🌎 CAT Newsletter #17 - 2020-04-21 🌏
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Gâday CATs!
Itâs Earth Day this Wednesday! :green_heart: Itâs finally here! The 50th anniversary of this day of activism for the planet.
Loads of organisations have put together a wonderful line-up of talks and events for folks to learn new things and get inspired. CAT is no exception thanks to lovely CAT organiser Heather Baden and a whole bunch of brilliant folks from the community. :clap: :relieved: :sparkles:
Also, for those of you who are feeling exhausted by stay-at-home rules, you’re not alone. I found this tweet helpful: Quarantine work !== Remote work. (https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/1252040170783641600?s=19)
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Stay safe & healthy :relieved: :heart: :cat:
ð Actions: Celebrate Earth Day 𥳠These are actions which support the CAT community or broader climate action initiatives. If you have an action you would like to add to a future newsletter, please submit it here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2HJxHXNdD-mhX8qT-DW3SjimEsk6rt9r8FVIq7eidd_6X0g/viewform) .
ðª Take Action with Earth Day Live
Strike, divest, and vote for our future during a massive 3-day livestream from April 22-24. Featuring Al Gore, Bill McKibben, Stacey Abrams, Mark Ruffalo, Questlove and many more activists, celebrities, and musicians. earthdaylive2020.org (https://www.earthdaylive2020.org/)
(By the way, if you have a WordPress, SquareSpace, Tumblr or Shopify site, you can help promote Earth Day Live with just one line of code (https://www.earthdaylive2020.org/get-involved/) !)
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ð Learn about Energy & Sustainability with Terra.do Our friends at Terra.do run an intensive 9-week online climate school. As part of Earth Day celebrations, they’re making their classes on Energy available to all CAT members for free.
These free classes will cover: * â¡Energy, electricity and transport: evaluating for maximal mitigation potential * ðï¸ Case studies of ambitious efforts at different scales and challenges faced
If you’re interested, please sign up with your details (https://www.terra.do/?utm_source=cat&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=energy-teaser) on Terra.do (http://terra.do) . Look for “Try out a sample class” and fill out the form. The classes go live on Apr 22nd.
ð¨Make Art with Hope Join HOPE’s collective and collaborative art piece to celebrate Earth Day. A real-time digital canvas where all individuals and communities can collaborate. The drawing will open on Tuesday night at 3p ET/6p PT. To participate or view, visit their site ho2pe.org/Art.
𧸠Kid-friendly: Where does your mobile device come from? with Restart Our mobiles come from the Earth! We’ll take an immersive journey into these small black boxes that have become so much a part of our lives. We will reveal the true impacts in their production. Age 10+. Free tickets here. (https://ti.to/the-restart-project/your-mobile-comes-from-the-earth) [ð¬ Slack (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CDH9TKPMM/p1587370374054300) ]
ð Even more events from CAT & Climate.Careers Looking for more? Check out the CAT Earth Month calendar (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rmr5BqKXVCCn5xs-gf9TMXEjde36lxzRyOwPFDHiY6c/edit) and Climate Stream (https://climatestream.org) , which aggregates virtual Earth Day events happening around the world. [ð¬ Slack (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C4J8RQ2J3/p1587055328159100) ]
ð¤ Podcasts The latest climate-related podcast episodes.
Wired releases its climate solutions issue! (https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/climate-solutions-is-a-team-sportwith-maria-streshinsky-of-wired) ð April 1, 2020 Maria Streshinsky, the executive editor of Wired, discusses existing solutions to the climate crisis, including current technology in carbon capture, food and land, transportation and renewable energy. The Reversing Climate Change Podcast with NORI (https://nori.com/reversing-climate-change)
Climate Activism & The Case For A Green New Deal w/ Peter Kalmus, NASA Climate Scientist (https://www.youvebeenwarmed.com/episodes/climate-activism-the-case-for-a-green-new-deal-peter-kalmus) ð April 17, 2020 Peter Kalmus joins the show to discuss what climate change means to the planet, how he sees our fight to tackle it and why he sees the Green New Deal as a must in order for us to achieve these goals. You’ve Been Warmed (https://www.youvebeenwarmed.com/)
- It’s a GZERO World with Ian Bremmer (COVID and Climate #4) (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/48-its-a-gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer-covid-and-climate-4) ð Apr 17, 2020 There’s a leadership vacuum in the world, and Ian Bremmer, creator of the term “GZERO” has been telling us for years. The US used to play a more pivotal role in world ambition, and in particular, world ambition for achieving the targets of The Paris Agreement. But what do we do when the US has stepped down from that role they played, and what new phase of globalism is now a reality? We ask Ian to tell us his analysis. Outrage! + Optimism (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/)
ð° News Highlights
The âProfoundly Radicalâ Message of Earth Dayâs First Organizer (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/climate/denis-hayes-earth-day-organizer.html) [NYT] On the first Earth Day, back in 1970, drew over 20 million people in the United States to demand environmental protection. As a result, Republican president Nixon was forced to create the Environmental Protection Agency and Congress passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act. ð¬ discuss on Slack (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C5DQ0TEUT/p1587409443055400)
Climate crisis: in coronavirus lockdown, nature bounces back â but for how long? (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/09/climate-crisis-amid-coronavirus-lockdown-nature-bounces-back-but-for-how-long) While carbon emissions fall as human activity decreases, in the end it will be about the politics
OPEC, Russia approves biggest-ever oil cut to support prices amid coronavirus pandemic (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-opec/opec-russia-approve-biggest-ever-oil-cut-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKCN21U0J6) OPEC and allies led by Russia agreed on Sunday to a record cut in output to prop up oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic in an unprecedented deal with fellow oil nations, including the United States, that could curb global oil supply by 20%.
A healthy society requires a healthy planet - The Official Microsoft Blog (https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2020/04/15/a-healthy-society-requires-a-healthy-planet/) In January we launched Microsoftâs carbon initiative, setting new goals for our company to become carbon negative by the end of this decade. While COVID-19 has upended daily life for almost all of us since then, sustainability issues have become no less urgent or important. Thatâs why today weâre announcing the second step in our sustainability efforts for 2020, focusing on preserving and protecting the biodiversity and health of the worldâs ecosystems.
ð¼ Jobs & Opportunities Flutter developer for climate app (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1586764274068300) Based in Berlin but remote acceptable ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1586764274068300) to this conversation on Slack
Various engineering roles (https://www.watttime.org/news/watttime-is-hiring-join-us-in-making-global-clean-energy-choice-a-reality/) This great energy nonprofit has some engineering roles open! ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1586803680072100) to this conversation on Slack
Climate Computing Center (DKRZ), Hamburg/Germany (https://www.dkrz.de/about-en/vacancies) There are three vacancies at the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ), Hamburg/Germany: IT-Admin for Cloud Services; HPC Application Optimization Engineer; developer high-volume storage applications. See here for details: https://www.dkrz.de/about-en/vacancies . The DKRZ is publicly funded and provides high performance computing capacity for the German climate science community. Additionally, we host a large archive for climate modelling data. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1586806462075000) to this conversation on Slack
Web Extension Developer (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1586891073092400) Is there anyone with experience building these who would be up for providing some of advice, and volunteering a few hours a month, to make it easier to contribute to, and generally update the code? Iâm afraid this would a freebie this time. But when we do get money, do hire people for help. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1586891073092400) to this conversation on Slack
Freelance IT/sysadmin support (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1587396525115400) At The Restart Project, we’re currently looking for a little bit of freelance IT/sysadmin support - helping with and streamlining some of our current processes. Backups, deployment, server maintenance, etc. More details about us and the work in the attached file - drop us a line! ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1587396525115400) to this conversation on Slack
FULL STACK DEVELOPER (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17TfA_0NH8VOlFRs1D_craePYQ27pna_IMFMQZ9oLvm0/edit#slide=id.g7f50a9aa64_0_0) Are you one? Or know an experienced one? Need support to turn our amazing idea of “Effective Actions C19” into reality. Don’t need loads of time… do need availability to help in the next wk + enthusiasm ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1587126466110600) to this conversation on Slack
Visual Designers (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1587044835101900) Looking for visual designers to help us with our digital sustainability coach ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1587044835101900) to this conversation on Slack
Climate.Careers/Jobs (https://climate.careers/jobs/) Climate.Careers helps talented job seekers find high-impact, high-paying jobs at organizations working to address climate change. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1587067710110000) to this conversation on Slack
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