June 9, 2020

🌎 CAT Newsletter #24 - 2020-06-09 🌏

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Dear CATs,

I came across a very good tweet yesterday about tackling racism on a systemic level over time. I found it so good, that I want to share a few bits of what Tatiana Mac wrote about in their tweet (https://twitter.com/TatianaTMac/status/1268909345141473281) . Please read the whole thread on twitter as well though because it’s very much worth it. 1. Learning: You can’t learn everything rn. Make a list. Learn to find the answers yourself before asking. Take the time to actually look it up. Read multiple sources. Sit with it. 2. Donations: Budget and set up recurring donations. Ask your bosses about recurring matches for donations long-term. 3. Reading: Build Black authors into your life, fiction, non-race-based non-fiction. 4. Consumerism: Boycott massively complicit companies. 5. Calling people out: Evaluate what your long-term commitments to this work are. Build vocab to address racism. Figure out your “if they do this, I will do this”.

And because Black Lives Matter has been very much on our minds, we want to talk about this movement as well as the pandemic and racism in relation to climate justice and the tech industry in our #d-cat-salon (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C0144BR1CSX) next week:

––– CAT Salon: How do we process the climate crisis in times of social upheaval? Tuesday, June 16th PDT 10-11am • EST 1-2pm • BST 6-7pm • CEST/SAST 7-8pm • IST 10:30-11:30pm Sign up here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLbGFOxOuQNEj601LFfkvUthQMitlRjsZduds1PJtQ14b9qg/viewform) –––

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🎤 Podcasts The latest climate-related podcast episodes.

The future of online events w/ Dave Schools from Hopin (https://theclimatefix.com/episodes/the-future-of-online-events-w-dave-schools-from-hopin) 📅 June 03, 2020 I spoke to Dave Schools, Head of Marketing at Hopin, the first all-in-one interactive live online events platform. We spoke about the environmental impact of events, how Hopin is trying to solve that as well as the founding of Hopin and what keeps him motivated every day. TheClimateFix.com

15 (https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/S2E15-Are-you-a-wizard-or-a-prophet-w-Charles-C–Mann-eeojmp)

📅 June 02, 2020 What is the best approach to solving the climate crisis? Should we leverage science and technology to ‘produce’ our way out of the problem? Or aspire to live in Hobbiton and radically reduce our human footprint? The Reversing Climate Change Podcast with NORI (https://nori.com/reversing-climate-change)

175: SWIFTS (http://www.sustainababble.fish/?p=1058)

📅 May 31, 2020 Swifts: bloody ‘ell. The weight of a Creme Egg, Apus Apus spend their entire lives in flight; eating, sleeping and shagging on the wing before popping 6,000 miles north to a European roof for a rest and a spot of breeding. Sustainababble (http://www.sustainababble.fish/)

176: NAPPIES (http://www.sustainababble.fish/?p=1064)

📅 June 07, 2020 Poor wee infants can’t help it but they do produce an awful lot of poo and wee. Ol should know, he’s got two of the little, er, darlings. Problem is, said effluvia ends up in nappies (diapers), overwhelmingly ‘disposable’ ones – thousands of them per child. And the nappies end up in the ground, or being burned to make noxious air for us all to breathe. Yuck. Sustainababble (http://www.sustainababble.fish/)

Introducing: So Hot Right Now (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/introducing-so-hot-right-now) 📅 June 02, 2020 To save the world we need to change the story. Nature and the climate are in crisis. To survive we must use our most powerful tool - communication. Telling these stories can be difficult and dangerous. But done right they can change the world. Join environmental journalist Lucy Siegle (The Guardian, The One Show) and wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill (Greta Thunberg / #NatureNow & BBC Natural History Unit) as they learn how to communicate better, from those who do it best. This episode looks at the work of the world’s premiere nature broadcaster, one of the most trusted voices in the world. We ask Sir David Attenborough what he has learnt, what he would do if he was starting his career now, how we can use wonder to fight for nature and what we need to do immediately. Outrage! + Optimism (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/)

1. Inger Andersen and Jane Goodall are All In #ForNature (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/55-inger-andersen-and-jane-goodall-are-all-in-fornature) 📅 June 05, 2020 It’s World Environment Day, and what better way to celebrate than with Executive Director of The United Nations World Environment Programme, Inger Andersen. She gives us her optimism about dreaming up the regenerative world filled with biodiversity and a right relationship with nature, as well as her outrage over the social, economic, and racial inequality that pervades our current systems. Outrage! + Optimism (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/)

A DECADE OF OIL: FROM DEEPWATER HORIZON TO DEFLATION (https://climateone.org/audio/decade-oil-deepwater-horizon-deflation) 📅 June 05, 2020 America’s latest oil boom began with a bang, literally, on Earth Day, 2010. That’s when an offshore oil rig owned by BP exploded, killing eleven workers and spilling nearly five million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. John Hofmeister, co-founder of Citizens for Affordable Energy, was in Washington D.C. at the time. Climate One (https://climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts)

📰 News Highlights

A World Without Clouds (https://www.quantamagazine.org/cloud-loss-could-add-8-degrees-to-global-warming-20190225/) A state-of-the-art supercomputer simulation indicates that a feedback loop between global warming and cloud loss can push Earth’s climate past a disastrous tipping point in as little as a century.

$1.2 billion CO2 pipeline from Industrial Heartland to depleted oilfields in central Alberta comes online (https://edmontonjournal.com/business/energy/alberta-carbon-trunk-line-depleted-oilfields-finished) After 11 years, the province’s largest carbon capture and storage project is fully operational, allowing millions of tonnes of emissions to move from facilities near Edmonton to a storage site in central Alberta.

Perspective | I’m a black climate expert. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/03/im-black-climate-scientist-racism-derails-our-efforts-save-planet/) Stopping climate change is hard enough, but racism only makes it harder.

A community that converts cars to electric. Part 2: Damien Maguire interview (http://coders4climatestrike.com/2020/06/a-community-that-converts-cars-to-electric-part-2-damien-maguire-interview.html) Damien is an electrical engineer also known as the BMW EV conversion person. He has been converting cars to electric for over 10 years.

How the world can ‘reset’ itself after COVID-19 – according to these experts (https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/covid19-great-reset-gita-gopinath-jennifer-morgan-sharan-burrow-climate) The Great Reset is a new initiative to guide decision-makers on the path to a more resilient, sustainable world beyond coronavirus.

💼 Jobs & Opportunities

PHP Developer (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/guru-systems-ltd_php-developer-activity-6673510797991268352-vSN_/) We’re hiring a PHP Developer! Are you skilled in PHP? Probably from a LAMP environment, but with a desire to progress? Are you someone who thrives on working across a variety of projects and products within a diverse team? Do you want to contribute to a low carbon future? 💬 Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1591277671267100) to this conversation on Slack

Senior Front End Developer (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/guru-systems-ltd_senior-front-end-developer-activity-6673510726327386112-rpZ3/) We’re hiring a Senior Front End Developer! Do you want to create beautiful business software? Are you someone who thrives on working across a variety of projects and products within a diverse team? Are you detail oriented, wanting to get a design just right down to the last pixel? Do you want to contribute to a low carbon future? 💬 Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1591277698267300) to this conversation on Slack

Emitwise / Job Openings (https://jobs.lever.co/emitwiselimited) The technology we’ve built makes it easier for companies to monitor, manage, and ultimately reduce their carbon footprint. As we all know, climate change is the defining issue of our time and we’ve reached a defining moment. While the threat to our planet is dire, the opportunity is also historic. We need to move quickly. 💬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1591361286270600) to this conversation on Slack

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