Hi, I own a few businesses in home services that are pretty successful. I love them, and I’ve gotten to a point where I make enough to support myself without needing to run them anymore.

I want to do something for the planet though. I’ve been thinking about starting a company that contracts with local harbors to run boats collecting plastic and other debris from the ocean, or maybe starting some kind of bioplastics company.

I also found the zero profit ecosia model interesting. Maybe even doing it for my existing business after scaling nationally

I’m open to other ideas as well. I don’t mind making zero profit, as long as the business can sustain itself and continue growing. My goal is to build something scalable where the more the business grows, the more positive environmental impact it has.

I have experience building and scaling service businesses, so ideally I’d like to apply that experience to something that actually makes a difference.
Does anyone have experience in this space or ideas for businesses that could make a significant environmental impact?

I’m particularly interested in something scalable as our problem is huge at scale

We criticize saudi arabia too less for their emissions and carbon footprint .Why ??

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I'm studying supply chain management right now and I want to be a logistician. I chose this field of study before I knew that much about the climate. now, I'm willing to give my entire life to fight for the environment. I want to know, what kind of work position could I be in that aids the environment rather than hurts it? the logistics industry has a big footprint and I don't want to facilitate that. I know if I can manage logistics systems I can use that knowledge for good but I don't see much talk about it online cause it seems there's not much intersection between logistics and environmentalism at least for people who work or wanna work it in so I'm asking here.

also if you are going to talk about a specific role that exists presently please take into account that AI is probably gonna eviscerate 99% of the field by the time I graduate (2029) </3 I don't care that much about pay tho if I just have enough to get by that's what matters

My worst nightmare is working a soulless corporate job where I spend 40h/week adding no value to society except money in the pockets of a guy who is probably doing horrible things to the environment. the chance I end up with one of those jobs scares me so I want to know what my options are to not be that way. Thanks in advance

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I've been wanting to do my bit for the environment, especially after the intense heatwaves and forest fires in Europe this year.

Frustratingly, I'm finding that any efforts are overshadowed by the actions of corporations and some governments.

I'm trying to use the little money I have to help the environment, which has made me curious about becoming a green shareholder (ie investing to stop anti environmental actions) and using a tree subscription service.

Has anyone had experience of this? What were your thoughts?

Curious, as I joined an eco bank and it's been a great move for me.

I implore folks here to ask their favorite AI's this fairly involved question: "If we replanted and nurtured three marine ecosystems and three terrestrial ecosystems with the plants and animals that naturally grew there, and included the fungal understories with the terrestrial ecosystems, how long would it take to arrest global warming if we also simultaneously reduced our CO2 output to the smallest possible amount? The marine ecosystems include kelp beds, sea grasses, and mangrove estuaries; the terrestrial ecosystems include boreal forests, tropical rain forests, and prairies."

I know several posts about this have been made, but I'd love to hear about your personal experiences — especially if you have a background similar to mine.

I got my BS in physical chemistry last year. My long-term goal since high school has always been to work on solutions to combat climate change. My plan for the past few years has been to go do a PhD and research the development of advanced materials for sustainability and energy (e.g., improved battery materials, alternatives to carbon-intensive metals).

The realization that we've most likely reached 1.5 °C in warming and the overwhelming amount of horrifying natural disasters has really dialed up my sense of urgency. I'm starting to feel like I should pivot to a career path that has more immediate and direct impact. I struggle with the idea of spending 5 more years in school before I can really get started as a materials researcher. A lot more damage can and will get done over the next half decade. While there's certainly value in working on these technologies, I question if there are more pressing matters to turn my attention towards in this day and age.

What would be the most impactful career paths someone could take? If you have a background in science/engineering and work in climate-related jobs, what do you do and how did you get there?

I ask this in genuine good faith. I'm a diehard doomer but obviously would rather not be because it makes me miserable. at the same time what other choice is there? global warming *doubled*, fucking DOUBLED. people in power do not care about the environment, and every single day there are a billion new charts and factual stats on how shitty the climate is getting. for every chart that shows how many people are using renewables I could give you 30 that show us how over it is for the human race.

It seems that all stories about "positive" developments for climate change are sporadic, seemingly random projects that are not even a fraction of a fraction as impactful as all the negative things that are happening. that or they're just ideas that we know damn well won't be executed.

I understand that ok there is tech being built and conservation projects being done, but again, the scale of those just makes no sense to feel hopeful from if you're being realistic. for every 50 of those you can find one event that cancels them all out at the snap of a finger. (meme)

I really hope if anyone is going to reply "but climate change is not as apocalyptic as you think" with some statistic, it takes into account that global warming has doubled and that normalcy bias is beyond over

I can already sense someone is going to say "yeah but if it's over and we can do nothing then why *not* not be miserable" to which I say, you know how devastating it would be if you "stayed positive" and did all the work you could all for it to amount to nothing because one environmentally positive project is canceled out by one day or regular human existence on earth? Horrible, worse than you'd feel if you were a doomer the whole time.

on top of this, I am asking about hope in the sense that you TRULY BELIEVE things can get better. All factual evidence, especially that which accounts for doubling of global warming and likelihood of amoc collapse, blue ocean event, etc, tells otherwise. I don't want to hope "just because." I want true, factual, statistical reasons to think that things have a good chance of getting better rather than just drafted projects and ideas and people coping themselves into thinking this aesthetic solarpunk utopia is true. I really don't mean to come off as rude I am just fucking baffled by those who have even a tiny shred of hope

Hey everyone. I recently came across an article on ALLATRA MEDIA breaking down the latest forecast from the UK Met Office, and the numbers are pretty concerning.
According to their data, we are heading towards one of the sharpest jumps in carbon dioxide levels in recorded history by 2027. They are predicting an increase of 3.51 ppm, bringing the total atmospheric CO2 level to a massive 432.2 ppm.
Why the sudden spike?
The forecast attributes this to a compounding effect: a strong El Niño weather pattern combining with our relentless human-driven emissions. Considering the record emissions we already saw in 2024 due to massive wildfires, this trajectory looks dangerous.
Do you think these types of drastic jumps are just our "new normal" now? Given how slow global climate action has been, are there any realistic mitigation strategies we can deploy before we hit this 2027 peak?

Happy Thursday and Peace to youall.

I live in British Columbia, Canada, which on Oct 24 Sat elected a Conservative and anti-climate Legislature. They could potentially be in-office til 2031 before the next election. We cannot wait til 2031, before we need to be beginning major climate action, for the sake of human survival and preservation of the biosphere.

I am planning to personally engage in a frequent regular recurring one woman protest, outside the constituency offices of all the Conservative legislators reachable by public transit from where I live, cycling through them, one every weekday, for the entire remainder of their terms-in-office, at evening peak traffic-hour when the most of their voters will see. The primary goal of this protest will be (1) climate science communication, and climate action advocacy, directly to their voters. However, as a secondary goal, I also concurrently will be lobbying these Conservative legislators, to do the right thing, buck their party, and side with the opposition to pass a climate action omnibus bill and act – regardless of however long the odds may be against – in the hopes that we will not need to wait all the way to the end of their terms to get climate action now. At the very least, I will be an extremely highly visible and unignorable gadfly, that they can never ever ever get rid of; and maybe hopefully help sway their next elections against them when they do come.

I urgently am requiring advice on the construction of my protest signs, so that I can start and finish constructing them and begin the protest, the moment the legislators are seated, or so soon as possible after. These are the requirements—

— (1) I need to print them each from an image-file.

— (2) They need to be f*ckhuge, so they're unmissable and unmistakable and can be read by traffic from blocks away. Like at least 1 m^2.

— (3) They need to be waterproof, so I can protest even in the rain or snow.

— (4) They need to be nonreflective, so they won't reflect the sky or headlights, and drivers can always clearly read them.

I could accomplish #s 1 and 2 by just printing the images in tiles on ordinary printer-paper, and then assembling them; tho, it would save me a lot of labour time, if you guys know of a service I could look for, that can print images at huge size? Am in Vancouver, BC, if relevant.

But, altho I could almost accomplish # 3 by just using tape or lamination, I fear this would preclude # 4, because the only transparent tape or lamination I've ever seen is always reflective. If I could print the images directly onto a waterproof medium like canvas, it might solve this; would anyplace be able to do that? Or, is there such a thing as nonreflective transparent tape or lamination; and if so, where could I get it? Do any of you know on either of these ideas, or have others?

Peace to youall always. 🙏🌎💞

I'm in the way of doing a research project to show my parents the threat that "macrofarms" suppose for our ecosystem (this will serve as an introduction for a critique to the meat/dairy industry) but on of their top arguments is that they want facts related to Spain and not the general world because european regulations are better and so.

I was hoping if anyone could help me finding articles relating to how intensive farms are destroying local markets, treating in inhume ways animal (obviously small farmers do that, but in a "lesser" scale) and threatening our ecosystems.

Thanks for the attention and any suggestion is well accepted :D

We must stop using oil and start harnessing our energy respectfully with the earth instead of against the earth with the sun winds and currents

In the next 4-18 we have to start preparing to move inland and down south on all eastern seaboards through out the world due to flooding

We are also 2.34 over populated

Please help deliver these messages

Like council wise . I’m in my local development groups young people’s newsletter writing section and I keep choosing the most environmental prompt i get from them, to try push environmental points as much as I can without directly pushing it . But also when councillors ask what we want done I comment saying environmental points , like clothing waste bins in the town centre (we’re a small town so it’s possible ) because if it’s on the outskirts no one will use it ( like it is currently people only use the glass one for after parties etc ).