Crowdsourcing Sustainability Newsletters
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How to Switch to a Climate-Positive Bank!
The hard truth is that your bank is probably using your money to support the fossil fuel industry and climate collapse. That’s why moving your money to a sustainable bank could be the most impactful action you can take to reduce your carbon footprint (or your...
Day of Action! Breaking up with Fossil Fuel Banks on 3.21.23
This month we’re focused on helping people like YOU in the CS community to make sure our money is supporting climate solutions instead of climate collapse. The 60 biggest banks have given a staggering $4.6 trillion to the fossil fuel industry since the Paris Agreement...
Mining, the Clean Energy Transition, and Justice
We've been doing a lot on electrification lately because it plays a central role in getting to zero emissions. But it's important that we also zoom out for a comprehensive look at what this major transformation of our energy system entails. I recently read a fantastic...
Sustainable Banking & Investing Webinar Next Week!
Two quick things for you this week: We're hosting a Sustainable Banking & Investing Webinar on Friday, March 3rd at 3:00 PM EST with an all-star panel to help you understand the carbon footprint of our cash and what we can do about it - both personally and in...
⚡”When it dies, electrify”⚡
You may have noticed the movement to electrify everything is starting to pick up steam! In particular, there's been a lot of buzz recently about the terrible impacts gas stoves have on our health. Rachel and I recently got to chat with Saul Griffith about...
The New CS Community is LIVE!
We have very exciting news to share with you today! The new Crowdsourcing Sustainability Community is officially live! So come on in! ? Ryan and I have been working away to bring you the best online community platform we can find and design an experience that will be...
Y’all rock!
I just wanted to send a quick note to thank everyone for all of your support to end 2022. We really appreciate you helping us to finish the year on a high note! More specifically... A huge thank you to the 120+ people who took the time to fill out our Community Impact...
CS’s New Year + Community Launch heads up
I hope you had a genuinely joyful and nourishing holiday season and a celebratory crossing of the threshold from one calendar year to the next. I know that the holiday season and the end/beginning of the year can be a challenging time for a lot of folks, so I hope you...
Community Impact
I could use your help today! Instead of spending the normal 5-10 minutes reading our newsletter, would you please use that time to fill out our impact survey? This would be super helpful because it's important for us to better understand: The collective impact the...
Electrifying Everything: Getting off fossil fuels asap
In August, the US government passed a historic climate bill, the Inflation Reduction Act. It's not nearly enough of course, but it is a start that we can build on. We've got to celebrate the wins and work with what we've got! It means that, starting in 2023, US...
Bill McKibben on Where We Are, How We Got Here, and What to Do!
Today I'm excited to share a conversation we recently had on the CS podcast with the one and only Bill McKibben! Lots of wisdom in this one. We crafted our questions so you could hear Bill's 30,000-foot view of the past, present, and future: How did we get into this...
Resources for Finding a Job in Climate!
I know there are a lot of people out there who want to work in climate (which is amazing!) but are having a hard time finding a job (not so amazing). So today I'm sharing the best resources I know of for all the climate job seekers out there. If you've been looking...
How to go solar ☀️ (with minimal hassle & maximum savings!)
As you may know, the planetary emergency threatens the building blocks of society and requires an all-hands-on-deck response. We really need to make justice-centered sustainability the organizing principle of society to get to zero emissions asap. To do this we need...
Your Donations Are Now Tripled!!!
(Reminder for context: This newsletter is brought to you by the 501(c)(3) nonprofit I have dedicated the last 4+ years of my life to, Crowdsourcing Sustainability!) I have some exciting news. We are thrilled to announce that Crowdsourcing Sustainability just received...
Mindset, Self-Care, Community, and Persistence
Today I just want to share what I've been thinking about recently. It's a little perspective on where we are and some things to keep in mind for the years and decades ahead of us. Hope you find it helpful in one way or another! The road ahead Despite positive momentum...
Want to switch to clean electricity? (upcoming webinar!)
I'm excited to announce that our next webinar will be focused on helping you go solar. It'll be on Wednesday, September 14th at 1 pm ET so sign up here if you'd like to join! We want to help make it as easy as possible for you to make the switch and start powering...
Meet our new Community Weaver!
As I mentioned last week, we just hired our second full-time employee - a Community Weaver! And I. Am. Stoked 🙂 Before you meet this amazing human (and before we ask you to help us by taking a quick survey), let me put this milestone into perspective with a quick...
Climate Action Planning for Your Community
Two things for you today: Exciting news for our CS community. Key takeaways on climate action planning for your town. We hired a Community Weaver!! This is a big milestone. For the first time ever, there will be two people working on Crowdsourcing Sustainability...
How to get your city to zero emissions ASAP
We recently had the pleasure of hosting a webinar featuring the two people in charge of the United States's most ambitious local climate action plan. Luis Aguirre-Torres and Rebecca Evans are designing and implementing Ithaca, New York's Green New Deal, which has two...
Helping your city reach carbon-neutrality (webinar) & electrifying everything
Just two quick ones for you today. Reminder: webinar on how to decarbonize your city On Tuesday, April 5th at 4 pm ET, we are hosting a webinar with two people who are in charge of the US's most ambitious local climate action plan - transforming Ithaca, NY to carbon...
How to decarbonize your city ASAP! (upcoming webinar)
Two quick ones for you this week! CS webinar with two people leading the most ambitious local climate action plan in the US (decarbonizing Ithaca, NY by 2030 with a Green New Deal!) Our first CS team podcast is now live. Upcoming webinar: How to decarbonize your...
Your climate journey & climate action guide
If you're reading this, odds are you're on a climate journey. I think of a climate journey as the unique path each of us takes over time as we learn more about the planetary emergency and decide what to do about it. I've been on my climate journey for nearly a decade...
Climate justice, activism, and revolutionary love
Hi y'all, Today I'm excited to share a wonderful podcast episode with a youth climate activist from the Philippines, Mitzi Jonelle Tan. "I grew up afraid of drowning in my own bedroom." - Mitzi Jonelle Tan Quick context: climate change and activism in the Philippines...
Top climate nonprofits & the state of climate philanthrophy!
There are SO many important causes to support (e.g. human rights, human health, ending poverty, education, racial/social/economic justice, ending world hunger, animal welfare, and many more). They're all 100% worth supporting. But we are at risk of losing all of the...
My Climate Story
Just a quick one for you today! The newsletter I was originally planning on writing got derailed because I got Covid earlier this week. (For those who want to know - I've been incredibly tired but I think it's a mild-ish case, I'm trending in the right direction, and...