🌎 CAT Newsletter #78 2021-06-22 🌏
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Hey CATs!
Last week we mentioned CAT’s magazine Branch, winning the Digital Humanity award for it’s first issue - yaay! This week we can tell you that Branch two is now live with content from loads of CAT members, and visible at branch.climateAction.tech. (https://branch.climateaction.tech/)
It covers solarpunk, greenwash, a plan for green AI, how to build narratives around climate change and loads more, with the demand responsive website . Go check it out. (https://branch.climateaction.tech/)
:flashlight: Channel spotlight: # (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C01CKLQ09QS) share-your-work (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CGA9AQJER) While we’re pretty excited about Branch Two being out, if you’re working on a project and you’d like to share with the community, we have a channel to make that easier. If you’re curious about what other CATs are working, or fancy supporting a fellow CAT, why not have look? (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CGA9AQJER)
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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. This week’s topic is: Tree Planting: Misconceptions Explained with Phil Sturgeon (Presentation & Breakouts) (1hr) - link (https://www.meetup.com/cat-global/events/278876123/)
Join our Meetup group (https://www.meetup.com/cat-global/events/) to get notified for the next CAT Salon Catch up on our past Salons on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbGj6AM6oTSxqBlhMQlaplw/videos)
:doughnut: CAT Roulette - 30mins - whenever you find a time
We’re continuing our programme of letting members connect to 1 other CAT member every second week for a nice beverage and chat about climate and tech. It’s a nice way to get to know other CATs, and you can start and stop at any time. Joining the #cat-roulette (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C0202J3UYG7) channel to learn more.
ð¬ CAT Supported Events
If you have an event you’d like listed here, use this google form to suggest your event (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCcJz0jkn8huv1yLkuAlyDviccOwVSejwDwcLDDVKmwYPcQQ/viewform) . This is an experiment, so there’s something missing from it, please reply to this email.
British Computer Society Insights 2021 (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bcs-insights-2021-defining-good-doing-good-registration-151476306711) - 24th Jun ClimateAction.tech has the opening billing for the British Computer Society’s annual Insights conference, opening with the talk how to be a technologist in a climate emergency. Free to sign up.
Low Carbon Design Institute Virtual Residency - Exhibition Day (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lf-qhqT0pGt2uxD_2Do0At_kWMSzEdXUt) - 25th June The low carbon design institute is a 4 week residency program for designers engaging with climate, and on Friday Jun 25th, the residents from all over the world are presenting what they have worked on. Join the show and tell at the zoom signup link (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lf-qhqT0pGt2uxD_2Do0At_kWMSzEdXUt) . Free.
ACM Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (https://compass.acm.org/) 28th Jun - 2nd July Following on from the LIMITS conference, the ACM’s sustainable computing conference is starting next week. You can see the programme here, and there is a cost, but not a big one, considering it’s 5 day conference.
Climate Happy Hour (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-happy-hour-tickets-159914742299) - Jun 29th Climate Designers Seattle is hosting a virtual happy hour next week.
The environmental impact of the digital industry at London Climate Week 2021 - 1st July (https://pages.manifesto.co.uk/lcaw-2021-impact-of-the-digital-industry-event-sign-up) There’s a bunch of CAT members speaking at this event, covering levers for change in the industry, an introduction to the subject, and some findings from the latest academic research around measuring the impact of industry.
Check #events in the CAT slack (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CDH9TKPMM) for more. And if you’re up for helping make manage this to add a listing each week, we’d love to hear from you, doubly so if you know your way around Google Appscript. Reply to this email.
ð¤ Podcasts The latest climate-related podcast episodes.
ð§ (https://www.myclimatejourney.co/cc-episodes/bill-weihl-climatevoice) (http://https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/Grounded-A-Fierce–Feminine-Guide-to-Connecting-with-the-Soilw-Dr–Erin-Yu-Juin-McMorrow–author-e10fc0v) Replacing plastic with captured carbon: an update from Mark Herrema of Newlight Technologies (https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/Replacing-plastic-with-captured-carbon-an-update-from-Mark-Herrema-of-Newlight-Technologies-e12t4h0) Since its founding in 2003, Newlight Technologiesâ goal has been to create consumer-driven solutions to reducing carbon in the air. And while that intention has not changed, the Newlight teamâs approach has evolved as they consider how to achieve the greatest impact.
ð§ (https://www.myclimatejourney.co/cc-episodes/bill-weihl-climatevoice) (http://https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/Grounded-A-Fierce–Feminine-Guide-to-Connecting-with-the-Soilw-Dr–Erin-Yu-Juin-McMorrow–author-e10fc0v) #217: SHELL GETS A KICKING (http://www.sustainababble.fish/?p=1325) Grand narratives of history are woven around pivotal moments, and itâs just possible that when the history of this period is written, 26 May 2021 will be one of them.
ð§ Shepard Fairey, Mystic And The Power Of Art (https://www.climateone.org/audio/shepard-fairey-mystic-and-power-art) Shepard Fairey is best known for creating the iconic Barack Obama âHopeâ portrait during the 2008 presidential election. Faireyâs work is now included in the collections of the Smithsonian, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the Modern Museum of Art in New York and many others. Fairey says as a young man, he was drawn to counterculture.
Don’t forget, if you’re looking around, there’s a list of podcasts maintained by CATs (https://www.degreespod.com/episodes/bonus-episodes) .
ð° News Highlights
Your Next Car and Clothes Dryer Could Help Save Our Planet (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/08/opinion/climate-change-electricity-fossil-fuels.html) To slow global warming, we need to electrify vast parts of our economy and power it with clean energy.
NUS and NTU launch first-of-its-kind tropical data centre testbed (https://news.nus.edu.sg/nus-and-ntu-launch-first-of-its-kind-tropical-data-centre-testbed/) The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), together with key stakeholders in Singaporeâs data centre industry, have established a new S$23 million research programme to develop innovative and sustainable cooling solutions for data centres located in tropical locations. A state-of-t…
Minimum: Plug-and-play sustainability for businesses (https://minimum.eco/) Minimum lets any business start the journey to net-zero, in minutes. Use our easy API or Carbon Control Centre to calculate & offset your business’ emissions.
Circular Supply Chains Are More Sustainable. Why Are They So Rare? (https://hbr.org/2021/06/circular-supply-chains-are-more-sustainable-why-are-they-so-rare) What companies can learn from successful recycling efforts.
âVegan spider silkâ provides sustainable alternative to single-use plastics | Cambridge Network (https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/%E2%80%98vegan-spider-silk%E2%80%99-provides-sustainable-alternative-single-use-plastics) Researchers have created a plant-based, sustainable, scalable material that could replace single-use plastics in many consumer products.
Tech titans including Amazon and Google team up to scale climate solutions (https://www.axios.com/alliance-climate-solutions-amazon-netflix-ef70bac3-af54-4189-b727-404834d21a36.html) The alliance will act as a clearinghouse of best practices to allow companies to scale.
Amazon destroying millions of items of unsold stock in one of its UK warehouses every year, ITV News investigation finds (https://www.itv.com/news/2021-06-21/amazon-destroying-millions-of-items-of-unsold-stock-in-one-of-its-uk-warehouses-every-year-itv-news-investigation-finds) An ex-employee of Amazon has revealed their practice in a UK fulfillment centre of destroying millions of items of unsold stock every year - products that are often new and unused.
The world needs better climate pledges (https://globalecoguy.org/the-world-needs-better-climate-pledges-4c3d969790d3) The director of Project Drawdown on why many of the Net Zero pledges by countries and corporations are problematic, and a sketch of a better framework.
Why CO2 removal is not equal and opposite to reducing emissions (https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-why-co2-removal-is-not-equal-and-opposite-to-reducing-emissions) Guest post in the Carbon Brief from Prof Kirsten Zickfeld, summarising a new paper in Nature explaining why things are not as simple as just using carbon removal to net out the same as you emit.
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)
Strategy & Operations (https://www.remoracarbon.com/jobs) Remora is an early-stage climate tech startup backed by Y Combinator and Chris Sacca. Weâre building a device that captures the carbon emissions from a semi-truck. This role will work closely with our CEO, take on a wide range of key operations and special projects, and help grow the Remora team. ð¬ (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1620740493252600) https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1621311841007400Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1623680347134400) to this conversation on Slack
Software Architect/Coder (https://globalecoguy.org/the-world-needs-better-climate-pledges-4c3d969790d3?_branch_match_id=798426431977867592&source=linkShare-655c03cb14bb-1624109693&gi=f1f1189bde4a) EES is in development of a ground-breaking concept that begins in August. Our focus is creating a movement campaign that requires a global Uber sized app/website as the unifier around a much larger concept which involves ALL aspects of climate change from pollution to environmental injustice. We believe that real behavioral change will only happen when we begin to motivate people to want to change. Hope to hear from you! ð¬ (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1620721893247200) https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1621311841007400Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1623704950135400) to this conversation on Slack
Senior Product Designer, Data Scientist - Analytics & ML, Senior Front End Engineer (https://angel.co/company/wattb/jobs) WattBuy is an electricity marketplace focused on an ambitious vision: making electricity cleaner and more affordable for all. We’re looking for candidates who are passionate, driven, and excited to get the job done. ð¬ (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1620721014246700) https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1621311841007400Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1623706202137700) to this conversation on Slack
Sr. Manager - Energy & Renewables, Global Store Development Sustainability (https://sbux.work/careersection/1000222/jobdetail.ftl?job=210023171â©=en) As a Sr. Manager - Energy & Renewables on the Global Store Development Sustainability team, you will lead the renewable energy program, managing program evolution and strategic direction for this critical area of focus of the Starbucks Planet Positive aspiration. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1623712030138300) to this conversation on Slack
Full Stack SWE (https://climatiq.io/jobs/full-stack-software-engineer.) We are looking for an experienced software engineer with a focus on Product Development and Open Source to join the team. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1623743871140200) to this conversation on Slack
Web Developer (https://workingat.tate.org.uk/pages/job_search_view.aspx?jobId=8416) Weâre seeking talented developers who will help us continue improving our website, deliver digital experiences in our galleries, grow sales through our e-commerce platform, and act to reduce the climate impact of our digital presence ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1623760350142800) to this conversation on Slack
Full-Stack Software Engineer (https://envirodata https://angel.co/l/2vp5k1gov.org/edgi-is-hiring-ux-designer-part-time/) We are building analytics software to help private market investors measure and manage their portfolio’s ESG performance. The software engineer would use React and Python to build out the two-sided platform for investors and companies. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1623763607146600) to this conversation on Slack
Developer volunteer (https://www.joinsnowball.org/) We’re looking for developers who would like to help on the Snowball build in the couple of months running up to launch. We currently have 5 active volunteers and are looking for one or two more in this crucial period for us. It’s React Native (Typescript), with a nodejs back-end. Looking for a time commitment of at least 3 hours/week for the next 6 weeks. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1623864625152900) to this conversation on Slack
Design Lead (https://angel.co/company/joro-app/jobs/1423115-design-lead) Weâre looking for a Design Lead who is passionate about designing beautiful, engaging mobile experiences and eager to roll up their sleeves. Youâll own design from end to end (strategy, research, UI/UX), with the opportunity to help build a team as the company grows. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1623890205153400) to this conversation on Slack
Full-Stack Developer (https://angel.co/company/joro-app/jobs/1402398-full-stack-developer) Weâre looking for a full-stack developer to join our team. As one of the first developers, you will have a lot of responsibility, a say in what we build, and a role in building the team and how we work together. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1623890205153400) to this conversation on Slack
Software Engineer (Perm), Lead Software Engineer (Perm) (https://openaq.org/) OpenAQ is a nonprofit using open data and open source tech to help communities around the world fight air pollution! Our open API aggregates and harmonizes over 6+ billion air quality measurements from 120 countries and gets ~20 million requests per month. Help expand the platform through more data sources and build new tools to democratize access to information about the air we breathe and its climate change and public health impacts. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1623933875159500) to this conversation on Slack
ð Who’s a good CAT?
This week we wanted to give a shout-out to all of you lovely folks who are supporting the community financially through OpenCollective (https://opencollective.com/climateaction-tech) . Many, many thanks to: @piyush (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/U011BFEQ909) , @Nik Osvalds (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/U014MA1304R) , @HeatherB (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/URD27PJV8) , @asim (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/UK97Q7B3K) , @Jane Yang (she/her) (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/U018C4YMD54) , @Carl Scheller (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/U016N3XDMC1) , @Jeff Burka (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/U01DZL5UE1J) , @andrewo (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/U01GP02352M) , @Kasia (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/U01M3SBAE0N) , @Nadia Z (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/U01BHM4V3RD) , @mrchrisadams (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/UCM06DU1K) , @Niklas Jordan (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/UCR1NQZEU) , @Deena Rosen (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/USVDFRVU4) , @LuÃs Cruz (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/U01EHATCW0G) and @Rafa Ballestiero (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/U019T0T9TQT) :clap: :clap: :clap:
Weâre currently using this money to pay for our Zoom account which we use for community meetings (like our #cat-salon (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C0144BR1CSX) series) as well as our web hosting for our website. 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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