20,000 New Climate Jobs

It’s another new week, Shit Givers!

Tomorrow (September 26th) is World Contraception Day, a day centered around building awareness about the benefits of contraception, increasing access to contraception, and empowering young people to make informed choices about their reproductive health.

To amplify this message, our friends at adyn are partnering with Power to Decide, a non-profit that increases contraceptive access to those facing barriers to obtaining birth control.

For every submission to this 2-question survey about birth control, adyn will donate $10 to Power to Decide.

Think of the Compound Action you can be a part of by taking 10 seconds out of your day to complete the survey! Hell yeah.

This week:

• 🪨 The world’s largest known lithium deposit

• 👶 The need for more midwives

• 🥫 Regulating ultra-processed foods

• 🤖 The A.I. arms race

• And more

Have a great week,

— Willow

This is science for people who give a shit.

Every week, we help 22,000+ humans understand and unfuck the rapidly changing world around us. It feels great, and we’d love for you to join us.

New Shit Giver Nadine wants to help solve “growing problem of depression among young adults.“

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⚡️ Climate change:

• The American Climate Corps, a plan to train 20,000 people for new climate jobs, is here. Learn more about how you can join here.

• Artificially low home insurance premiums don’t factor in the increasing risk of climate disasters, as more carriers leave disaster-prone states

• The world’s largest known lithium deposit was just discovered in Nevada

• Conflict between the EU and China is risking delays to Europe’s climate goals

• A database of all the current lawsuits underway in the US aiming to make climate polluters pay up

🦠 Health & Bio:

• A study in India reveals that better nutrition can cut the risk of death from TB by 60%, and reduce the risk of infection in families by 40%

• It’s time to organize against the world’s biggest killer — high blood pressure

• The White House has plans to remove medical debt from credit scores

• The struggle against eradicating polio on a global-scale

• Expanding the midwife workforce could do wonders for maternal mortality rates

💦 Food & Water:

• Crop insurance can be a major roadblock for farmers to adapt to climate change and adopt climate-friendly strategies

• Your clothing matters when it comes to reducing microplastics

• Lab-grown meat makes moves into the mainstream, as it can be halal and kosher

• The food industry is lobbying hard against regulating ultra-processed foods, while also paying influencer dieticians to shape your eating habits

• Corporations that advertise support for organizations addressing food insecurity, are also campaigning against the Child Tax Credit

👩‍💻 Beep Boop:

• China is using A.I. to sow disinformation about the Hawaii fires

• The arms race is on between tools that can detect A.I. — and tools that can help A.I. avoid detection

• YouTube’s rabbit hole problem — solved?

• A.I. tools are being used to screen for mental health conditions, and predict genetic diseases

• Anthropic has released a “Responsible Scaling Policy”

Last week’s most popular Action Step was building a food waste program in your town with Food Forward.

• Donate to support new mothers and newborns worldwide using the easy tools developed by Every Mother Counts.

• Volunteer with your local Surfrider chapter to clean our water, oceans, and beaches.

• Get educated about climate change using this glossary of key terms from The Third Pole, available in 5 languages!

• Be heard about abortion bans, book bans, and bans on gender-affirming care by signing up with Vote Save America.

• Invest and transition to a fossil-fuel-free, sustainable, and responsible impact investment portfolio using Earth Equity Advisors.

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The best solar panel you can buy.

Ok, so we don’t actually recommend any specific solar panels because it really depends on the installers available to you and what brands they work with.

But, we have put together a list of installers, as well as everything else you need to consider before going solar, including some options for renters, woohoo!

And, if you live in the US, we’ve also outlined how to use the IRA incentives available to you. Click the button for more details 👇️ 

What is agroforestry?

Agroforestry is one of those wonderful multi-solving solutions, with benefits that include improved food security, better use of land, reduced biodiversity loss, and increased resilience to climate change.

There are a lot of different systems and ways of practicing agroforestry, some better than others depending on where you live and what you’re harvesting.

We’ve broken that all down for you here 👇️ 

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