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Couldn't have summarized my daily frustrations in a better way... @pollock Here's what I'm pondering: how might we make end-solutions more sexy?

@leon_li1 make them well designed and easy to do? Tie clout to your impact? What do you think? Are there platforms you've been impressed by? I think data/impact transparency on timeline to solution + entrepreneurial thinking in running an org is also important.

Hey thank you so much for "hunting" us @pollock ! We are really exciting to share Climatebase. For those who are interested, here is a little background information about how we got started with Climatebase 🙂 After getting introduced to Project Drawdown’s groundbreaking publication of the top 100 climate solutions, my cofounder Evan wanted to know: Which organizations are working on these solution? And which ones are hiring? What first began as an airtable, then evolved into the world’s first climate career fair — which then evolved into what is now Climatebase. Over the past few months, we've been helping so many people — especially people from tech — make the transition to working on solving climate change. If you’re interested in partnering with us or helping our team, let us know!

@pollock Thanks Tristan, fantastic points.

@zurgun Great question! Our criteria and impact framework is heavily based on the work of our partner, Project Drawdown. You can learn more about them here: www.drawdown.org The simple answer to your second question is no. :) It does get a little complicated though, considering many of the carbon capture companies are funded oil/energy companies! Knowing where to draw the line is important. Bottom line: we need to rapidly channel resources towards evidence-based climate solutions as quickly as possible.

@zurgun @sha2 yes! There's a sector tag we have for "carbon removal engineering" . (terminology on this stuff is still coming together haha) https://climatebase.org/organiza...

@kellen_dreyer Great to hear you enjoy the site! :) What has prevented you so far from breaking into the climate world? Would love to hear your thoughts to see how we can build more tools to get more people working in climate!

@alex_harros Alex thank you so much! Check out the poll below to let us know what you want us to build next!

@alex_harros Our pleasure Alex! What do you think would make Climatebase better? What other kinds of climate action tools would you like to see?

@evan_hynes I work in food & beverage and there are plenty of innovative food products out there that prioritize carbon negative/ regenerative practices like "no till" for example. As someone who isnt interested in pivoting industries completely (to the tech space) id love to see how companies and brands across industries like F&B are specifically working on climate positive deliverables, standards and products. Also, I can see value in climate base serving as a platform for employees, business owners and stakeholders to converse on the true impact that companies are making. Ie. Is Plenty Ag all they claim to be? Or is it actually a waste of energy for the sake of pushing the vertical farming savior narrative. Accountability!!!

@benjamin_murray Hi Benjamin! Thank you so much for you kind words! Outside of events, jobs, and organizations, what other content would you like to see on Climatebase?

@evan_hynes The content you mentioned is already a great start! It would be great to see a connection between drawdown solutions and education to target even more groups. People looking to enter university or going back to school could use it as a resource to find the right educational opportunity for their climate solution passion. Edit: I need to explore the organizations portion more since I am coming from the careers side. That seems to have something like I mention started.

@evan_hynes Another collection of people with impact are social and print media groups/individuals. I think a resource for people to explore Facebook, Instagram, blog, and classic news might be possible. Everything from the climate memes to acclaimed NY Times climate writers.

@cynthia_de_wolf1 thank you for the support! The pandemic has really turned the hiring world on its head, but we want to be a catalyst that can help fuel the recovery to a new green economy! We just added some new job post product features to help employers hire. For instance, any job on our platform can now be posted as "remote", but still have a preferred location :)