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These Are The Brains Behind Climate Karen?

That's a stretch... but yes, these two guys are the founders.

Wait... 
These Are The Brains Behind Climate Karen?

That's a stretch... but yes, these two guys are the founders.

The Origin Story

Friends With (Mountain Biking) Benefits

Fact: The best ideas happen when you are shredding jumps on the trail. That's where Climate Karen began and continues to evolve... out on the mountain bike trails of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina. Through many long climbs up the mountain, Josh and Aaron would refine the idea that individual consumers (not scientists or policy wonks) were the key to helping scale up carbon dioxide removal technology.

The Liquid Death of CDR?

The brand that did the complete opposite of everyone else. Prior to Climate Karen, Josh and Aaron were obsessed with the meteoric rise of the canned water company Liquid Death. If a brand so ridiculous could upend the plastic bottled water market, could the same playbook be used for scaling climate-tech? Could an irreverent brand capture the attention of consumers who were looking for a way to get involved in climate action? And what if all our sentences were questions? Would you keep reading?

So Dumb It Might Just Work

Climate Karen is a ridiculous name in a very serious space. To get individuals involved in scaling up carbon dioxide removal tech, Josh and Aaron knew they needed a brand that would stand out, but also be an adjective that someone might identify with. Climate Karen was born in May of 2024. 

The Origin Story

Friends With (Mountain Biking) Benefits

Fact: The best ideas happen when you are shredding jumps on the trail. That's where Climate Karen began and continues to evolve... out on the mountain bike trails of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina. 

The Liquid Death of CDR?

The brand that did the complete opposite of everyone else. Prior to Climate Karen, Josh and Aaron were obsessed with the meteoric rise of the canned water company Liquid Death. If a brand so ridiculous could upend the plastic bottled water market, could the same playbook be used for scaling climate-tech? 

So Dumb It Might Just Work

Climate Karen is a ridiculous name in a very serious space. To get individuals involved in scaling up carbon dioxide removal tech, Josh and Aaron knew they needed a brand that would stand out, but also be an adjective that someone might identify with. Climate Karen was born in May of 2024. 
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Here's Why Two Dad's Created Climate Karen

Meet Josh and Aaron... two friends and sustainability misfits who were tired of the gloom and doom and decided to do something about it. 

 

Why? They've got kids.

Our Mission

Stoke Demand to Scale 
Carbon Removal Technology

What We Believe

  • Science is real and climate change is already here.

  • Regular people (like you) can influence how we tackle climate change.

  • Fear is not a good motivator, but humor and urgent optimism can do big things.

  • Both decarbonization & CDR are necessary for our planet to avoid catastrophic climate change. 

  • CDR technology can only scale if there is demand.

  • Transparency is paramount.

Our Mission

Stoke Demand to Scale 
Carbon Removal Technology

What We Believe

  • Science is real and climate change is already here.

  • Regular people (like you) can influence how we tackle climate change.

  • Fear is not a good motivator, but humor and urgent optimism can do big things.

  • Both decarbonization & CDR are necessary for our planet to avoid catastrophic climate change. 

  • CDR technology can only scale if there is demand.

  • Transparency is paramount.

Here's why two dads created Climate Karen

Meet Josh and Aaron... two friends, tired of the gloom and doom, who decided to do something about it. Why? They've got kids.
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Where does my money go?

We take your hard earned money and use it to buy permanent carbon removal credits from trusted climate-tech companies.

These durable (like, really friggin' good) carbon removal credits can cost $300-800 per ton... or, as it's known in the biz, a shit-ton.

 

We buy a mix of these to create a portfolio of DAC, biochar, ocean-bound, and ERW removed carbon. We then take this big pie of removed carbon and create little slices for you buy monthly.

 

We add a small (20%) fee to the cost of the carbon removal credit. This goes to helps us amplify your impact and grow this movement.

Can I cancel my subscription?

Do bears shit in the woods? Just login to your account and make the cancel. Or, email us at info@climatekaren.com and we'll take care of it.

What's with the Karen?

We'll answer your question with another question. What if we all got a little unreasonable when it came to climate change and demanded to speak with the manager about this CO₂?

 

We are climate-optimists who believe being a little pushy might just save the planet. And maybe you feel the same.

Who removes the carbon dioxide?

Climate Karen leverages the science and scale of some really amazing companies in an industry called "climate-tech." These trusted Einsteins have used real science to figure out how to accelerate the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Importantly, they've also figured out how to store it permanently in the ground.

We buy these permanent carbon removal credits from several different companies so you get a little portfolio of direct air capture, enhanced rock weathering, ocean-bound carbon removal, and biochar.
 

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Why does CO2 removal cost money?

Getting that CO₂ up in the atmosphere was fun (remember that one summer when you fast-tracked a coal-fired power plant through congress? Oh wait. that wasn't you?)

 

Anywho, it was easy to get up there and now it's hard to get back out. That requires some pretty impressive technology to get it out of the atmosphere, all of which is expensive.

That's what your money is doing, removing carbon, and importantly, catalyzing an industry to make the planet less hot.
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