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Launch HN: Wren (YC S19) – Offset Your Carbon Footprint

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Re: Launch HN: Wren (YC S19) – Offset Your Carbon Footprint

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Post by landon32 »

asauce wrote: post #40

Congrats on the launch guys! I am always excited to see green startups coming out of YC. I'm not sure if you guys are looking for other projects to support, but one interesting project is Project Vesta[0]. Seems like there is some potential for a successful partnership. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20403570

Project Vesta is super exciting! We've seen them on HN a couple times, they're still pretty early but it'd be cool to figure out how we could work together.

Thanks for mentioning them again

Re: Launch HN: Wren (YC S19) – Offset Your Carbon Footprint

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Post by OmarIsmail »

I'm bias because I prefer YC companies, but I just signed up and started donating to offset me and my family's carbon impact. When I ran through the calculator and saw how much damage we were doing (the "if everyone lived like you the planet would have X months" was VERY effective) that really pushed me over the edge. Now that I've donated I feel great. I just have to pay a little bit more (relative to my income/standard of living) and I can live guilt free?? Sign me up!

And I note that this sounds pretty shilly, but seriously, if you don't donate to wren go donate to some other reputable climate change mitigating org. Just donate to something, even for the selfish feeling of smugness and guilt-removal it brings.

Re: Launch HN: Wren (YC S19) – Offset Your Carbon Footprint

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Post by landon32 »

OmarIsmail wrote: post #42

I'm bias because I prefer YC companies, but I just signed up and started donating to offset me and my family's carbon impact. When I ran through the calculator and saw how much damage we were doing (the "if everyone lived like you the planet would have X months" was VERY effective) that really pushed me over the edge. Now that I've donated I feel great. I just have to pay a little bit more (relative to my income/stan…

Happy to hear it. One thing to mention though: We don't think offsetting is a license to live guilt free. We still have to do more! Hopefully the carbon footprint calculator will give you some ideas for how you can cut down your footprint pretty easily—often something as simple as cutting out red meat or using public transit more often can make a big difference. Also, progress from political action will likely be necessary.

That said, we need to pursue all solutions aggressively right now and we obviously think carbon offsets are a key part of the portfolio that will save humanity from climate change :)

Re: Launch HN: Wren (YC S19) – Offset Your Carbon Footprint

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Post by rococode »

landon32 wrote: post #8
jatsign wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But at the end you don't just show the footprint online, you only have the option to get it emailed to me.

Your footprint should be available on that page—you should be able to see your annual total, your breakdowns by category, and how that compares to global averages. The "Email me my footprint" button just sends you a link so you can save it. I could see how you may want to change the email you entered once you get there though. We should add that! Thanks for pointing that out

I just ran through the page after seeing this comment and was also confused. To me the phrasing and styling of the "Email me my footprint" button makes it feel like the end of the process and that I need to click it. It didn't immediately occur to me that I should keep scrolling down. In my case I happened to scroll so that the "Step 3: Offset" was just out of view which made it feel even more like an "OK you're done!" button, but I think even if I saw there was more I would've wanted to click the button expecting that to be the way to see my results. Maybe the two of us are outliers but it might be worth it to explore some small design tweaks here. Love the concept!

Re: Launch HN: Wren (YC S19) – Offset Your Carbon Footprint

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Post by JaakkoP »

Awesome to see new players in this space! I've been subscribing to https://compensate.com/ which seems somewhat similar to you guys.

Going the business route instead of non-profit sounds like something worth trying out. Ultimately this is about making the biggest impact on slowing down the climate change - not about who takes the smallest fees and has the lightest overhead.

Re: Launch HN: Wren (YC S19) – Offset Your Carbon Footprint

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Post by bstanfield15 »

JaakkoP wrote: post #48

Awesome to see new players in this space! I've been subscribing to https://compensate.com/ which seems somewhat similar to you guys. Going the business route instead of non-profit sounds like something worth trying out. Ultimately this is about making the biggest impact on slowing down the climate change - not about who takes the smallest fees and has the lightest overhead.

Good local focus on Finland w/ Compensate! Like the team behind that product a lot. Thanks for sharing
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