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Quit your job and go to work full time on climate. Start here: https://climatebase.org https://climatebase.org
by mbgerring 4y ago
Quit your job and go to work full time on climate. Start here: https://climatebase.org https://climatebase.org
- scrollaway 4y agoThis is the only correct answer from all of these. The highly educated are far more likely to make a significant difference especially if they have knowledge that spans multiple fields.
- imwithstoopid 4y agoexactly, fly all over the world and tell the dirt poor uneducated masses about the dangers of carbon emissions! and then realize the dirt poor uneducated masses already have a low carbon footprint because THEY'RE DIRT POOR
- scrollaway 4y agoWhat the f are you talking about?
- robocat 4y agoA reliable approximation for your carbon footprint is your total spending, which is closely related to your income. If your income is very low, you are quite simply not spending much on climate warming activities. There are some exceptions to the rule, but it is a valid generalisation.
- mbgerring 4y agoWhat are you talking about? “Work on climate” means “build the infrastructure to enable the transition away from fossil fuel dependence,” not… whatever imaginary demon you’re fighting with here.
- EngManagerIsMe 4y agoSo I looked through Climatebase, and I found it hard to evaluate the companies listed. There's plenty of listings, but no (easy) way to say, "Show me one entry per company, for every company hiring engineering leaders." I either got drowned in "this company has 35 reqs open, so here's 35 entries" or "you've narrowed your filters so much that you only see two companies". Not quite easy to figure out "Which set of companies are hiring for a role I can fulfill?" Edit: And within moments, I of course find the URL to do exactly what I want: https://climatebase.org/organizations?l=&q=Engineering%3A+Software&p=0&hiring=yes https://climatebase.org/organizations?l=&q=Engineering%3A+So...