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🚀 We're launching OpenClimate.fund , a community-driven initiative to support open source projects that address climate change and biodiversity loss. 🧵

2//11 🚧 These are among the most pressing challenges of our time, yet open source efforts in these areas remain underfunded. While significant resources are being spent on other areas, the environmental sector is left empty-handed when it comes to open source solutions. It's time to change that.

3/11 🌉 OpenClimate.Fund aims to bridge this gap by funding an ecosystem built on transparency, trust, and collaboration to advance climate-friendly technologies and measurable environmental impact.

4/11 🤝 A Community-Driven Funding Approach In our first funding round, we’re introducing a “positive snowball system" to empower the community and drive meaningful change. Here’s what you can do:

5/11 1️⃣ **Identify a high impact project missing** in the OpenSustain.tech directory. 🧐

6/11 2️⃣ Submit it through our review process using the guide on opensustain.tech/contributing/, which outlines the steps for nominating impactful open source initiatives. 📩

8/11 💧 With a pilot fund of 10,000€, we are aware that this can only be a drop in the ocean considering the 2,200+ projects on OpenSustain.tech. Our goal is to spark a broader conversation about building a sustainable ecosystem for open source solutions tackling global environmental challenges.

9/11 👉 Preparing for Round 2 We believe that investing in the right open source projects creates a cascading effect accelerating sustainable transformation. We can not rely on black-box knowledge, because the decisions we make today are so critical.

10/11 📍 That’s why this first funding round is just the beginning. 🥅 Our goal is to evaluate and maximize the impact of individual projects.