Ultra-high-net-worth individuals are using their wealth for green projects and investments that align with their values.

In April, Mark Carter attended the opening of a group drawing show at the Limn Gallery in San Francisco. Some of the works caught his eye, as did some pieces by French artist David Gista, who does portraits of torsos using a blowtorch on paper. “It’s very captivating because the smokiness creates a subtle diffusion where the cloudlike humans look to be of ether rather than of flesh,” says Carter.