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I'm a big believer in taking action. Even if you aren't sure how you can help by trying you never know what will happen based on your actions. Two months ago I

I'm a big believer in taking action. Even if you aren't sure how you can help by trying you never know what will happen based on your actions. Two months ago I became motivated to help fix the climate, so far I have: Started https://techimpactmakers.com/ https://techimpactmakers.com/ to bring together tech workers to communicate and collaborate around the climate issue. Launched https://climatechoice.co/ https://climatechoice.co/ a website which educates you about how you can help prevent earth’s climate breaking down today. Announced The Climate Fixathon. The world's first online hackathon for makers to help fix the climate. Full launch next week - https://fixathon.io https://fixathon.io My long-term goal is to figure out how to do this full-time.

chriswarbo 7y ago
> My long-term goal is to figure out how to do this full-time. It would be good to know if you come across any advice for this (e.g. specialised job boards, etc.) So far I've managed to avoid jobs I consider to be less ethical (e.g. developing proprietary software, high frequency trading, etc.) Now I'm wondering how I can do something that's a net positive, rather than just keeping the cogs turning in some indifferent corporate machine...
- ForHackernews 7y ago
  80,000 Hours has a job board for "high impact" jobs here: https://80000hours.org/job-board/ https://80000hours.org/job-board/ I might take issue with some of what they consider high-impact (e.g. imagining how many friendly AGIs can dance in a pin-sized server) but it's a place to start at least.
- shylands 7y ago
  There are several job boards. I'm trying to figure out how to do it for my own projects. The most obvious way is to think of an idea that helps fight climate change but also makes money (easier said than done). Also been considering if there is the potential to gain suppose on Patreon or similar from the community for working on climate action projects like some open-source developers do.
  - ForHackernews 7y ago
    Oasis LMF is an open-source climate risk modelling framework funded by the insurance industry: https://oasislmf.org/ https://oasislmf.org/ You could try to contribute to that or get hired to work on that project or something similar.
- bilifuduo 7y ago
  We're building a jobs board for this right now at https://www.splashwithdolphin.com https://www.splashwithdolphin.com. About to release a beta soon, sign up to stay updated if you're interested :)

chriswarbo 7y ago

> My long-term goal is to figure out how to do this full-time. It would be good to know if you come across any advice for this (e.g. specialised job boards, etc.) So far I've managed to avoid jobs I consider to be less ethical (e.g. developing proprietary software, high frequency trading, etc.) Now I'm wondering how I can do something that's a net positive, rather than just keeping the cogs turning in some indifferent corporate machine...

ForHackernews 7y ago
80,000 Hours has a job board for "high impact" jobs here: https://80000hours.org/job-board/ https://80000hours.org/job-board/ I might take issue with some of what they consider high-impact (e.g. imagining how many friendly AGIs can dance in a pin-sized server) but it's a place to start at least.
shylands 7y ago
There are several job boards. I'm trying to figure out how to do it for my own projects. The most obvious way is to think of an idea that helps fight climate change but also makes money (easier said than done). Also been considering if there is the potential to gain suppose on Patreon or similar from the community for working on climate action projects like some open-source developers do.
- ForHackernews 7y ago
  Oasis LMF is an open-source climate risk modelling framework funded by the insurance industry: https://oasislmf.org/ https://oasislmf.org/ You could try to contribute to that or get hired to work on that project or something similar.
bilifuduo 7y ago
We're building a jobs board for this right now at https://www.splashwithdolphin.com https://www.splashwithdolphin.com. About to release a beta soon, sign up to stay updated if you're interested :)