Climatescape.org – Mapping the global landscape of climate-saving organizations
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#2It is interesting to see a list of organizations compiled in one place, to get a sense of what is going on in the world.
But I read the headline wrong. I saw the words "Mapping" and "landscape", and was expecting actual maps. I thought I'd be looking at visualizations of where in the world each organization is having an impact.
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#3I've been looking for a curated list like this for a long time, thanks for creating!
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#4It is interesting to see a list of organizations compiled in one place, to get a sense of what is going on in the world. But I read the headline wrong. I saw the words "Mapping" and "landscape", and was expecting actual maps. I thought I'd be looking at visualizations of where in the world each organization is having an impact.
Thank you for the feedback! Maybe "indexing" or "cataloging" would be a better term here.
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#5Might be the mobile view, but the descriptions are both cut off and meaningless.
> We deliver when others can’t. We conduct research and development, manage
Is all that is visible. It goes on to say (in the full description) that they do this R&D for clients. So like what do they actually do, beyond claiming they're better than you and me?
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#6Since forestry is so big, I would suggest to keep it separate. Also broad biodiversity and nature organisations probably should have a separate category, not me under land use.
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#7Might be the mobile view, but the descriptions are both cut off and meaningless. > We deliver when others can’t. We conduct research and development, manage Is all that is visible. It goes on to say (in the full description) that they do this R&D for clients. So like what do they actually do, beyond claiming they're better than you and me?
Thanks for taking a look. It's a laborious process to collect good descriptions for each submission–some are better than others. The text is cut off intentionally, rather lazily now, but we're planning on making it clearer visually that this is intentional and allowing visitors to expand each record.
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#8It is interesting to see a list of organizations compiled in one place, to get a sense of what is going on in the world. But I read the headline wrong. I saw the words "Mapping" and "landscape", and was expecting actual maps. I thought I'd be looking at visualizations of where in the world each organization is having an impact.
Same here, I expected a list or map which gives an user the ability to see which organizations or projects operate nearby.
It would be really cool if you could see which projects are nearby and you might be able to participate in.
I really like the idea though. Hopefully your site will inspire others.
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#9Hi all, creator here–so cool to see this on HN.
I made Climatescape after seeing dozens of people go through a similar process of cataloging interesting climate-focused companies in spreadsheets, notes, and elsewhere. The goal is to unify these efforts and provide the content free to anyone who might find it useful. The website is open source[1] and content is Creative Commons licensed.
This is really just the beginning of what I'd like to see the project become. We want to go deeper by including key org attributes like headcount, location, investments, and more. There are also plans to increase the breadth of the database by including books, podcasts, events, data sets, and other important resources related to climate.
If anyone is interested in contributing please get in touch! brendan [at] sinceresoftware.co
[1]: github.com/bloudermilk/climatescape
Re: Climatescape.org – Mapping the global landscape of climate-saving organizations
#10It is interesting to see a list of organizations compiled in one place, to get a sense of what is going on in the world. But I read the headline wrong. I saw the words "Mapping" and "landscape", and was expecting actual maps. I thought I'd be looking at visualizations of where in the world each organization is having an impact.
Same here, I expected a list or map which gives an user the ability to see which organizations or projects operate nearby. It would be really cool if you could see which projects are nearby and you might be able to participate in. I really like the idea though. Hopefully your site will inspire others.
Definitely interested in indexing orgs, events, and jobs by location once we have that data!