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- Domain – This is the broad category that the mission falls under. OpenAir domains include R&D (making things and citizen science), Advocacy (CDR policy development and activism), Activist Business Development, or ‘Biz Dev’ (supporting CDR projects, companies and general sector development), Knowledge (shows, content and activities that are educational), and Culture Making (Creative work inspired by CDR subjects).
- Status – This tells you what stage the mission is at. Concept missions are at a planning stage of development, usually with a few people involved who are looking for co-founders and core members. In Progress missions are, well, in progress – already meeting up regularly and implementing their core activities. Completed missions have either achieved their end or are on hiatus and are not currently active.
CDRai
The world’s first dedicated large language model (LLM) for Carbon Dioxide Removal. Conceived and c...
The New York Carbon City Property…
This mission aims to pass the New York Carbon City Property Tax Abatement Act into law in New York S...
Epiphyte: Open Direct Air Capture
Epiphyte is a miniature, stand-alone, open source direct air capture machine that was designed by a ...
The CO2municator Network
This mission aims to build a global network of volunteer carbon removal communicators who prepare an...
SB 308 – The California CDR…
This mission is mobilizing to make the Carbon Dioxide Removal Market Development Act (CDRMDA) law in...
S.2096: The Massachusetts Carbon Dioxide Removal…
Join other OpenAir members in Massachusetts mobilizing support for the Carbon Dioxide Removal Leader...
The Nakivale Biochar Project
Imagine if farmers in Africa could earn more income by restoring their soil and removing carbon from...
Carbon Gardener
A global citizen science initiative to accelerate, scale up and diversify field data collection for ...
The Carbon Removal Challenge
The 2023 OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge is a worldwide challenge for students to create new proces...
CDReality
CDR Reality is volunteer-driven effort to confront and correct misinformation about carbon dioxide r...
This Is CDR
THIS IS CDR is OpenAir’s weekly webinar series (Tuesday, 12pm EST) that explores the ever-widenin...
L-NET
The Luxembourg Negative Emissions Tariff (L-NET) is a legislative mission to create a CDR demand pol...
L-NET
Locations: Luxembourg
The Luxembourg Negative Emissions Tariff (L-NET) is a legislative mission to create a CDR demand policy based on the successful Feed-In Tariff (FIT) model for Renewable Energy. Starting in Luxembourg our goal is to spread the legislation to other countries in Europe and beyond!
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Concept
In Progress
Moderators
Christopher Neidl @Neidl_cSven Clement
This Is CDR
Locations: Brooklyn
THIS IS CDR is OpenAir’s weekly webinar series (Tuesday, 12pm EST) that explores the ever-widening range of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions currently being researched, developed, and deployed, and contextualizes them for policy proposals under development for New York, and other states and localities. Hosted by Toby Bryce in Brooklyn and Megha Raghavan in London.
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Concept
In Progress
Moderators
Toby Bryce @toby.bryce
Megha Raghavan @megha
CDReality
Locations: Global
CDR Reality is volunteer-driven effort to confront and correct misinformation about carbon dioxide removal online and in other fora with fact-based information maintained by our members. CDR Reality combines constant research, revision and curating of science-based data and information with rapid, coordinated, member responses to CDR misinformation disseminated online and through public media and events. We maintain this up-to-date knowledge inventory that our responders can draw on when confronting disinformation online and elsewhere.
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Concept
In Progress
Moderators
Tina Baumgartner @ScienceGirl
The Carbon Removal Challenge
Locations: Global
The 2023 OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge is a worldwide challenge for students to create new processes, approaches and prototypes to remove carbon from the land, waters, or air. With guidance from researchers and industry experts, student teams will design and build creative, open-source solutions to the carbon pollution problem. The very best approaches will be selected for an in-person showcase at New York University in April 2023.
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Concept
In Progress
Moderators
Matt Parker @madparker
Carbon Gardener
Locations: United States
A global citizen science initiative to accelerate, scale up and diversify field data collection for enhanced rock weathering carbon removal efficacy in soil.
Stages
Concept
In Progress
Moderators
- Christopher Neidl @Neidl_c
The Nakivale Biochar Project
Locations: Nakivale, Uganda
Imagine if farmers in Africa could earn more income by restoring their soil and removing carbon from the air with BIOCHAR. With local ingenuity and smart tech, our project will make this happen in Nakivale, Uganda, Africa's oldest refugee settlement.
Stages
Concept
In Progress
Moderators
- Christopher Neidl @Neidl_c
S.2096: The Massachusetts Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act
Locations: Massachusetts
Join other OpenAir members in Massachusetts mobilizing support for the Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act (S.2096) in Massachusetts, and help us make it state law in 2024 through our direct citizen lobbying campaign!
Stages
Concept
In Progress
Moderators
- Christopher Neidl @Neidl_c
SB 308 – The California CDR Market Development Act
Locations: California
This mission is mobilizing to make the Carbon Dioxide Removal Market Development Act (CDRMDA) law in California through district-level citizen lobbying.
Stages
Concept
In Progress
Moderators
- Christopher Neidl @Neidl_c
Karl Danz
The CO2municator Network
Locations: Global
This mission aims to build a global network of volunteer carbon removal communicators who prepare and deliver presentations to educate their networks about CDR and OpenAir missions. Videos of each presentation will be stored and tagged in a growing "CO2mmunicator Presentation Bank" on the OpenAir website where they can be viewed and downloaded, tweaked and used by other members in the network. Presentations are tailored for specific groups and audiences, and focus on a variety of different subjects.
Stages
Concept
In Progress
Moderators
Peter Hoberg @PeterHoberg #6991
Epiphyte: Open Direct Air Capture
Locations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Epiphyte is a miniature, stand-alone, open source direct air capture machine that was designed by a small group of OpenAir members, located all over North America, in 2023. The design drew significant inspiration from an original prototype developed by a team young engineers at Octavia Carbon in Nairobi Kenya. Epiphyte is led by a team of volunteers with decades of combined professional electrical, mechanical and chemical engineering and design experience.
Stages
Concept
In Progress
Moderators
- Christopher Neidl @Neidl_c
The New York Carbon City Property Tax Abatement Act
Locations: New York State
This mission aims to pass the New York Carbon City Property Tax Abatement Act into law in New York State in 2024. This first-of-kind legislation would create an incentive program that grants a property tax break to property owners who install building-integrated carbon removal and/or durable utilization technologies within New York City's five boroughs.
Stages
Concept
In Progress
CDRai
The world’s first dedicated large language model (LLM) for Carbon Dioxide Removal. Conceived and curated by OpenAir members.
Stages
Concept
In Progress
Moderators
- Christopher Neidl @Neidl_c
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