CAT Newsletter #4 - Happy New Year from ClimateAction.tech 🌍🌲🎇🎉⭐
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Itâs a new year, weâre trying a new project to find a longer-lasting home for the links and learnings in CAT, and we need your help. Weâre trying a new project, codenamed Disco CAT.
We are looking for volunteers to help curate some of what we share in a publicly accessible, more curated format online, to help current and future CATs. Learn more here (https://discourse.climateaction.tech/t/introducing-disco-cat-discourse-for-cats/41) and contact chris@climateaction.tech (mailto:chris@climateaction.tech) if you’d like to get involved.
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** News Highlights
How to Stop Freaking Out and Tackle Climate Change (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/opinion/how-to-help-climate-change.html) Hereâs a five-step plan to deal with the stress and become part of the solution. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C5DQ0TEUT/p1578659525002800) to this conversation on Slack
Food ‘made from air’ could compete with soya (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51019798) Finnish scientists say the food could be grown with near-zero greenhouse gas emissions. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C5DQ0TEUT/p1578486722000200) to this conversation on Slack
These vintage-style travel posters show favorite tourist destinations post-climate change (https://www.fastcompany.com/90446007/these-vintage-style-travel-posters-show-favorite-tourist-destinations-post-climate-change) Come to sunny California, to see the fires. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C5DQ0TEUT/p1578409481036700) to this conversation on Slack
New sleeper train from Sweden will get passengers to London by morning (https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/sweden-london-train-sleeper-malmo-amsterdam-cologne-munich-rail-a9288206.html) Sweden’s government wants to provide viable alternatives to short-haul flights ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C5DQ0TEUT/p1579429261031100) to this conversation on Slack
Next-Generation Sustainable Data Center Design - The New Stack (https://thenewstack.io/next-generation-sustainable-data-center-design/) Finnish scientists say the food could be grown with near-zero greenhouse gas emissions. ð¬ Reply (http://Slack Link: https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C5DQ0TEUT/p1578179294029300) to this conversation on Slack
See the innovative design of one of the worldâs largest net-zero emissions buildings (https://www.fastcompany.com/90445015/see-the-innovative-design-of-one-of-the-worlds-largest-net-zero-emissions-buildings) A peek inside the Unisphere. ð¬ Reply (http://Slack Link: https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C5DQ0TEUT/p1578149979027300) to this conversation on Slack
How Ikea plans to be climate positive by 2030 (https://www.fastcompany.com/90448729/how-ikea-plans-to-be-climate-positive-by-2030) A company known for its disposable furniture seems like it would have a hard time quickly getting to a place where it reduces more greenhouse gas emissions than its entire value chain creates. But the company has a plan: radically rethinking how it designs its products. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C5DQ0TEUT/p1578496039000900) to this conversation on Slack
Five electric vehicles take Islington town hall off-grid (https://theenergyst.com/five-electric-vehicles-take-islington-town-hall-off-grid/) Islington Council can now run its town hall entirely off-grid at peak times, using five Nissan ENV200 electric vans to provide power. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C5DQ0TEUT/p1579188435035100) to this conversation on Slack
PepsiCoâs U.S. operations will be powered by 100% renewable electricity this year (https://www.fastcompany.com/90451782/pepsicos-u-s-operations-will-be-powered-by-100-renewable-electricity-this-year) Itâs part of the companyâs global goal to cut emissions 20% by 2030. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C5DQ0TEUT/p1579101385031100) to this conversation on Slack
Community-generated green electricity to be offered to all in UK (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/12/community-generated-green-electricity-to-be-offered-to-all-in-uk) Power provided on the new tariff to come exclusively from small-scale wind and solar farms ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C5DQ0TEUT/p1578994136022100) to this conversation on Slack
** Jobs & Opportunities
Leapclub.in club is looking for a backend developer in India (https://about.leapclub.in/#join-backend-developer) Leapclub helps consumers make conscious buying choices by being transparent about the environmental and social impact of the products. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1578221708010700) to this conversation on Slack
Visual / UI designer needed ASAP for a 5-week contract in Sydney, Australia (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1578368868016700) Working on environmental issues relating to palm oil, with opportunities for extension. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1578368868016700) to this conversation on Slack
Overlay.earth is looking for a contract data engineer (https://www.overlay.earth/careers/) ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1578581241004300) to this conversation on Slack
World Resources Institute is looking for a great API Software Engineer (DevOps) (https://jobs.jobvite.com/wri/job/owBzbfwB) DevOps / software engineer at world resources institute DC-based but remote ok. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1579197465042500) to this conversation on Slack
Circular City Open Call | New Lab (https://newlab.com/circularcity/) Circular City is seeking startups globally that are building frontier technologies and developing products that address urban challenges. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1579200147043700) to this conversation on Slack
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