We’re excited to announce that the Hazel team is presenting our startup at TechCrunch Disrupt next month! Out of thousands of applicants, we were one of a handful chosen to present, and we couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity!
TechCrunch Disrupt has been the launching pad for such tech titans as Dropbox, Mint and Fitbit — and we’re excited to follow in their footsteps!
Hazel was just chosen by the Filecoin Foundation for a grant to explore integrating the Filecoin platform into Hazel!
We’re excited about this cool opportunity and can’t wait to start investigating different ways to incorporate Filecoin into Hazel. From transparent impact reporting to public carbon accounting, we think there’s a lot of ways that Hazel & Filecoin can work together. Filecoin has made a major commitment to environmental sustainability through their Filecoin Green work, and we’re excited to work with them on our climate-change impact work.
What exactly is the integration going to look like — and what good can we do together? That’s what we’re going to figure out. Stay tuned!
Is there something that you’d like to see us investigate? DM us and let us know!
We’re exactly one week out from Earth Day, April 22, 2022! As a company devoted to combating climate change, there’s obviously few holidays on the calendar bigger than Earth Day for us–and this year, we want to celebrate by doing something really cool!
First, what’s bigger than just a day? Making it a week! So this year, we’re celebrating Earth Week!
And to celebrate Earth Week, we’re launching a special promotion & challenge for our users:
Hazel 2022 Earth Week Promotion
First, anyone who makes a purchase in Hazel this week–any purchase, supporting any project, at any amount–automatically will be emailed a unique reward code.
What’s the code do? We’ll get to that.
Second, the user who makes the largest purchase during Earth Week will be named “Official Earth Week 2022 Big Kahuna” and get a second unique code.
What’s that code do? We’ll get to that too.
What’s the code do?
OK, let’s get to that.
Your unique, one-of-a-kind code–whether just as an Earth Week participant or as the Big Kahuna–will enable you to receive a unique, one-of-a-kind digital asset in the upcoming Hazelverse web3 experience. This unique asset will be a way for you to customize your experience and show off that you were active in the Hazelverse from Day Zero.
The only way to get this asset from us will be to have a redemption code. If you don’t buy next week, you’ll miss out on ever earning this asset.
Would it have been cool to have the very first page on Facebook, or the email address “bob@gmail.com” (assuming your name is Bob)? You bet it would have been. This is your chance to be on board from prelaunch of something that’s going to be even cooler.
Wait, it’s a digital… what?
If you’re following us on Twitter, you’ll know some of our plans for the Hazelverse. In this new experience, you’ll be given an island of land in the Hazelverse that you need to protect from climate change.
The digital asset you’ll get for participating in our Earth Week promotion will be something that you can add to your island to customize it. And you’ll be one of a handful of users who have the customization–or, if you’re the Kahuna, the only one.
Open Hazel & signup for an account (or just sign in)
Tap “Impact” and select the type of climate impact you want to make
Want to eliminate the negative climate impact of your driving? Pick “Supplemental” and a vehicle size under “Gasoline Usage”
Want to eliminate the negative climate impact of a recent flight? Pick “Supplemental” and a flight time under “Air Travel”
Just want to capture the amount of carbon emissions that is typical for most people each month? Select “Baseline” and then your impact level
That’s it! We’ll email you your unique code shortly after your purchase!
Best of all, like any Hazel purchase, not only are you funding critical carbon removal efforts but you’re also earning Hazelcoins and status on your dashboard–check out your “Me” tab to see!
How Do I Know If I’ve Reached Ultimate Kahuna-ness?
(Or if I’ve gotten bumped from my perch?)
When we email you your code, we’ll tell you if you’re currently in the lead or not. All week we’ll be publishing leaderboards to LinkedIn and Instagram (using buyers’ initials to respect privacy) so you can track where you stand. Make sure to follow to see where you stand!
(And of course, you can always just email us and ask)
Don’t let this opportunity for Kahuna-immortality slip by!
Special Atlanta Green Market Festival Information
We’re excited to partner with the Atlanta Green Market Festival on 4/23 to be their preferred carbon removal partner. If you’re going to the market, you’re someone who values environmental action, and we know you’ll want to help do your part to help the climate.
All users who make a climate impact through Hazel during the festival will get an Earth Week code for their participation. In addition, we’ll be aggregating the amount of impact all festival goers make on 4/23 and reporting out through the festival’s organizers to all attendees.
Let’s make this year’s Green Market Festival not only fun & educational, but a positive impact on the climate!
We’re excited about Earth Week, and we hope you are too! Download Hazel. Followus onsocial media. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay updated. And let’s make a huge impact during Earth Week this year!
We’re excited to announce our latest forestry project: 2,500 Acres in Middlebury, Vermont! This is the first domestic US project that we’ve worked with, and we couldn’t be more excited–in addition to being a critical mixed hardwood habitat, it’s also an opportunity to support the environmental efforts of Middlebury College, one of the nation’s oldest liberal arts institutions, as they go carbon neutral across their entire campus.
This project is a mix of reforestation and improved forestry management–it’s a mix of planting new trees, protecting the existing trees, and protecting the entire forest from diseases and invasive species. If you’re looking for a unique way to support carbon removal, higher education, and protect a classic New England ecosystem, this is it!
We learned about this project initially through its association with Middlebury College. The college has owned–and, since the 1920s commercially harvested lumber from–this forest (in fact, many of the buildings on campus are built with timber from this forest tract). When the school committed to going carbon neutral in 2016, the forest became an integral part of the plan–by prohibiting commercial logging, the school could ensure additional carbon capture through the forest’s growth each year. Plus, by reforesting sections that had previously been harvested, newly planted trees could capture additional carbon–above and beyond what the carbon needs of the school are.
Each year, Middlebury College retains and retires the rights to some of the carbon that the tract has captured to meet their Net Zero goals. The forest captures more carbon than the school produces, however, and these additional tonnes of carbon are what we’re able to purchase through this partnership–directly supporting the on-going health of the forest and its natural work of removing carbon from the air.
We also like this project because, unlike some reforestation projects in other parts of the world, the legal system in the US ensures that the conservation commitments that the school signed to protect the forest are iron-clad, and issues of on-going maintenance and monitoring of the forest are greatly reduced.
Plus: It’s fun to support a project in our own backyard! (Relatively speaking, of course….)
By supporting this project with Hazel, you’ll enable this project to:
Sequester more than 19,000 tonnes of carbon annually
Increase the sequestration potential of this forest by adopting techniques that increase the biodiversity of the forest
Provide an educational resource for students, faculty and the local community
Provide recreational opportunities for the local community
Create habitat for local fox, coyotes, moose, fisher cats, turkey and black bear
Protect freshwater river sources for the surrounding watershed, including the East Middlebury River
Reforestation–planting new forests that were once harvested–is a significant method for removing carbon from the atmosphere. We’re excited to add this forestry project into the mix and work with you to support it!
A big congratulations to the latest supporter for our Impact Challenge! If you want your own photo of Ed hugging a tree, there is still time to join!
Here is how to get started:
1. Open the Hazel app 2. Go to "Impact" 3. Under Baseline, choose "150% Impact Level" 4. Check out! pic.twitter.com/4ZORv8h7rY
— Hazel | Climate Change Mobile App (@hazelclimateapp) January 25, 2022
We got new users involved. We got people excited about Hazel.
And best of all, we had a HUGE impact on climate change!
Consider this: With your hard work during our challenge, we collectively removed enough carbon from the atmosphere to:
Remove 18,000 miles driven by a Chevy Suburban! That’s driving your Suburban from Helsinki Finland to Cape Town South — and back!
Or, if you’re more fuel efficient, we removed 38,000 miles driven by a Honda Accord. That’s the equivalent of going from Lisbon Portugal to Magadan Russian–across all of Europe and Asia–FOUR TIMES.
Air travel more your thing?
We eliminated 3 roundtrips from New York to Tokyo — or two trips from London to Sydney, Australia.
All that travel seem tiring? (Can’t imagine driving across Siberia in a Honda is much fun — particularly in the winter)
Then consider this: We also removed the equivalent amount of carbon generated from heating 36 homes in an average snowy climate with natural gas for a month.
The weather outside is frightful…
If you’re one of the many who took part in the campaign, be proud of the impact you had! If we all do just a little bit, it adds up dramatically. If you missed the opportunity to join in, it’s never too late to get started — download Hazel on iOS or Android to get started!
Thanks everyone for helping start 2022 on the right path!
PS — We also HAVE A WINNER of our Easter Egg challenge! More on that later…
It’s (finally) 2022! And with the new year comes everyone’s favorite: New Year’s Resolutions!
This January, in addition to pledging to go to the gym or to eat better, why not make a resolution for the climate?
If you’re resolving to make an impact on climate change, join our Hazel 2022 Impact Challenge!
From today until the end of January, for every user who contributes to a Hazel project at the 150% Impact Level, not only will you be supporting atmospheric carbon removal, but:
I’ll post a photo of myself to our social media channels hugging a tree!
🌲 🌴 🌳 Yes, a tree. 🌲 🌴 🌳
It might be an oak.
Maybe an elm.
Maybe a sequoia?
(OK, probably not a sequoia…)
The only way to find out: Make an impact with Hazel. We’ll begin 2022 with a stream of tree love–help us start the new year right!
BONUS: Since we know you’re competitive, we’re adding a wrinkle: Fund a project at 150% AND get your friends to fund at 150% too.
The user who gets the most friends to sign up and fund at 150% gets their impact doubled AND gets to add a hidden message in the upcoming Hazelverse experience (yes: a launch Easter Egg of your own!)
How to Get Started:
1. Open Hazel
2. Go to “Impact”
3. Under “Baseline” choose “150% Impact Level”
4. Check out
That’s it! Look for your tree hugging photos within 24 hours of checking out!
