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Aerial — Climate action, in your hands.
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Fantastic, just got it installed. Only problem is my main email with all my flight confirmations is not hosted on Google, so it is only seeing part of my emissions.
A thought: what about a company option where we could get a company-wide leaderboard/same as the friend's sharing info PLUS offer a benefit like a X% match to any carbon emissions our employees do?
Wow this looks awesome, incredible how big of a carbon footprint I've had, and who knew it'd be so easy to offset it! Big fan, definitely will be using this going forward.
I’ve been loving the Aerial beta, and I'm excited for this soft launch. Congratulations, team!
Beautiful! I've been using the beta. I have to ask, who made the stunning 3D animations? Give them some props from me.
Great graphics! Does this automatically track carbon footprint from my email or do I need to enter items manually?
Downloaded and would love to be able to use this, but it looks like scanning of travel receipts in Gmail is the only supported calculation method.
Is there a plan to support other email accounts besides just Google? (I’m using iCloud Mail + have other accounts elsewhere). Would it be possible to automatically detect certain types of travel via phone movement / GPS / even bank transactions etc?
@iamsebj Appreciate the feedback, Seb! Out of curiosity, what types of travel are you most interested in tracking via phone movement / GPS — personal driving, public transit?
@iamsebj @andreas_dre I’d also love other tracking methods. As it is now, I’m unable to try out the app because it’s Gmail only tracking.
👋 Hi Hunters, and thank you to @jmj for hunting us!
Andreas, Ari, and Ebby here - founders of Aerial.
Ready to take responsibility for your carbon footprint, but don't know where to start? After years of excessive travel, we felt the same, so together we created Aerial.
We’re excited to share the public beta of Aerial, an effortless way to manage and offset your carbon footprint. Aerial automatically finds your travel emissions from your inbox and tailors a path to carbon neutrality through verified carbon offsets.
Aerial makes climate action fun and social. We encourage you to compete with your friends and offer seamless ways to share your positive impact. We also have exclusive content from credible sources geared toward living sustainably and taking charge of your footprint.
Our public beta is available on iOS, with more platforms to come.
💡 How does it work?
→ Track Your Carbon Footprint
We accurately calculate how much carbon you emit from flights, rideshare, and rail. Support for more emissions sources coming soon.
→ Offset Your Emissions
By contributing to verified carbon offsetting projects, you help balance your emissions.
→ Make an Impact
Compete with friends to save trees and help the planet.
→ Get Informed
Gain actionable climate insights from our exclusive content.
🍃 What is carbon offsetting?
Carbon offsetting is achieved by balancing our emissions with actions that help the environment, such as reforestation and sustainable energy projects.
We recognize that carbon offsetting is not the ultimate solution to the climate crisis, but it is the easiest way for most people to do their part. That’s why Aerial also promotes responsible habits and offers guidance on living a more sustainable life.
🔐 Privacy
We respect your privacy. Aerial will only use travel-related emails to help you track your emissions, and has been verified to handle email in accordance with Google API Services. You can delete your account at any time.
Thanks again for the support, and please don’t hesitate to leave a comment or reach out to us directly!
—Andreas, Ari, and Ebby
P.S. Be sure to connect your primary Gmail where you receive flight confirmations, rideshare receipts, and rail reservations.
@andreas_dre Congratulations on the launch!
Aerial could be solving this need gap - 'Calculating climate impact for everyday tasks' posted on my problem validation platform - https://needgap.com/problems/36-... .
You're welcomed to explain how Aerial solves their problem, So it could be found easily by those who want it.
Cool product. You should consider selling to enterprises using Gmail to help them offset their travel emissions. They're currently looking for ways to reduce emissions and this would be an easy way to do so.
Sad to say, as someone who works in the environmental conservation space, this appears to be another 'shiny but potentially damaging app'.
Sadly offsets tend to mask unsustainable behaviour. The problem isn't that there's too much friction to offsetting, the problem is our behaviours, and not reckoning with the ones which aren't sustainable.
Congrats on the launch. Slick graphics.
I can't remember the name of a similar app launched recently, but I'll ask the same question I asked them...
Given we know 'carbon footprint' was an idea invented by resource companies to invert the need for action from themselves to individuals, how do you grapple with that truth and the path you've chosen?
@samrye_enspiral Hi Sam, thanks for the kind words. We're using the term 'carbon footprint' here for clarity. As for the origins of the wording, we agree that collective climate action must be taken by large organisations and consumers to prevent further damage to our planet. Would you suggest different language?
@arisawyers hey Ari, thanks for the response. I guess I wonder partially why focus here, given what we know about the main needs around climate action? What's the theory of change for applying your skills and funding to this part of the problem?
So less about language and more about intent?
@arisawyers @samrye_enspiral the intent here is to get everyone involved in taking action and not leaving climate action solely up to corporations and governments. Today, carbon offsetting and sustainable habits are the most effective way to do so. In the future, we hope to offer more methods of climate action to our userbase. Similar to how the current pandemic comes down to individual action, we see Aerial as the mask when it comes to climate change.
@arisawyers @samrye_enspiral @ebby_amir Educating people about the consequences of not being consuming-conscious raises public awareness and can provoke public pressure to the said companies to reduce their eco impact.
@arisawyers @ebby_amir thanks for the clarifications.
To play with your metaphor a little more - by wearing your mask, are we waiting for a vaccine it hoping the virus will disappear?
Can you tell me a bit more about "Today, carbon offsetting and sustainable habits are the most effective way to do so."?
From where I sit, I see two problems with this:
- who's suggesting we *leave* climate action up to corporates? I'm suggesting maybe this moves the focus of the real action that's needed (unsustainable industry) from the companies back to the lone individual with a smartphone. This is exactly why the "carbon footprint" concept was invented by resource companies in the first place.
- Carbon offsetting has shown to increase unsustainable habits (e.g. flying) because people think it's possible to offset their behaviour with money. Much of the carbon offsetting outcomes arentt keeping up with the pace we're consuming the things that are being offset. Quick example - offset a flight now, and you'd need 15-30 years before the offset (say a tree planted) will have the ability to store the offset carbon. We don't have 15-30 years to curb the carbon, based on latest scientific models. So all we're creating by offsetting, is a culture of "it's ok to continue with those behaviours if I pay a premium", and a bigger problem to deal with down the track.
In essence - I worry this is well meaning and may be making the problem worse, and I'd love you to tell me that you've really done your research and I'm wrong.
Bravo. Great work on the product and a much needed solution/service! I love the elegant design and discovery experience to encourage education. It’s great that you can quickly get a quick calculation on travel via receipts...
I’ve been studying the space via several corporate sustainability projects and our non-profit event/community in LA www.infinitetree.org — this is definitely timely and I’m excited to see the community here grow along with many trees! :)
Great idea and app, very well designed.
(can it keep track / produce a model tracking military footprints?)
Thanks @ravi_bajnath! Out of curiosity - are you referring to tracking the carbon footprint of military aircraft?
Looks fantastic guys,wonderful idea tracking and offestting makes a good combo and help to reduce C footprint, Kudos to team..
Cheers
Fascinating idea. Would be cool to show potential carbon impact estimates based on hypothetical future policies (I.e. construction of new rail systems, or carbon tax, or higher EV subsidies, etc)
Hey guys, congrats on the great product. What's your backstory?
We're building an app around happiness and impact (alms.app), so I would love to connect and discuss things, as we've both just launched :) Let me know how can I get in touch.
Hey @andreas_dre @arisawyers is your team hiring? Feel free to add Aerial to Climatebase.org/organizations and add any jobs/internships if you want to attract talent.
Also, would love to chat about having your team come give a talk to our cohort of Climatebase Fellows :) --> climatebase.org/fellowship
Thank you, @evan_hynes - we'll take a look at Climatebase - it looks awesome!
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