Show HN: Enviro.Work – Find and fill jobs that benefit the environment

Post by ericvanular » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 1:44 PM UTC

jamil7 wrote: post #30

codeulike wrote: post #20

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Did OP buy upvotes? or is it a coincidence?

Post by ericvanular » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 1:47 PM UTC

_curious_ wrote: post #21

Thanks for making a thing and sharing it here! I get a 500 when clicking on pagination at the bottom (randomly page 4, 11, etc). Also it would be cool to sort by geography, maybe alphabetically, so that a visitor could city/state faster?

Post by ericvanular » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 1:52 PM UTC

dpau wrote: post #18

mlthoughts2018 wrote: post #9

While it’s a good idea, what determines if a job “benefits the environment”? A lot of jobs in the list - particularly any startup jobs - are at best unproven in their effect on anything and at worst are a drain on funding resources and have worse negative externalities to the world than being productive in a job that’s not nominally “about” the environment, as well as the risk you’ll invest years of labor under the a…

websites like this can only do their best to collect links to resources, it's beyond scope for them to perform a detailed environmental analysis of each listing. obviously you'll still need to make your own decisions based on what you believe is worth pursuing.

Post by ericvanular » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 1:59 PM UTC

mr_sign wrote: post #13

Awesome idea. Just wondering since I don't see an about-- how are these jobs found / curated?

Post by ericvanular » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 2:20 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #39

You might consider scraping and including US national park service and forest service jobs. While tangentially related to climate change, I would consider them roles that benefit the environment in a meaningful way. You might consider tagging jobs differently: environmental, climate change, etc.