Aerial

Climate Action for Everyone

34 followers

Climate Action for Everyone

34 followers

Aerial is a sustainability platform. We track and offset the carbon emissions of individuals, enterprises, and blockchains for brands, artists, and everyday people.

Launch tags:iOS•Climate Tech

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Cypher

Maker

👋 Hi Hunters, and thank you to @jmj for hunting us! Andreas, Ari, and Ebby here - founders of Aerial. Ready to take responsibility for your carbon footprint, but don't know where to start? After years of excessive travel, we felt the same, so together we created Aerial. We’re excited to share the public beta of Aerial, an effortless way to manage and offset your carbon footprint. Aerial automatically finds your travel emissions from your inbox and tailors a path to carbon neutrality through verified carbon offsets. Aerial makes climate action fun and social. We encourage you to compete with your friends and offer seamless ways to share your positive impact. We also have exclusive content from credible sources geared toward living sustainably and taking charge of your footprint. Our public beta is available on iOS, with more platforms to come. 💡 How does it work? → Track Your Carbon Footprint We accurately calculate how much carbon you emit from flights, rideshare, and rail. Support for more emissions sources coming soon. → Offset Your Emissions By contributing to verified carbon offsetting projects, you help balance your emissions. → Make an Impact Compete with friends to save trees and help the planet. → Get Informed Gain actionable climate insights from our exclusive content. 🍃 What is carbon offsetting? Carbon offsetting is achieved by balancing our emissions with actions that help the environment, such as reforestation and sustainable energy projects. We recognize that carbon offsetting is not the ultimate solution to the climate crisis, but it is the easiest way for most people to do their part. That’s why Aerial also promotes responsible habits and offers guidance on living a more sustainable life. 🔐 Privacy We respect your privacy. Aerial will only use travel-related emails to help you track your emissions, and has been verified to handle email in accordance with Google API Services. You can delete your account at any time. Thanks again for the support, and please don’t hesitate to leave a comment or reach out to us directly! —Andreas, Ari, and Ebby P.S. Be sure to connect your primary Gmail where you receive flight confirmations, rideshare receipts, and rail reservations.

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6yr ago

neo.tax

@jmj @andreas_dre this is super cool. thanks for making this!

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6yr ago

Hyper

@jmj @andreas_dre This is super cool Andreas!! Congratulations on the launch!

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6yr ago

Cypher

Maker

@jmj @joshbuckley Thank you, Josh!!

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6yr ago

Augurisk Now

@jmj @andreas_dre this is such a great idea!

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6yr ago

Vowel

@jmj @andreas_dre Love the design!

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6yr ago

Congrats on the launch. Slick graphics. I can't remember the name of a similar app launched recently, but I'll ask the same question I asked them... Given we know 'carbon footprint' was an idea invented by resource companies to invert the need for action from themselves to individuals, how do you grapple with that truth and the path you've chosen?

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6yr ago

Maker

@samrye_enspiral Hi Sam, thanks for the kind words. We're using the term 'carbon footprint' here for clarity. As for the origins of the wording, we agree that collective climate action must be taken by large organisations and consumers to prevent further damage to our planet. Would you suggest different language?

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6yr ago

@arisawyers hey Ari, thanks for the response. I guess I wonder partially why focus here, given what we know about the main needs around climate action? What's the theory of change for applying your skills and funding to this part of the problem? So less about language and more about intent?

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6yr ago

Cypher

Maker

@arisawyers @samrye_enspiral the intent here is to get everyone involved in taking action and not leaving climate action solely up to corporations and governments. Today, carbon offsetting and sustainable habits are the most effective way to do so. In the future, we hope to offer more methods of climate action to our userbase. Similar to how the current pandemic comes down to individual action, we see Aerial as the mask when it comes to climate change.

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6yr ago

@arisawyers @samrye_enspiral @ebby_amir Educating people about the consequences of not being consuming-conscious raises public awareness and can provoke public pressure to the said companies to reduce their eco impact.

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6yr ago

@arisawyers @ebby_amir thanks for the clarifications. To play with your metaphor a little more - by wearing your mask, are we waiting for a vaccine it hoping the virus will disappear? Can you tell me a bit more about "Today, carbon offsetting and sustainable habits are the most effective way to do so."? From where I sit, I see two problems with this: - who's suggesting we *leave* climate action up to corporates? I'm suggesting maybe this moves the focus of the real action that's needed (unsustainable industry) from the companies back to the lone individual with a smartphone. This is exactly why the "carbon footprint" concept was invented by resource companies in the first place. - Carbon offsetting has shown to increase unsustainable habits (e.g. flying) because people think it's possible to offset their behaviour with money. Much of the carbon offsetting outcomes arentt keeping up with the pace we're consuming the things that are being offset. Quick example - offset a flight now, and you'd need 15-30 years before the offset (say a tree planted) will have the ability to store the offset carbon. We don't have 15-30 years to curb the carbon, based on latest scientific models. So all we're creating by offsetting, is a culture of "it's ok to continue with those behaviours if I pay a premium", and a bigger problem to deal with down the track. In essence - I worry this is well meaning and may be making the problem worse, and I'd love you to tell me that you've really done your research and I'm wrong.

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6yr ago

Daybridge

Downloaded and would love to be able to use this, but it looks like scanning of travel receipts in Gmail is the only supported calculation method. Is there a plan to support other email accounts besides just Google? (I’m using iCloud Mail + have other accounts elsewhere). Would it be possible to automatically detect certain types of travel via phone movement / GPS / even bank transactions etc?

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6yr ago

Maker

@iamsebj Thanks for downloading the app Seb! Google is the only supported email account option at the moment; Outlook, iCloud, and IMAP are coming soon. Automatic detection is something we might explore in the future – stay tuned.

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6yr ago

Cypher

Maker

@iamsebj Appreciate the feedback, Seb! Out of curiosity, what types of travel are you most interested in tracking via phone movement / GPS — personal driving, public transit?

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6yr ago

@iamsebj @andreas_dre I’d also love other tracking methods. As it is now, I’m unable to try out the app because it’s Gmail only tracking.

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6yr ago

Cypher

Maker

@iamsebj @zerodrek Stay tuned :)

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6yr ago

Bookmark OS

Great graphics! Does this automatically track carbon footprint from my email or do I need to enter items manually?

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6yr ago

Cypher

Maker

@drlynam yes, we automatically track emissions from your inbox, and even notify of new emissions when you book a flight or take an Uber, for instance.

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6yr ago

Cypher

Maker

@drlynam ...and more emissions sources to come!

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6yr ago

Bookmark OS

@ebby_amir Got it. Sounds cool!

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6yr ago

Bookmark OS

@andreas_dre Awesome! 👍

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6yr ago

Beautiful! I've been using the beta. I have to ask, who made the stunning 3D animations? Give them some props from me.

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6yr ago

Cypher

Maker

@mattmatt unfortunately we can't disclose the name of this talented artist, but your props will be passed along!

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6yr ago

Cypher

Maker

@mattmatt - will do, and thanks for being an early beta user! :)

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6yr ago

Maker

@mattmatt thanks Matt!

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6yr ago

Glad this exists, as once we get the COVID vaccine, my wife and I will be burning a lot of jet fuel. Perhaps the founders can also figure out how to retrofit a 787 to run on solar and wind so that I don't feel so guilty about ruining the planet for my son? In the meantime, I'll pay for the carbon offsets and take baby steps in the right direction. Great UI and easy to use. Looking forward to seeing how this thing evolves.

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6yr ago

Maker

@dksf haha thanks, maybe we'll add it to our roadmap 😄

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6yr ago

Cypher

Maker

@dksf this is probably a Q1 2021 thing 😂

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6yr ago

Plan

Wow this looks awesome, incredible how big of a carbon footprint I've had, and who knew it'd be so easy to offset it! Big fan, definitely will be using this going forward.

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6yr ago

Cypher

Maker

@darshan1394 thank you for the support! Glad you found our product easy to use.

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6yr ago

Maker

@darshan1394 thanks Darshan 🙏🏽

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6yr ago

Cypher

Maker

@darshan1394 Appreciate it, Darshan!

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6yr ago

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