I work as a software engineer at a big company and want to actively and directly in some way help fight climate change. Volunteering part time, maybe working full time on whatever it is if I can support myself. I feel like my skills could be useful but I’m not sure what problems specifically are important and relevant to my skillset.
Ask HN: What can I do to actively fight climate change?
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Re: Ask HN: What can I do to actively fight climate change?
#2Stop eating meat and make it easy for people to find out why and how.
Re: Ask HN: What can I do to actively fight climate change?
#3don't procreate.
stop eating meat.
vote.
Re: Ask HN: What can I do to actively fight climate change?
#4Depends on the timeline. Long term unsexy answer is don’t have kids. Compounding matters.
Re: Ask HN: What can I do to actively fight climate change?
#5Probably coding a website to make it easy to lobby for nuclear reactors in the US.
Ironically enough, even though Chinese is the biggest contributor of greenhouse gases right now, they're likely going to be the least in a few decades, considering how much engineering they're putting into nuclear reactor research and experimentation.
Re: Ask HN: What can I do to actively fight climate change?
#61. Vote for representatives who believe in climate change or run for office yourself.
2. Have less kids or no kids.
3. Drive an EV or don't own a car at all (if possible).
4. Avoid air travel.
5. Eat less meat or no meat.
6. Work for companies who are growing rapidly in the EV, renewable energy/energy storage, carbon sequestration, and lab grown ag space. Push out fossil fuel usage for electricity and transportation.
(in that order)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/12/want-to-...
Re: Ask HN: What can I do to actively fight climate change?
#7You'll probably make the biggest impact by working at a hedge fund and use your excess disposable income to lobby for change
Re: Ask HN: What can I do to actively fight climate change?
#8Stop eating meat, eggs, and dairy. No ocean cruises. Limit flying.
Look up "effective altruism" and find some recommended charities to donate to.
Re: Ask HN: What can I do to actively fight climate change?
#9Ignore the crunchy comments saying don't eat meat, don't have kids, and don't drive. You have no impact as a consumer or influencer.
What you can do is:
* a) find someone working on climate change, and help write software for them part-time as a volunteer
* b) brainstorm an idea for a site/app, and build it yourself (and of course post it to HN)
* c) quit your job, join an organization focused on climate change, and do some work
* d) start researching more about climate change until you can make a better choice about a or b or c
If you can't commit a big chunk of time to it, then research good orgs focused on climate change, and donate money to them (or angel invest in them). That's the next best thing you can do.
Re: Ask HN: What can I do to actively fight climate change?
#10Ignore the crunchy comments saying don't eat meat, don't have kids, and don't drive. You have no impact as a consumer or influencer. What you can do is: * a) find someone working on climate change, and help write software for them part-time as a volunteer * b) brainstorm an idea for a site/app, and build it yourself (and of course post it to HN) * c) quit your job, join an organization focused on climate change, and…
If you’re into AI, there is Climate Change AI which is a “global initiative to catalyze impactful work at the intersection of climate change and machine learning.”