Blog post for Edgeryders' work on climate

A question to ask is who is this post for and what is its purpose?

While having been immersed in snippets of information, data etc and a general awareness of the issues for over 10 years - I would find seeing them connected in one place is helpful as a shared foundation for a community conversation. What I am looking for is something that connects the dots starting from the climate science pointing to the bad stuff, and where good things are happening (complete with charts and stats) - followed by a birds eye description of what is happening in tech ending with linking the tech, money and politics around would be super helpful. But without having to do a PHD around this topic :slight_smile:

This is something I found really powerful from a presentation and fishbowl I attended during techfestival (notes here). The missing part for me there was the “where can my small self get in and contribute meaningfully/make the transition in my own life, to contribute to the transition to decarbonisation of economy, society”. As in - a place, a group of people whom I can do this with, resources to support me while I learn skills needed. And some way of figuring out how I am doing while on that journey. Often it can feel like fully internalising all this stuff means throwing yourself off a cliff with no parachute and no landing pad - terrifying.

Yes, we do the extinction rebellion marches - but then? This is what @julyandavey were pointing to in the workshop proposal for deep green and tech.

And it is this space/navigation and dense network of enabling relationships I am hoping we can draw forth/ build together through our conversations on the platform and their analysis through the collective intelligence methods and tools at our disposal.

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