🌎 CAT Newsletter #71 2021-05-04 🌏
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Hey CATs,
Itâs Earth Day this week AND weâve passed the 4.000 member mark! ðð
To celebrate weâll be posting some of your actions on Twitter & LinkedIn! ðIf you have any actions & wins you want to share with the world (or just within the community), please either: * Add them to the spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PmkVgvq_3nOavU4xQw4rr3qnOMAbTVBDat8O9k5rRfg/edit#gid=1371451401) for us to post * Post them yourself using the hashtag #CATEarthWeek (donât forget to tag us (@climateActTech on Twitter ⢠@ClimateAction.tech on LinkedIn). Here’s a Twitter template you can use: It’s #CATEarthWeek! I’ve [insert action] ðªð How are you taking action this year? @ClimateActTech #EarthDay #EarthDay2021
ð¦ Slack Channel spotlight: #action (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CNTM96L1J) Over the next few weeks weâll be using our action channel for prompts to start conversations & to share actions we can take as a group. Join us there!
Podcast news: @Hannah and @Sandra joined Tom Raftery on his podcast Climate 21 to talk about #LetsGreenTheWeb! Check out the episode here (https://www.climate21podcast.com/1329991/8283322-how-do-we-reduce-it-s-carbon-footprint-a-chat-with-sandra-pallier-and-hannah-smith-of-climate-action-tech) and share it far and wide! (Could this be one of your Earth Day actions? ð)
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** ð¬ CAT Events
CAT Welcome Call ⢠45min In our regular welcome call (for new CATs and CATs who’ve been in the community for a while) you’ll learn about the community, projects we’re running, how you can get involved and you’ll meet some fellow CATs in a small community discussion. ð For western friendly times sign up here (http://bit.ly/CATWelcomeWestern) ð For eastern friendly times sign up here (http://bit.ly/CATWelcomeEastern)
CAT Volunteering chat ⢠15min If you want to know about CAT volunteering, join us right after the welcome call with the same Zoom link.
CAT Salon ⢠1h Our “CAT Salons” are regular, thematic community discussions. We start with an 8-10 minute presentation from a lead discussant to level-set our conversation. This is then followed by 45 minutes of facilitated community interaction on the topic. We run our Salons in western-friendly and eastern-friendly timezones. Join our Meetup group (https://www.meetup.com/cat-global/events/) to get notified for the next CAT Salon Catch up on our past Salon on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbGj6AM6oTSxqBlhMQlaplw/videos)
ð¬ CAT Supported Events
How the adoption of reused and remanufactured tech can turn the tide on e-waste (https://www.meetup.com/GreenTech-South-West/events/275942098/) ð Tues 20th April, 12.30pm to 1.30pm (BST) Green Tech South West welcomes Anthony Levy and Louise Whitaker from Cistor, to talk us through what using remanufactured and refurbished ICT actually means. Anthony and Louise will discuss their experience of deploying reused and remanufactured technology in critical situations such as hospitals, aircraft carriers, stock exchanges and banks. Drawing on real examples from their own industry, and parallel industries such as the automotive sector, theyâll share concrete lessons on how we can break down the barriers to reusing existing hardware (or hardware technology). Sign up here (https://www.meetup.com/GreenTech-South-West/events/275942098/)
ð¤ Podcasts The latest climate-related podcast episodes.
ð§ (https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/S2E58-Oceans-and-climate–Waves-and-Beachesw-Kim-McCoy–oceanographer-and-author-eu9k79) S2E61: Paul Greenberg on The Climate Diet: 50 Simple Ways to Trim Your Carbon Footprint (https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/S2E61-Paul-Greenberg-on-The-Climate-Diet-50-Simple-Ways-to-Trim-Your-Carbon-Footprint-evmue2) The Reversing Climate Change Podcast with NORI
ð§ Hope Is a Verb with Fred Krupp (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/99-hope-is-a-verb-with-fred-krupp) Outrage! + Optimism
ð§ Distorted Democracy And The âZero-Sum Gameâ (https://www.climateone.org/audio/distorted-democracy-and-%E2%80%9Czero-sum-game%E2%80%9D) Climate One
ð° News Highlights
JPMorgan Chase Targets More Than $2.5 Trillion over 10 Years to Advance Climate Action and Sustainable Development (https://www.jpmorganchase.com/news-stories/jpmc-to-advance-climate-action-and-sustainable-dev-goals) Slightly old news but I havenât seen it shared here before: JPMorgan Chase Targets More Than $2.5 Trillion over 10 Years to Advance Climate Action and Sustainable Development 10-year target to include $1 trillion for green initiatives, such as renewable energy and clean technologies.
Why Bitcoin Is Bad for the Environment (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-bitcoin-is-bad-for-the-environment) Cryptocurrency mining uses huge amounts of powerâand can be as destructive as the real thing.
Announcing Heirloom (https://medium.com/@heirloomcarbon/announcing-heirloom-275d16a06df6) All across the world, from the azure pools of Turkey and Oman to the travertine terraces of Yellowstone, our planet quietly pulls carbon dioxide from the air and turns it to stone. For eons, Earth has relied on this process to balance its carbon cycle. What if it could be harnessed? What if we could do it faster, in larger quantities, and at a low enough cost to make it an effective tool in the fight against climate change?
The Climate Solution Actually Adding Millions of Tons of CO2 Into the Atmosphere (https://www.propublica.org/article/the-climate-solution-actually-adding-millions-of-tons-of-co2-into-the-atmosphere) New research shows that Californiaâs climate policy created up to 39 million carbon credits that arenât achieving real carbon savings. But companies can buy these forest offsets to justify polluting more anyway.
âHistoricâ German ruling says climate goals not tough enough (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/29/historic-german-ruling-says-climate-goals-not-tough-enough) Judges order government to strengthen legislation before end of year to protect future generations
ð¼ Jobs & Opportunities
We’re considering having a single paid sponsor slot each week for this newsletter, for organisations that are hiring. If you’re interested in learning more, shoot an email to hello@climateAction.tech (mailto:hello@climateAction.tech?subject=I’m%20interested%20in%20sponsoring%20the%20newsletter)
Careers - Packetized Energy (https://packetizedenergy.com/careers/) Weâre hiring a talented, highly motivated and mission driven individual to join our team as a Senior Software Engineer. Youâll be building a full-stack software platform for electricity grid operators and homeowners to enable the future of clean energy. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1619551155183800) to this conversation on Slack.
Job openings at Ecosia (https://jobs.lever.co/ecosia) Ecosia is the search engine which plants trees. :deciduous_tree: We are a registered B Corporation and part of the Purpose foundation. We leverage technology to enable and encourage sustainable online behavior and connect our users to our tree planting partners around the world, amplifying the work they are doing. The company is already 12 years old but seen significant growth in the last 3 years. We as a company are also focused on building individuals careers and offer training, learning budgets and career frameworks (currently only in engineering but being developed in other teams) so if you are looking for an opportunity to grow your own professional skills and have impact with your work I definitely recommend checking out our job listings! ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1619691469205900) to this conversation on Slack.
Job openings at Upstream.tech (https://upstream.tech/about/) As a public benefit corporation, we prioritize opportunities aligned with our climate and conservation mission. We partner with nonprofit and for-profit organizations working towards ecological restoration, natural land conservation, carbon emissions reduction and sequestration, and renewable energy. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1619737399207500) https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1617728586093000to this conversation on Slack
Commercial Lead (https://www.tmrow.com/jobs/commercial-lead/) Your mission at Tomorrow/electricityMap will be to increase our sales. As you will be the first full-time hire in a sales role at Tomorrow, you will help shape our sales and account management processes and strategy in order to grow our business. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1619938455209800) to this conversation on Slack
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