🌎 CAT Newsletter #39 - 2020-09-22 🌏
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Hey CATs!
Today I want to welcome our latest volunteer @Deena Rosen (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/USVDFRVU4) ! Deena is now our moderator for our #greener-design (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CPJPC75T5) channel. She wrote a brilliant article (https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuxdesign.cc%2Ftech-designers-6-steps-to-fight-climate-change-d3420f0048e1) on how designers can step up to fight climate change and weâre very happy to have her on the team. Iâd also like to give a shout-out to our other volunteers in the team at the moment. Thank you for all the work you put into the community! :green_heart: * @lil nat (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/UPLKLUD5J) is our channel moderator for #green-talks (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CSYHAPKMY) * @Sarah (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/UV4GLR9DM) and @Yarin Snapir (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/UP3SCE6LQ) are organisers and hosts for our CAT Salon East (#d-cat-salon (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C0144BR1CSX) ) * @Hannah (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/UR8G3L938) is working on making it easy for CATs to start their own meet-ups and supporting you along the way * @Andrew O’Regan (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/U016FL94WBW) has been helping out with facilitating conversations in our welcome calls
If you want to get involved too, check out this list of tasks (https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F17OOsjrnDwlFOO_Xr47sjtOL-jT1d3P7hVYdI3r_Q1R4%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing) and let us know in #d-cat-volunteering (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C017V9MDW6Q)
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ð¬ CAT Events
CAT Salon West: To go green, think GOLD (https://zoom.us/j/99032294325) (1h) (https://zoom.us/j/99032294325) ð Tue, Sep 22nd ðºð¸ð¨ð¦PDT 10-11am ⢠ðºð¸ð¨ð¦EST 1-2pm ⢠ð¬ð§BST 6-7pm ⢠ðªðºð¿ð¦CEST/SAST 7-8pm ⢠ð®ð³IST 10:30-11:30pm Join live on Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/93485889292) and join #d-cat-salon (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C0144BR1CSX) for more
Check out more events on our events calendar (https://bit.ly/CATcal) .
Want to start a CAT meet-up yourself? Maybe about a specific topic? Or connecting with people locally? A networking session? A live interview series? Let us know in #d-cat-volunteering (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C017V9MDW6Q)
ð¤ Podcasts The latest climate-related podcast episodes.
30: S2E30: How to “think little”âw/ Mary Berry, Executive Director of The Berry Center (https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/S2E30-How-to-think-littlew-Mary-Berry–Executive-Director-of-The-Berry-Center-ejkqtj)
The Reversing Climate Change Podcast with NORI (https://nori.com/reversing-climate-change)
NEOLIBERALISM, WITH CHRISTINE BERRY (http://www.sustainababble.fish/?p=1137) Sustainababble (http://www.sustainababble.fish/)
BP’s Road to Rebuilding Trust with CEO Bernard Looney (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/70-bps-road-to-rebuilding-trust-with-ceo-bernard-looney) Outrage! + Optimism (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/)
PRECARIOUS HOUSING PART ONE, PUBLIC HOUSING (https://2ser.com/precarious-housing-part-one-public-housing/) Think: Sustainability (https://2ser.com/thinksustainability/)
DANIEL YERGIN: ENERGY, MARKETS AND THE CLASH OF NATIONS (https://climateone.org/audio/daniel-yergin-energy-markets-and-clash-nations) Climate One (https://climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts)
Earth architecture provides natural solutions for a green environment (https://www.terra.do/post/earth-architecture-provides-natural-solutions-green-environment) Terra.do (https://www.terra.do/blog)
ð° News Highlights
Interactive: What is the climate impact of eating meat and dairy? (https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/what-is-the-climate-impact-of-eating-meat-and-dairy/) Food production accounts for one-quarter of the worldâs greenhouse gas emissions. It takes up half of the planetâs habitable surface.
Our third decade of climate action: Realizing a carbon-free future (https://www.blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/our-third-decade-climate-action-realizing-carbon-free-future/) Sustainability has been a core value for Google since our founding. Now we’re going further to help build a carbon-free future for everyone.
Microsoftâs underwater server experiment resurfaces after two years (https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/14/21436746/microsoft-project-natick-data-center-server-underwater-cooling-reliability) The underwater servers failed at one-eighth the rate of the land-based ones.
Scottish green hydrogen scheme gears up to fuel ferries, buses and trains (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/16/scottish-green-hydrogen-scheme-gears-up-to-fuel-ferries-buses-and-trains) Wind and solar farms will produce the gas alongside Scottish Power, ITM Power and BOC
Introducing Patch: The Platform for Negative Emissions (https://medium.com/@usepatch/the-platform-for-negative-emissions-dd1f80e4c1b1) Thinking of climate change as an abstract concept is a luxury we can no longer afford.
In rare bipartisan climate agreement, senators forge plan to slash use of potent greenhouse gas (https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/09/10/rare-bipartisan-climate-agreement-senators-forge-plan-slash-use-potent-greenhouse-gas/) In a rare defiance of the Trump administration, key Senate Republicans joined Democrats Thursday in agreeing to phase down a set of chemicals widely used in air conditioners and refrigeration that is warming the planet. While the Trump administration has balked at embracing a global agreement to reduce hydrofluorocarbons, a dogged push by U.S. firms and environmental groups appears to have overcome the administration’s resistance to curbing one of the world’s most potent drivers of climate change.
Supporting a greener future in Europe (https://blog-google.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/supporting-greener-future-europe/amp/) Google aims to operate on 24/7 carbon-free energy, supporting Europeâs goal to be the worldâs first carbon-neutral continent.
ð¼ Jobs & Opportunities
Lead Web Developer (https://careers.unity.com/position/lead-web-developer-unity-learn/2269028) As Lead Web Developer, you will work closely with a talented, global team of engineers to deliver responsive, scalable web platform features and improvements, and to ensure that our architecture and our people are ready to grow into the future. You’ll be embedded in the product development process at every stage, collaborating with product managers and designers to define feasible, high quality solutions to user problems, and to mitigate risks. Your work on Learn, which is part of the Social Impact team at Unity, will have a direct impact on the lives and livelihoods of Unity’s development community across the world. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1600168522105400) to this conversation on Slack
Engineering Manager (https://www.techjobsforgood.com/jobs/4003/) As an Engineering Manager at Trove you will work cross functionally with business stakeholders to build back office applications that support Troveâs supply and fulfillment operations. This is a unique opportunity to develop robust systems enabling seamless logistics for our partners. The work you do significantly impacts the top and bottom lines of Trove and our partners. ð¬https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1600285421120900Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1600285421120900) to this conversation on Slack
Technical Lead (https://gurusystems.com/join/technical-lead/) This role sits at the heart of our software development capability, working alongside experienced engineers, taking the lead in the creation of groundbreaking solutions geared to drive efficiencies in heating systems through the use of IoT and big data analytics. This includes the software and design to ensure scalability, as well as processes, deployment and automation in our CI/CD environment. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1600338186123400) to this conversation on Slack
Manager of Storytelling (https://drawdown.org/careers/manager-of-storytelling) Project Drawdown is hiring a Manager of Storytelling to help shape our impact strategy for climate solutions storytelling and to develop original climate solutions content for print and digital platforms, including our new flagship publication, The Drawdown Review. We are looking for an expert wordsmith and storyteller, who is adept at research, editing, and project management and passionate about informing and inspiring diverse audiences around the world. The ideal candidate will be a talented and proven writer who can surface, synthesize, and bring to life stories that capture both hearts and minds and move hands to action. Creative and digital skills would be an asset. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1600419174000300) to this conversation on Slack
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