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Can you tell us more? I'm really curious about this.

Sure! There's many jobs out there that will help solve climate and energy. You don't have to found the company yourself or personally invent the new battery technology. Many companies exist already and need all kinds of professionals: software dev, finance, marketing, data analysis and more. Many companies work on products that will help us adapt and mitigate climate change. Tesla is the famous one, but there are entire industries. Then there's the nonprofit space. There are dozens of green groups working in the USA alone, ones you've definitely heard of and ones you haven't. Universities are conducting important research and educating on these issues. And there's government as well, scientists, regulators and policymakers.

I've been working in the nonprofit space for 10 years and trust me when I say that we need highly capable and motivated tech professionals. Go here and start looking at job postings in your country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental_organiza...

No one person will solve a planet-scale issue like climate change, but each person who decides to pick up a bucket and start bailing water will mitigate the impact. Be the change.

More undergraduates emerge each year, with eco-oriented training, than there are places to fill, in the USA. Good "jobs" in this space are often filled with people with advanced training and some level of being independently wealthy, working for below-cost-of-living, no children, etc.. It is ordinary for big dot-orgs to ask for free work, even when there is a budget, here in the US. Behind the scenes, certain groups have pooled money and invested it, while fundraising and asking for volunteers. The truth is, this is partly necessary, because "money" is not being created, money is being spent. There is a long-term fundraising need for this work, and it shows in unexpected ways, sometimes tough to see in action.

Some good resources for finding organizations/jobs that have a positive impact on the environment:

* Climatescape: https://climatescape.org/

* Climate.Careers: https://climate.careers/

(Disclaimer: I know the people who created both of those, so I guess I'm biased as to their quality, but I really do think they're very valuable resources.)

There are also some great Slack groups for technologists who are worried about climate change:

* https://climateaction.tech/

* https://techimpactmakers.com/

I'm also part of the Sunrise Movement[0], which has significantly pushed US politics in the direction of actually doing something about about climate change. I'm working on various software projects for them, and would love to help anyone who's interested get involved in that. Feel free to email me -- my email's in my profile.

[0] https://www.sunrisemovement.org/

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