Climate Curve

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Project Summary / Description:

Amaury lived in Beijing in the years before the 2008 Olympic Games and has been sensitive to air quality issues ever since. After he read Berkeley Earth's article on the equivalence between air pollution and cigarettes smoked, he talked about this idea with Marcelo during a tech meetup. With Marcelo's experience developing projects for the digital world, this idea grew into a concrete MVP, and two weeks later, the app was live on the app stores.

Best Estimate of GHG Avoidance/Reduction of This Project (Tonnes CO2 Equivalent/Year):

Impact on Underrepresented Groups:

Both our co-founders come from diverse backgrounds: Marcelo is born in Brazil, and Amaury is half-French, half-Chinese. We plan to maintain geographic diversity in our company. 

Some further ideas we have to support diversity in our company: 
- Altering hiring practices to increase diversity 
- Prioritizing work-life balance of employees (e.g. flexible hours, possible remote work) 
- Strict and effective policies against harassment and workplace offense 
- Overall creating an open-minded atmosphere

Link: Facebook:

Website: https://shootismoke.app/ Github: https://github.com/amaurymartiny/shoot-i-smoke Twitter: https://twitter.com/shootismoke (unmaintained, c.f. question 11 on plans to boost up online presence). Facebook: https://facebook.com/shootismoke (unmaintained, c.f. question 11 on plans to boost up online presence). Media Coverage, non-exhaustive list: The Atlantic's Citylab (United States): https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/04/how-much-are-you-smoking-by-breathing-urban-air/558827/ BBC Radio (United Kingdom): https://vimeo.com/269420780 LifeHacker (United States): https://vitals.lifehacker.com/see-your-citys-air-pollution-measured-in-daily-cigarett-1825659774 Slate (France): http://www.slate.fr/story/160929/cigarettes-equivalent-pollution-villes Huffington Post (United States, Korea): https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-much-are-you-smoking-by-breathing-urban-air_us_5ae332e0e4b02baed1b9ccbc // https://www.huffingtonpost.kr/entry/story_kr_5ae96fe8e4b06748dc8dad0b?utm_hp_ref=kr-homepage Circa TV (United States): https://www.circa.com/story/2018/05/03/science/an-app-tells-you-how-many-cigarettes-youre-smoking-when-you-breathe-the-polluted-air-in-your-city The Hindustan Times (India): https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/breathing-mumbai-s-air-as-bad-as-puffing-4-cigarettes-a-day-delhi-worse-at-7-7/story-xzf9NzgePRfP2A7C4ousmM.html Tencent (China): https://new.qq.com/omn/20180710/20180710A1S9BA.html RPP (Peru): https://rpp.pe/tecnologia/apps/descubre-cuantos-cigarrillos-fumas-al-dia-por-la-contaminacion-del-lugar-donde-vives-noticia-1119721 Het Laatste Nieuws (Belgium): https://www.hln.be/de-krant/app-vertelt-hoeveel-sigaretten-je-rookt-door-luchtvervuiling~a1a421d0/ Usbek & Rica (France): https://usbeketrica.com/article/une-appli-calcule-le-nombre-de-cigarettes-qu-on-fume-a-notre-insu-a-cause-de-la-pollution-de-l-air WebMD (Global): https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20191008/air-pollution-kills-as-many-people-as-cigarettes Folha de S√£o Paulo (Brazil): https://avenidas.blogfolha.uol.com.br/2018/07/04/app-mostra-quantos-cigarros-cada-pessoa-fuma-por-viver-em-cidade-poluida/