June 2, 2020

🌎 CAT Newsletter #23 - 2020-06-02 🌏

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Dear CATs,

First up, I want to take a moment to talk about what’s been happening in the US recently. This entire year has forced the world to look at injustices around the globe. The killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd have been horrible examples of racism, police violence and the broken systems we live in. Things need to change for the better. Oppressive systems need to be dismantled if we want to achieve justice and further on climate justice. Because solutions to the climate crisis that aren’t intersectional aren’t solutions.Things you can do: * Acknowledge and learn about how society has affected how you view the world & your own racism. Check your unconscious bias in this Harvard implicit association test (https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html) . * Listen and learn. Google things. Read Me and white supremacy (https://www.meandwhitesupremacybook.com/) or Why I no longer talk to white people about race (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/30/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race) and add more books by Black authors to your reading list in general. I also really like the Yikes podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/5rt2DC1hDOsMgW3P2Uxdan?si=epp-7nZPTu-2MX6nEZzo1w) (highly recommend ep 4 and 6). * Talk about racism and more importantly call people out on their racism — online, on your social media, with your colleagues, at the dinner table with family and friends. Silence is violence. It is essential to speak up — especially if you find yourself in a position of privilege. * Give your money/time/power to create safer spaces & opportunities for others. Amplify voices of people who’d otherwise go unheard. Donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund (https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate) , George Floyd Memorial Fund (https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd) , Black Visions Collective (https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/) and get informed about local organisations that work on battling racism, social inequalities and injustices.

Now for more CAT news: 1. Our first CAT Salon is happening tomorrow! We’ll be talking about Changing culture — collaboration & activism in the workplace. You can still sign up here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhA4zHMgn-A_RK_uRc74jrBjTZuUBpy-19g-IxQKd3_NmQFQ/viewform) and join the conversation in #proj-cat-salon (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C0144BR1CSX) 2. A lot of the organisations we work in aren’t quite as sustainable as we’d want them to be. And there isn’t a clear way to talk about it (e.g. the relationships of Big Tech & Big Oil and how we feel about this as employees). We’ve been thinking about what it’d be like to use memes to express the dissonances we might be feeling. Join #d-cat-memes (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C014JP39LJ1) for more. 3. Today we welcome another bunch of new CATs to the community! I’ve just sent a Slack invite to the new joiners, so if you have a moment, please say hi when they share an introduction in #introductions (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD4MB738S) , to make them feel welcome.

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🎤 Podcasts The latest climate-related podcast episodes.

Financing green innovations /w Jonny Page from Cyan Finance (https://theclimatefix.com/episodes/financing-green-innovations-w-jonny-page-from-cyan-finance) 📅 May 27, 2020 Look, to fix the climate, we’re going to need resources and money is how we’re going to pay for them. I interview Jonny Page from Cyan Finance to find out how the green finance industry works, what the challenges are, the different players involved and how to get money to where it can be most effective. TheClimateFix.com (https://theclimatefix.com/)

Is it time to regulate fashion like oil?—w/ Dr. Elizabeth Segran of Fast Company by Reversing Climate Change (https://nori.com/reversing-climate-change) 📅 May 26, 2020 Dr. Elizabeth Segran is a Senior Staff Writer at Fast Company. Today, Liz joins Ross and guest host Lorraine Smith to discuss how fashion works, explaining how the industry has evolved over the last 150 years to a system in which clothes are disposable. She explores the environmental cost of fast fashion, describing the dangers of using synthetic material and the tremendous waste associated with producing inventory well beyond what consumers are likely to buy. The Reversing Climate Change Podcast with NORI (https://nori.com/reversing-climate-change)

174: NO MORE CARS (http://www.sustainababble.fish/?p=1054)

📅 May 25, 2020 A car-free future is hurtling our way faster than even the most ardent greenies dared dream, pre-Covid. Sustainababble (http://www.sustainababble.fish/)

1. Seize the Moment with Teresa Ribera and Thomas Thune Andersen (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/54-seize-the-moment-with-teresa-ribera-and-thomas-thune-andersen) 📅 May 29, 2020 A landmark draft law brought forward in Spain would ban all new coal, gas, and oil projects and bring Spain’s carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050. Why is right now, in the middle of a health crisis, the right moment for this? We speak to Spanish Vice President and Minister of The Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, and get her courageous reasons. Outrage! + Optimism (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/)

📰 News Highlights

Sustainability in Software Engineering (https://medium.com/@dubrie/sustainability-in-software-engineering-702a70216b98) Software engineering has evolved a lot over the years as new capabilities are discovered and new information introduced. We are quickly approaching another inflection point that introduces a third dimension to the software engineering field: Sustainable Engineering.

We found 2˚C of warming will push most tropical rainforests above their safe ‘heat threshold’ (https://theconversation.com/we-found-2-c-of-warming-will-push-most-tropical-rainforests-above-their-safe-heat-threshold-139071) Massive study looked at more than half a million trees in 813 forests across the tropics.

Reducing the carbon footprint of artificial intelligence (http://news.mit.edu/2020/artificial-intelligence-ai-carbon-footprint-0423) MIT system cuts the energy required for training and running neural networks.

A Battery Breakthrough Could End Lithium-Ion’s Reign (https://onezero.medium.com/a-battery-breakthrough-could-end-lithium-ions-reign-9aac17fc2562) Chances are, if you own a smartphone or laptop, much of your life revolves around a lithium-ion battery. It’s just as likely that you know about this battery’s downsides: It eventually stops holding a charge, lithium is scarce and mining it is horrible for the environment, and sometimes, it blows up. And yet, the vast majority of consumer electronics and clean energy storage devices rely on lithium-ion batteries because right now, there’s no better alternative.

Tyre particles reach rivers and ocean (https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/2020/05/28/tyre-particles-reach-rivers-and-ocean/) Today we look at coverage of a new Defra funded report that reveals tyres are a major source of microplastics found in the marine environment.

An Empire State of Green (https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/climate-solutions/empire-state-building-emissions/) New York’s most famous skyscraper shrank its planet-warming emissions by 40 percent. Can the rest of the city do the same?

Episode 4 - Energy (https://jonandthefuturenauts.podbean.com/e/episode-4-energy/) It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Humanity stands at a crossroads. The mighty forces of progress have lifted billions out of poverty. Energy has lit and warmed (or cooled) our homes and powered us overland, sea and into the air. We grow enough food to feed 10 billion people. And for the first time ever in history the internet is poised to connect every single person on the planet. Together. As one. What could possibly go wrong?

💼 Jobs & Opportunities

Technical CoFounder (https://angel.co/company/community-energy-labs/jobs/836851-technical-cofounder-interested-in-solving-climate-change-through-innovating-the-energy-business-model?utm_campaign=startup_share&utm_content=startup_share_module&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=community-energy-labs) I am looking for a technical co-founder who is passionate about technology and the technical community’s role in reversing the course of climate change 💬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1590600084245200) to this conversation on Slack

Full-stack engineer + business developer (https://www.everimpact.com/) Our startup Everimpact helps cities and businesses measure and reduce CO2 emissions by combining satellite, ground, and AI data. We just got selected by Google among 1,200 candidates globally, to join the Google for Startups Accelerator. Google is helping us with our fundraising and we are aiming to hire a full-stack developer and business developer by Q4 2020. We are currently in the fundraising process and building the core team. 💬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1590660034254100) to this conversation on Slack

Product Manager (https://upstream.tech/team/positions/2020-05-22_product) Upstream Tech is a technology company that creates decision-support technologies for conservation, agriculture, and low-carbon energy. We are looking for a talented team member to join our product team as the connective tissue between customers and product planning & prioritization, specifically for the Lens and AgTrends products. 💬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1590753867257800) to this conversation on Slack

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