🌎 CAT Newsletter #44 - 2020-10-27 🌏
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Hey CATs!
With our new mission in place, weâre now working on updating our values. @melissa (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/UF81YNN8K) posted a little bit on what weâre thinking about in #lobby (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C01A0THTQRW) . Find the post here (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C01A0THTQRW/p1603478453095100) . Itâd be great to get some feedback from all of you, so we can make sure our values reflect this amazing community and the other way round. ð
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CAT Welcome Call (eastern-friendly) ⢠45 min Fri, Oct 30th ð³ð¿ NZST (Aotearoa) 10pm ⢠ð¦ðºAEST (Sydney) 8pm ⢠ð¨ð³ CT 5pm ⢠ð®ð³ IST 2:30pm ⢠ðªðºð¿ð¦CEST/SAST 10am ⢠ð¬ð§ BST 9am Sign up here (http://bit.ly/CATWelcomeEastern) ð Directly after this: CAT Volunteering chat ⢠15min If you want to know about CAT volunteering, join us right after the welcome call with the same Zoom link. Sign up here (http://bit.ly/CATWelcomeEastern)
CAT Welcome Call (western-friendly) ⢠45min Thu, November 12th ðºð¸ð¨ð¦PDT 10 ⢠ðºð¸ð¨ð¦EST 1 ⢠ð¬ð§BST 6 ⢠ðªðºð¿ð¦CEST/SAST 7 ⢠ð®ð³IST 10:30 Sign up here (http://bit.ly/CATWelcomeWestern) ð Directly after this: CAT Volunteering chat ⢠15min If you want to know about CAT volunteering, join us right after the welcome call with the same Zoom link. Sign up here (http://bit.ly/CATWelcomeWestern)
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.
ð§ On losing everything to the climate crisis except for hopeâw/ Diego Saez-Gil of Pachama (https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/On-losing-everything-to-the-climate-crisis-except-for-hopew-Diego-Saez-Gil-of-Pachama-elf0c1) The Reversing Climate Change Podcast with NORI
ð§#189: CLOCKS BACK (http://www.sustainababble.fish/?p=1156) Sustainababble
ð§Seeding the future: Climate-smart agricultural practices hold high hopes (https://www.terra.do/blog) Terra.do
ð§Optimism and Earthshots with Prince William (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/75-optimism-and-earthshots-with-prince-william) Outrage! + Optimism
ð§ (https://climateone.org/audio/steve-schmidt-and-varshini-prakash-disrupting-climate-politics) STEVE SCHMIDT AND VARSHINI PRAKASH ON DISRUPTING CLIMATE POLITICS (https://climateone.org/audio/steve-schmidt-and-varshini-prakash-disrupting-climate-politics) Climate One
ð° News Highlights
TreeCard - The wooden debit card that plants trees. (https://www.treecard.org/) TreeCard - the wooden debit card that plants trees. Sign up now to reforest the planet every day.
Russian Toxic Ocean Mystery Solved â Warming Seas Caused Massive Algae Bloom, Killing Sea Life (https://www.theinertia.com/environment/russian-toxic-ocean-mystery-solved-warming-seas-caused-massive-algae-bloom-killing-sea-life/) No deadly, man-made chemicals. The effects of man-made global warming are at fault.
Japan set to target zero emissions by 2050 in policy shift (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-japan-policy-shift-idUSKBN2780PC) Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is set to bind Japan to a target for carbon neutrality by 2050, a shift in stance that will bring the country in line with the European Union and more than 60 other nations in efforts to combat climate change.
Consultancy firm who advise fossil fuel industry hired to consult on UNâs COP26 (https://www.channel4.com/news/consultancy-firm-who-advise-fossil-fuel-industry-hired-to-consult-on-uns-cop26) Senior civil servants involved in organising the event have told Channel 4 News that they are concerned about a possible conflict of interest at its heart.
ð¼ Jobs & Opportunities
Full Stack Developer (https://share.circular.fashion/shared/JoinUs_SD092020.pdf) You are a full stack developer looking for your next tech challenge? You would love to use your skills to fi ght climate change and build a more sustainable future? At circular.fashion, we develop IoT and software solutions to make the textiles industry a circular economy. We unify interdisciplinary backgrounds such as software engineering, textile, design, business and sustainability to achieve this goal, with a diverse team of people. ð¬https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1602661043083200Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1603184260113400) to this conversation on Slack
Copywriter, Social media manager (https://angel.co/company/hope-14/jobs/1020275-hope-social-media-manager-for-hope-xyz) HOPE.xyz is helping community organizers, progressive candidates, and activists to give a voice to their community members and grow their supporter base. We are working across issues that are justice related (healthcare, housing, racial injustice, immigration, abortion rights etc…). We are looking for passionate people to join the team. We are technologists, activists, and designers. ð¬https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1600763395011500Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1603216200118500) to this conversation on Slack
CTO (https://ecosystemservicesmarket.org/) ESMC building a market to reward and incentivize farmers for beneficial impacts of sustainable agricultural systems that reduce emissions or drawdown carbon and store it in soil. The CTO will be responsible for the development, oversight and coordination of all technical and product aspects of building, launching, and supporting the MRV platform through collaboration with the ESMC team, ESMC members, ESMRC Working Group participants, and other ESMC contractors. The CTO will drive day-to-day development as well as long-term product strategy and vision. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1603389078126800) to this conversation on Slack
Technical co-founder / CTO (https://www.market-pearl.com/) MarketPearl is a sustainability-driven B2B textile supply chain analytics platform serving apparel brands and manufacturers. ð¬https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1602239982073100Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1603471894127400) 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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