đ CAT Newsletter #159 - 2023-02-26
Hey CATs,
Welcome to issue 159 of the climateAction.tech (CAT) Newsletter - your weekly summary of what’s happening inside the CAT community, and in the wider world of climate and tech. New to CAT or looking to re-discover the community? Try out our onboarding checklist.
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CAT Community News
#ď¸âŁ Slack channel highlights
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#2-global-dialogue: Melissa asked whatâs keeping you motivated. Share your thoughts in the thread.
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#greener-games: Alix offered to facilitate an online play session of her climate solutions game. Give this post a thumbs up if youâre interested and weâll get it scheduled!
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#films-books-media: Stanley asked for opinions & thoughts on Greta Thunbergâs latest book âThe Climate Bookâ. Have you read it? Join the conversation here.
đ Branch magazine reading group
Sign up for the next session on March 23rd here. Check Slack to see which article weâll discuss.
đ Upcoming CAT events
If you’re looking at organising event in your part of the world, you can ask for help in #events. There’s a CAT event support kit, sample deck and so on to help.
âśď¸ Thu, Mar 2 ¡ Watch Party: In Conversation: Kate Raworth and Janine Benyus
â Thu, Mar 9 ¡ CAT Coffee (eastern): Session format tbd
â Thu, Mar 16 ¡ CAT Coffee (western): Networking
đď¸ Sat, Mar 18 ¡ CAT Digital Clean Up Hour (part of #DigitalCleanUpDay)
â Tue, Mar 21 ¡ CAT Coffee (pacific)
đ Thu, Mar 23 ¡ Branch reading group #4
đŠ Community networking
Our next #cat-roulette matches are going out on Fri, Mar 3! Join the channel, pick your region and get matched with other CATs every other week! It’s a nice way to get to know other CATs, and you can start and stop at any time.
đŹ CAT videos
CAT videos, geddit? 10-15 minute videos providing accessible explainers to topics related to climate.
Climate change: what is ocean acidification?
As carbon emissions change the chemistry of the seas, ocean acidification threatens marine life and human livelihoods. How worried should you be about climate changeâs so-called âevil twinâ?
â Looking for volunteers
- #ď¸âŁ Slack moderator ⢠20min / week - Keep our Slack space safe, spam-free & working as intended across different channels
Check out our Trello board for more open roles and if youâve got any ideas for projects, or feedback on existing projects, please let us know in our #community-feedback channel!
đ CAT Submitted Events
Want an event listed here? Use this event listing form to submit the details so we can add it in the newsletter.
Tue Feb 28 2023 - Getting to a fossil free internet by 2030
Chris Adams from the Green Web Foundation will be giving a tour of the tech and policy changes needed to get us to a fossil free internet by 2030.
Thu Feb 23 2023 - Rising Tide Collective x Terra.do Job Fair
Discover European startups from Rising Tide Collective, scaling cutting-edge climate solutions, based in the UK, Germany and beyond.
Wed Mar 01 2023 - Careers in Climate Nonprofits
Join top not-for-profits/NGOs from the climate action ecosystem that are creating large-scale impact.
Thu Feb 23 2023 - Rising Tide Collective x Terra.do Job Fair
Discover European startups from Rising Tide Collective, scaling cutting-edge climate solutions, based in the UK, Germany and beyond.
Mon Mar 13 2023 - The Digital Collage workshop
The Digital Collage is a 3h playful and collaborative online workshop. The aim of the workshop is to raise awareness and train participants on the environmental issues of digital technologies. The workshop also aims to outline solutions for more sustainability in Tech.
Thu Mar 02 2023 - Cross-public sector Climate Work Show & Tell
Public servants like you, talking about their climate efforts, failures, successes and learnings, no matter how small, and even if those efforts aren’t in their job title or formal objectives.
Tue Mar 28 2023 - Climate Mythbusters! Use code CATS for a free ticket
If we stopped all emissions today, would the world keep warming? Is Net Zero worth it? What about offsetting flights? Dr Adam Levy, aka Climate Adam to joining us to help bust some myths and build our confidence in understanding and talking about the climate crisis.
Check #events in the CAT slack for more.
đ¤ Podcasts
The latest climate-related podcast episodes. Don’t forget, if you’re looking around, there’s a list of podcasts maintained by CATs
The 4D Approach to Cloud Sustainability with Catharine Strauss
Catharine Strauss joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss how doom scrolling lead her to a passionate career in cloud sustainability. She walks through a talk track and action strategy for employees who want to spearhead a sustainability effort in their own companies, as well as her hopes for Amazonâs latest development on their carbon footprint tool.
The Carbon Copy: 50 years of studies prove gas stoves are bad for you. Whatâs next?
A half-century of research on gas stoves shows they are equivalent to living in a house with secondhand smoke.
Catalyst with Shayle Khan: 2023 trends: biomass, ESG, batteries and more
Part one of a conversation with Nat Bullard, who delivers us a monster slide deck on the biggest trends in climatetech
How Europe ditched Russian fossil fuels with spectacular speed
When Russia attacked Ukraine last year, it expected to win in a three-day blitz. Instead, itâs become a protracted war with impacts felt far and wide â disrupting food systems, supply chains, geopolitics and the global economy. Europeâs most remarkable response to the war has been the surprising speed with which it has ditched Russian fossil fuels and strangled the source of funding for Russiaâs war machine. In this episode, Zeroâs producer Oscar Boyd asks Bloomberg News reporters Will Mathis and Akshat Rathi how Europe managed this feat, and what that means for the continentâs climate goals.
The Week in Green Software: Generative AI & The Environment, The Cloud & DevSusOps
The Week in Green Software (or TWiGS) is back with a new format! This time host Chris Adams is joined by Anne Currie and Asim Hussain to talk about news about AI and the environment (with a particular focus on Chat GPT and Bing), the environmental impact of the cloud, the Corporate Sustainable Software Market report, and some exciting opportunities to explore, learn, and contribute to green software.
đ° News Highlights
How a Hackathon Is Slowly Changing The World
Lessons learned by an activist employee at Microsoft, in achieving some meaningful changes at the organisation over the last 3 years, in their approach to sustainability in the digital realm, with practical steps applicable in other companies.
Decarbonization: The long view, trends and transience, net zero
Mentioned in the podcast section, this is the link to climate reporter Nat Bullard’s 141-slide deck on Decarboniation trends, summarising in visual form. It’s basically impossible to run through the deck without leaving with a fact you’ll use later this year.
Exiting Cleantech to Climate Tech -
What ~300 exits over 3 years show about funding today’s climate tech cohort. Climate Tech VC’s recent round up of ClimateTech exits, and market conditions. One key finding you might not expect - Shell and BP were among the top largest acquirers of climate tech companies since in the 2020.
Do fossil fuels have a place in the net zero transition?
Today, weâll be looking at the wormhole of conflicting research I reported on for last weekâs story on the natural gas industryâs climate ads, as I tried to figure out the real role of fossil fuels in the transition to a net zero future.
How Big Tech Rewrote the Nationâs First Cellphone Repair Law
Documents reveal tech lobbyists revised a right-to-repair bill before New York’s governor signed it. Maddie Stone gives a blow by blow account of how the bill was watered down by tech firms it would affect the most.
The First Must-Read Environmental Books of 2023 Have Arrived
From wolves to climate change, these new books will help set the agenda for the year ahead. A round up of reviews of the best books for 2023.
đź Jobs
Remember only jobs listing salary ranges are listed here - to get your job listed, you need to list a salary range. Folks can still look in the #jobs channel.
Furbnow - Multiple - ÂŁ55k-ÂŁ70k - Permanent -
Furbnow is scaling up home retrofits in the UK. We’re making houses lower carbon, cheaper to heat, and more comfortable!
Hiring for: Head of Growth - https://smrtr.io/cP_sR Full stack software engineer (python / ts) - https://smrtr.io/cMwnW
Foresight Management - Senior Project Engineer - Buildings - $85000 to $110000 - Permanent -
Foresight Management exists to champion energy management, accelerate sustainability, and increase profitability for our customers. The Senior Project Engineer will manage teams, provide technical expertise, and generally support the Building Performance team on all aspects of our engineering support services.
Circularise - Project Manager (Circularity/Sustainability) - 50k-55k Euros - Permanent -
Circularise is a supply chain traceability start-up founded in The Netherlands in 2016. We believe that end-to-end traceability holds the key to overcoming major challenges that society faces in areas such as Circular Economy, Environmental Pollution and Carbon Emissions. Therefore, itâs our mission to bring traceability to global supply chains and to accelerate worldâs transition to a Circular Economy.
Singularity Energy - Backend Software Engineer - $110k â $140k, 0.05% â 0.25% equity - Permanent -
In order to decarbonize the grid, the world needs better carbon data and analytics. To support this mission, Singularity Energy is building the world’s highest quality view of historical, real-time, and forecasted grid carbon emissions. We’re looking for a backend engineer to own and implement new data and dashboard products, and to continue scaling and improving our backend data infrastructure.
Overstory - Technical Delivery Lead - âŹ60,000 to âŹ85,000 - Permanent -
We are a climate tech startup, using satellite imagery to understand trees and vegetation at scale. Itâs an impactful role, wrangling data into insights enabling our customers to manage their vegetation better, reducing both wildfire and power outages. The Overstory team is genuinely lovely, caring about each other and the climate.