You can look for companies that leverage technology to reduce climate change. I worked for Ecosia.org and they did exactly that.
Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change?
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Re: Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change?
#12The biggest impact most people can have on climate change is not having kids. Think of all the energy they'll use in their lifetime(s). You can prevent all of that.
I feel some sarcasm here, but honestly I agree with you. It's difficult to talk about it usually.
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#13This isn't the first time you've posted this. Here is the response I decided not to post last time. You will probably never write a magic thousand lines of code for this. You'll probably have a far greater impact if you do a few simple things we should all be doing anyway: * Turn off lights you aren't using. * Turn your air conditioning up or down by a few degrees. * Turn your water heater down a few degrees. For com…
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Re: Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change?
#14Please don't.
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#15Please don't.
Can you expand on this? As it is, your reply seems very dismissive. I am interested in hearing your reasons.
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#16Please don't.
Can you expand on this? As it is, your reply seems very dismissive. I am interested in hearing your reasons.
I am fairly certain this person is making a joke around "contribute to climate change" being a wording that, while clear in context, does suggest "make climate change happen faster/worse".
Re: Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change?
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you expand on this? As it is, your reply seems very dismissive. I am interested in hearing your reasons.
I am fairly certain this person is making a joke around "contribute to climate change" being a wording that, while clear in context, does suggest "make climate change happen faster/worse".
Gotcha. Yeah, the wording could definitely be improved :) Might have been useful to mention that in the comment, too.
Re: Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change?
#18If you want to contribute to climate change, I think you should push for more JavaScript/J2EE/.NET apps, 4K streaming, Big Data frameworks, mainframes, and proof-of-work blockchains. Make sure people build them in areas that generate electricity with non-renewable resources. Avoid any energy-saving tech in the datacenters, offices, or your home.
If you want to reduce climate change, I think you should just follow FroshKiller's advice. You might also evangelize solutions to the public and politicians that provide decent compromises with reduced pollutants. You should also pay campaign contributions to politicians most likely to do that as this counts more than ten thousand opinions from voters. These will collectively probably achieve nothing given industrial nations overall don't care about climate change vs money, jobs, and disposable goods. You'll at least be doing your part.
Re: Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change?
#19This isn't the first time you've posted this. Here is the response I decided not to post last time. You will probably never write a magic thousand lines of code for this. You'll probably have a far greater impact if you do a few simple things we should all be doing anyway: * Turn off lights you aren't using. * Turn your air conditioning up or down by a few degrees. * Turn your water heater down a few degrees. For com…
You forgot the most impactful change you can make: Stop eating meat and stop consuming animal products.
It's easy and you can start right away. You are reducing your carbon footprint by probably 10 times the amount, of all the other suggestions you listed combined.
Re: Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change?
#20There is also this: