🌎 CAT Newsletter #45 - 2020-11-03 🌏
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Hey CATs!
Earlier this year, we started work on Branch magazine (https://branch.climateaction.tech/) , the first funded publication from the CAT community, on sustainability and climate, and wow, there’s so much good stuff in there. There’s a section dedicated to it below - read on for more.
Elsewhere in the community: @piyush (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/U011BFEQ909) started a brilliant little thread in #lobby (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C01A0THTQRW) to celebrate tiny wins. Join the conversation and share your tiny win or read through wins from others for inspiration. The thread is here (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C01A0THTQRW/p1603994767108100) . Also: many of you have been through the latest cohort with our friends over at the climate school terra.do (https://www.terra.do/) . To keep in touch with fellow terra-CATs or ask some questions about the course (maybe youâre considering to join the next cohort too?) â make sure to join #d-terra-climate-school (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C0133BDS0KS) . :female-student: :books: :male-student:
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** ⨠Branch - the first magazine from CAT â¨
You can think of Branch as a magazine, by and for CATS, to help think about how the climate crisis relates to our work, and how we might respond as professionals. We cover incorporating climate into your practice, as a designer (https://branch.climateaction.tech/2020/10/15/dont-press-snooze-design-in-a-crisis/) , a web developer (https://branch.climateaction.tech/2020/10/05/10-rules-for-building-a-low-impact-website/) , as an ops / SRE specialist (https://branch.climateaction.tech/2020/10/06/sustainability-in-software-engineering/) , an AI practitioner (https://branch.climateaction.tech/2020/10/02/ai-and-climate-change-the-promise-the-perils-and-pillars-for-action/) , and more.
We cover switching careers to focus on climate (https://branch.climateaction.tech/2020/10/14/if-i-am-a-techie-how-can-i-help-solve-climate-change/) , how to talk about climate (https://branch.climateaction.tech/2020/10/01/the-story-is-a-forest-how-to-talk-about-climate-change/) and how to understand the ways race, climate and technology are interrelated. (https://branch.climateaction.tech/2020/10/01/the-story-is-a-forest-how-to-talk-about-climate-change/)
For the first issue, the theme was a sustainable internet for all, and we also cover things at a more systemic level: policy as a lever for action (https://branch.climateaction.tech/2020/10/05/interconnected-sustainability-on-the-agenda/) , who gets to define a sustainable internet (https://branch.climateaction.tech/2020/10/10/when-policy-responds-to-reality-transformative-policy-futures/) , and the role of critical art to help shape conversation (https://branch.climateaction.tech/2020/10/01/the-museum-of-the-fossilized-internet/) . An while it’s common to talk about Amazon.com in tech, that name comes from an actual place, so we also feature voices (https://branch.climateaction.tech/2020/10/15/one-vision-one-world-whose-world-then/) from the Amazon too (https://branch.climateaction.tech/2020/10/15/one-vision-one-world-whose-world-then/) .
Your task: Go check it out, at branch.climateAction.tech (https://branch.climateaction.tech) . If something resonated with you, please share a link (or a short thread) on social media with the hashtag #branchmag (https://twitter.com/hashtag/branchmag?src=hashtag_click) . If you’re not comfortable sharing publicly, there’s an internal #d-branchmag (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C01DT7YH3A9) channel in the CAT slack too.
** ð¬ CAT Events
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)
CAT Welcome Call (eastern-friendly) ⢠45 min Fri, Nov 27th 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)
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 CAT Supported Events
Five Bristol & Bath Green Tech Innovators ð Thu, Nov 12th â° 12.30 - 14:30 GMT In a recent study Bath and Bristol were named the top two progressive cities in the UK. This online event is open to all and showcases 5 organizations in the area using tech to make the world more sustainable. Sign up here (https://www.meetup.com/GreenTech-South-West/events/273099688/)
Want to know more about how to run a CAT supported event? Ask us in the CAT #d-cat-volunteering (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C017V9MDW6Q) channel
ð¤ Podcasts The latest climate-related podcast episodes.
ð§YIMBY for forest fires? Fire tornadoes?!âw/ Daniel Duane, author of November’s WIRED cover story (https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/S2E36-YIMBY-for-forest-fires–Fire-tornadoes–w-Daniel-Duane–author-of-Novembers-WIRED-cover-story-eljvlb) The Reversing Climate Change Podcast with NORI
ð§#190: JULIET GELLATLEY MEETS SUSTAINABABBLE (http://www.sustainababble.fish/?p=1160) Sustainababble
ð§India has won the climate change bingo card (https://www.terra.do/post/india-has-won-the-climate-change-bingo-card) Terra.do
ð§Decision Time 2020 with John Podesta (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/76-decision-time-2020-with-john-podesta) Outrage! + Optimism
ð§ (http://https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-cleaning-clean-tech) TIL about cleaning up clean tech (http://https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-cleaning-clean-tech) TILclimate Podcast
ð§ (https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/it-too-late) Is it too late? (https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/it-too-late) TILclimate Podcast
ð§ (https://2ser.com/thinksustainability/) Precarious Housing Part One, Public Housing Tenants (https://2ser.com/thinksustainability/) Think: Sustainability
ð§ (https://2ser.com/thinksustainability/) Precarious Housing Part Two, International Students (https://2ser.com/thinksustainability/) Think: Sustainability
POWER SHIFT: JAMIE MARGOLIN AND DORCETA TAYLOR (https://climateone.org/audio/power-shift-jamie-margolin-and-dorceta-taylor) Climate One
ð° News Highlights
Surfrider Foundation Europe on LinkedIn: #PlasticOrigins #AI #Volunteers (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6727150354754088960/) Watch how the #PlasticOrigins app uses geolocation technology to detect and categorize waste along the river! Anyone enjoying a river quest can use this…
How Should the Media Talk About Climate Change? (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-should-the-media-talk-about-climate-change) Genevieve Guenther, a former Renaissance scholar, studies how we discuss global warmingâand how we donât.
Air-cooling paint. Net-zero country pledges grow. Green hydrogen. (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/air-cooling-paint-net-zero-country-pledges-grow-green-harris) Subscribership has doubled in the last week! 280 subscribers will receive issue 3, which is marvellous news. If you know of others curious about climate change but are anxious about eco-anxiety, then my biweekly update is just the ticket! Please share, for their benefit.
ð¼ Jobs & Opportunities
Climate Jobs Fair for Professionals - Terra.do (https://www.terra.do/climate-jobs-fair/professionals) Keep on using your superpowers to solve for climate change? Meet dozens of top organizations doing incredible work in climate, find jobs that match your skills and meet the hiring managers LIVE. World’s first online climate jobs fair, by Terra.do ð¬https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1602661043083200Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1603749594131100) to this conversation on Slack
Co-Founder Job at Carbon13 in Cambridge, United Kingdom (https://jobs.escapethecity.org/jobs/40950225-co-founder-at-carbon13) Carbon13 are seeking 50 would-be co-founders drawn from technical and commercial backgrounds to join our eight month venture builder. We ask founders like you to commit to creating a game changing, scalable, carbon-emissions-reducing business with the potential to reduce CO2e emissions by a minimum of 10m tonnes per annum. The first cohort will begin in Cambridge, UK on 2nd March 2021. ð¬https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1600763395011500Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1603884086139600) to this conversation on Slack
Developer / IT Specialist (https://www.ziprecruiter.com/jobs/citizens-climate-education-543cc678/remote-front-end-developer-it-specialist-e5403717) This full-time, salaried, remote position reports to the IT Director based in Dallas, TX, and works closely with the IT staff, and indirectly with CCL staffers around the country. ð¬ Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1603896536141200) to this conversation on Slack
Fullstack Engineer (m/f/d) (https://apply.workable.com/alcemy/j/B46DA410CA/) alcemy was founded 1.5 years ago to tackle the massive CO2 footprint of the cement and concrete industry. Concrete is used everywhere, for building homes or for infrastructure like roads, bridges,and tunnels. However, concrete is responsible for almost 9% of worldwide carbon emissions. ð¬https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1602239982073100Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1604068751144700) to this conversation on Slack
Customer Facing Data Scientist (m/f/d) (https://apply.workable.com/alcemy/j/02C331CE4B/) alcemy was founded 1.5 years ago to tackle the massive CO2 footprint of the cement and concrete industry. Concrete is used everywhere, for building homes or for infrastructure like roads, bridges,and tunnels. However, concrete is responsible for almost 9% of worldwide carbon emissions. ð¬https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1602239982073100Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1604068751144700) to this conversation on Slack
Experienced Backend Developer (d/f/m) (https://share.circular.fashion/shared/Experienced%20Backend%20Developer_11%3A2020.pdf) You are a backend 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 thetextiles 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/p1602239982073100Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1604080221152500) to this conversation on Slack
Data Engineer (d/f/m) (https://share.circular.fashion/shared/Data%20Engineer_11%3A2020.pdf) You are a data engineer and 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 machine learning, IoT and software solutions to make the textiles industry a circular economy. We unify interdisciplinary backgrounds such as software engineering, textile recycling, design, business and sustainability to achieve this goal, with a diverse team of people. ð¬https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1602239982073100Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1604080221152500) to this conversation on Slack
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