in Los Angeles and expensive because it is a fundraiser, so inaccessible to most people, but it helps make Complexly's content accessible to everyone. — 00:03:28