Published in Carbon A List·PinnedDo it, prove it, sell it: my evolving views on carbon accountingTo some who know me, it may come as a shock that I’m moving on from Nori, a start-up I co-founded, that is making it possible to get paid for pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere a.k.a. “carbon removal”. It’s not an easy decision. I’m immensely grateful to all…Carbon13 min readCarbon13 min read
Published in Carbon A List·Oct 31On stealing good ideas, open source, community, ecosystem service value and land use changeHi everyone, Welcome to the October 2022 edition of the Carbon A List newsletter. Do you know someone who would enjoy this newsletter? Send this to them and they can subscribe here. On stealing good ideas We’re changing up the format of this newsletter to mostly copy Banks Benitez’s style with Uncharted Insider. I…Newsletter5 min readNewsletter5 min read
Published in Carbon A List·Sep 28Major Agriculture Supply Chain Partners, including Carbon A List and Danone North America, Receive Landmark USDA Climate-Smart InvestmentProject practices could reduce 57,000 tons of carbon dioxide across 18 states over 5 years HOTCHKISS, Colo. — Carbon A List, partnering with Danone North America and project partners, has been awarded a $70 million U.S. Department of Agriculture Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities grant. …2 min read2 min read
Published in Carbon A List·Sep 28Are additionality and permanence the right principles for high integrity credits?This is the latest part of a series of articles that outline the Carbon A List’s perspective on the carbon offset market. For full context start below. Part 1: Do it, prove it, sell it: my evolving views on carbon accounting Part 2: What does an ecosystem service cost? Part…Carbon5 min readCarbon5 min read
Published in Carbon A List·Sep 9How to use the offset industry to get out of offsetting. Letter to JohnDear John, I am the long tail of responses to your excellent piece on Carbon Offsets. First off, thank you for reminding us that we cannot offset our way out of climate change. Waiting two weeks to respond has given time to look at other responses to your intrepid journalism…Carbon5 min readCarbon5 min read
Published in Carbon A List·Aug 2Why we need more transparent assumptions in environmental reportingHave you ever heard the saying “when you assume it makes an ass out of u and me”? It’s cliche but a useful reminder that assumptions can lead to misunderstandings. I assumed they already knew… I assumed it wouldn’t matter… I assumed this is what you wanted… I assumed that…Environmental Reporting5 min readEnvironmental Reporting5 min read
Published in Carbon A List·Jan 28What does an ecosystem service cost?And when can you sell it at the antique roadshow? — Happy 2022! I’m kicking the blog off this year with a post I am writing in anticipation of sitting on a panel about “Ecosystem Services and Carbon Markets” at the Beltwide Cotton Conference in San Antonio this week. …Carbon9 min readCarbon9 min read
Published in Carbon A List·Jan 28Carbon A List is building a climate hardware storeThe who, what, why, and how of Carbon A List — I want Carbon A List to become a premier hardware store for instigating climate action. It’s almost the beginning of a bad joke. Alas no, just the latest metaphor to describe entrepreneurial ambitions where the hardware store is a place for folks who want to turn their climate dreams into…6 min read6 min read
Published in Carbon A List·Jan 28The Peril and Promise of GreenwashingWhy MobileCoin isn’t a carbon negative cryptocurrency and commentary on how greenwashing can be good — Originally published: Sep 17, 2021 Last week I read a headline in Hackernoon, “MobileCoin is the World’s First Carbon Negative Cryptocurrency” and I almost fell out of my chair. This was for three reasons: 1) this is a greenwash (and also not true, on both the “world’s first” and “carbon…Blockchain7 min readBlockchain7 min read
Jan 28So what did you learn from the wilderness trip, Christophe?“So what did you learn from the wilderness trip, Christophe?” asked my friend Max, on day seven of a nine day, hundred mile trip through the Sequoia National Park. “That you don’t need to bring all your dishes at once” I quipped, parroting back a comment he had just said…4 min read4 min read
