🌎 CAT Newsletter #29 - 2020-07-14 🌏
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ð¬ CAT Events
CAT Salon West: Big Tech + Big Oil ð Tue, July 14th This “CAT Salon” is planned as an open community discussion. This week our topic is on the tech industryâs involvement in fossil fuel extraction and what we can do about it â° 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/1FAIpQLSddjFE2u9kDvNHwgtefH0B1QLWQUMjDXuNrmODSYnatAd_uCA/viewform)
CAT Salon East: Changing culture â collaboration & activism in the workplace ð Tue, July 21st This “CAT Salon” is planned as an open community discussion around the theme of how we as employees can influence & support our companies and co-workers to do better on climate. â° NZST (Aotearoa) 8-9pm ⢠AEST (Sydney) 6-7pm ⢠IST 1:30-2:30pm ⢠CEST/SAST 10-11am ⢠BST 9-10am Sign up here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEYxrfJJd88C9mI7p6iOfrL4dEr3rAlvtcCjsltI-2LjbArA/viewform)
ð¤ Podcasts The latest climate-related podcast episodes.
Purifying water for 2 billion people w/ Johan Jensen from SolarSack (https://theclimatefix.com/episodes/purifying-water-w-johan-jensen-from-solar-sack) ð July 8, 2020 2 billion people currently do not have access to safe drinking water. SolarSack uses the sun’s energy to purify 2000 liters of contaminated water for just $2. TheClimateFix.com (https://theclimatefix.com/)
Applying the gender lens for climate action should lead to systemic change (https://www.terra.do/post/applying-gender-lens-climate-action-systemic-change) ð July 9, 2020 In this podcast Fleur Newman, who is Lead Gender Affairs Officer at the UNFCCC, speaks about the action happening in terms of gender and climate change at the UNFCCC and why its so important to apply the gender lens to the climate space. Lastly she believes that the current COVID19 crisis an is opportunity to rejig governmental policies to become far more gender and climate aware. Terra.do (https://www.terra.do/climate-change-learning-for-action)
20: S2E20: Beyond markets and states: an intro to Elinor Ostromâw/ Dr. Nick Cowen, University of Lincoln (https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/S2E20-Beyond-markets-and-states-an-intro-to-Elinor-Ostromw-Dr–Nick-Cowen–University-of-Lincoln-egd0kl)
ð July 7, 2020 The tragedy of the commons suggests that, left to our own devices, we will overuse and overconsume our shared resources in the name of self-interest. And that either privatization or state control is required to keep us in check. But Elinor Ostrom advanced a third option, a polycentric governance approach in which the people involved solve the problem on their own through a commons solution. The Reversing Climate Change Podcast with NORI (https://nori.com/reversing-climate-change)
181: LITTER (http://www.sustainababble.fish/?p=1094)
ð July 12, 2020 The instant we were allowed out again we covered everything in rubbish: plastic and cans and humous packets and, er, cool boxes and chairs. Why? Has four months of lockdown made us all beserkers, or is this just what itâs always like and weâd forgotten? Whoâs doing the littering anyway? And what even IS litter? We investigate. Also, the Governmentâs promising to give us cash to insulate our homes, which sounds like a good thing. And governments doing good things make us very suspicious indeed. Sustainababble (http://www.sustainababble.fish/)
- NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir Went Off The Earth, For The Earth (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/60-nasa-astronaut-jessica-meir-went-off-the-earth-for-the-earth) ð Jul 10, 2020 This week, Outrage! and Optimism goes galactic to talk about the relationship between policy and science. In a world riddled by authoritarian divisions and isolating nationalism, how do we bring ourselves and our neighbors to the realization that we are one human race on a fragile planet that we need to protect? Upon her return back to Earth, NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir agreed to sit down with us and talk through her experience of leaving the Earth, and how communicating what is often described as “The Overview Effect” can transform how we live our lives here on our tiny, blue marble. Our musical guest this week is Mesadorm. They recorded an intimate rendition of their song, “Easy” for us. Stick around to hear it! Outrage! + Optimism (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/)
THE 2020 ELECTION WITH TIFFANY CROSS, RICK WILSON AND RICH THAU (https://climateone.org/audio/2020-election-tiffany-cross-rick-wilson-and-rich-thau) ð Jul 10, 2020 The conventional wisdom on this fallâs election is that it once again will come down to a handful of voters in a handful of states. Climate One (https://climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts)
ð° News Highlights
Giant flywheel project in Scotland could prevent UK blackouts (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jul/06/giant-flywheel-project-in-scotland-could-prevent-uk-blackouts-energy) Trailblazing system would help to stabilise the energy gridâs electrical frequency
Sunak to unveil £2bn home insulation scheme (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53313640) Hundreds of thousands of homeowners will receive vouchers of up to £5,000 for energy-saving home improvements, with the poorest getting up to £10,000.
BrewDog Tomorow: A Sustainability Update. (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/brewdog-tomorow-sustainability-update-james-watt) We thought we were doing our bit for the planet. We took plastic out of our supply chain, we made a protest beer when Donald Trump pulled the USA out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and we upcycled a lot of our waste streams including using our spent grain to feed cows and using our spent hops as fertilizer.
Volkswagen now officially runs Europeâs biggest electric car plant (https://thenextweb.com/shift/2020/06/29/volkswagen-now-officially-runs-europes-biggest-electric-car-plant/) Volkswagen has called time on internal combustion vehicles at one of its biggest factories in Germany. From now on, it will only produce EVs
Wasteful, damaging and outmoded: is it time to stop building skyscrapers? (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jul/11/skyscrapers-wasteful-damaging-outmoded-time-to-stop-tall-buildings) Tall buildings are still deemed desirable, even glamorous, but experts are drawing attention to the high environmental cost of building them
ð¼ Jobs & Opportunities
Product Manager (https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/product-manager-at-arbor-day-foundation-1897324581/) Does the idea of starting and growing fiscally sustainable businesses with the primary purpose of addressing the worldâs leading environmental issues excite you? Are you an entrepreneurial individual with an innate desire to create and refine opportunities that can add real value and impact in our world? Do you possess a strong drive, ability to lead innovation efforts to market, a collaborative spirit and a desire to make the world a better place through your vocation? ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1594048006422700) to this conversation on Slack
Python technical lead (https://climatemind.org/) A tool to relate everyone and their lives to the effects of climate change. We are creating a web app that helps users explore how their values and personal interests are being affected by climate change. We aim to inspire users to take action with a range of attractive solutions consistent with their values that they can get excited about. We are in the early stages of development and are welcoming new people to the team. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1594058922423300) to this conversation on Slack
Director (https://medium.com/@openaq/openaq-is-looking-for-a-new-director-1114e1ad63af) The director will lead OpenAQ in fulfilling its mission to help communities fight air inequality with open data. OpenAQ has grown from an idea a couple of people began working on to an impactful, international organization with a dedicated, global community in the past 5 years. Weâre looking for someone to help lead the organization into its next chapter! ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1594074820426800) to this conversation on Slack
Senior Full-Stack Engineer (https://climate.careers/job/19504/senior-full-stack-engineer/) We believe that adaptation is a necessity, not a luxury, and communities deserve access to powerful software that helps them plan for the future. The challenge of climate change is complex â it implicates how municipalities plan, manage capital, and communicate to both residents and higher levels of government. Forerunner helps local communities do these things better by empowering them to access, understand, and mobilize local-level flood risk data at scale. Our software is built to be easy-to-use, so that the planners and floodplain managers preparing for our future can focus on the important stuff. We’re currently working with communities across the country to generate adaptation insights from permit data. As a new addition to our team, you’ll be joining us at a crucial time when you’ll have a real impact on our direction and our partners’ success. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1594147590431800) to this conversation on Slack
Contract Data Scientist (https://climate.careers/job/19505/contract-data-scientist/) We believe that adaptation is a necessity, not a luxury, and communities deserve access to powerful software that helps them plan for the future. The challenge of climate change is complex – it implicates how municipalities plan, manage capital, and communicate to both residents and higher levels of government. Forerunner helps local communities do these things better by empowering them to access, understand, and mobilize local-level flood risk data at scale. Our software is built to be easy-to-use, so that the planners and floodplain managers preparing for our future can focus on the important stuff. We’re working with communities like Pinellas County in Florida and Harris County in Texas to mobilize permit data for adaptation action. As the newest addition to our team, you will work on gaining insights from this data and developing machine learning models to fill in crucial gaps in information. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1594147590431800) to this conversation on Slack You made it to the end! ðPlease share & forward this newsletter to a friend Feedback (https://app.slack.com/client/T4HLEQA3F/CLRPE39NX/thread/C4J8RQ2J3-1568299902.131900) ⢠Subscribe (https://tech.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=08b8a799dd414ce9163cf3474&id=97c1d5f785) ⢠Join CAT (https://climateaction.tech/#join)
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