Alt Carbon

We're hiring at Alt Carbon - two roles that are as close to the ground as it gets. You will be working directly with me on building climate solutions for scale. 🌱 Vertical Lead - Community (North Bengal) Farmer mobilisation, trust-building, and solving real agri problems on the ground. You'll lead a grassroots team and build the human layer that makes carbon removal possible. Details: https://lnkd.in/gmHPiCBA 🔥 Sales Lead - Biochar (North Bengal + Telangana + Haryana) No sales team. No playbook. Build from scratch across farmers, dealers, and institutional buyers. Details: https://lnkd.in/gkT4kb_e Both roles come with full ownership, and are based in the field - not behind a desk. Pedigree matters less than ground-level instincts. #Hiring #ClimateJobs #AltCarbon #CarbonRemoval

Did you know that soil stores an estimated 2,500 billion tons of carbon, making it the planet's second largest carbon reservoir after the ocean? Parvat Say #19 is out, and this edition covers what's been keeping both our labs and our biochar plant up at night. - Charles Yang and Arjun Ramani published a sprawling India-China travelogue in Rough Drafts. - Our science team hit 12,000 analysed soil samples in 2 months, running ICP-OES instruments in 3 shifts around the clock. - Of nearly 700 North American bird species, only 98 generate meaningful public search interest. The birds most in need of conservation are almost entirely absent. A beautiful data journalism piece on "spark birds" and why attention matters. - Weddell seals fitted with satellite sensors are diving beneath Antarctic ice sheets no ship can reach, collecting ocean data through the polar winter. Part of a study running since 1968. Read the latest edition (link in comments). If you're looking to stay connected with important news and perspectives relating to Climate Finance and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) from the Global South, this newsletter is for you. Consider subscribing. Lulu Miller Robert C. Brears Henry Kronk Zeke Hausfather Sai keerthi Arjun Ramani Charles Yang Arya Tilak Sparsh Agarwal Shrey A. Ishan Ambasta Alt Carbon The CapTable Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) The Economist The Wall Street Journal HBO International Air Transport Association (IATA) TEPCO - Tokyo Electric Power Company Northwestern University KOKO Networks Elemental Scientific PUSHKIN PRESS LIMITED Nadieh Bremer Emily Barone

Why does Alt Carbon matter for Remineralize the Earth and its supporters? The Darjeeling-based company’s work demonstrates how climate action, soil restoration and community resilience can be addressed together rather than in isolation. This core value fully aligns with the efforts of all champions of soil health, sustainability and humanity. And the company helps make some great tea in the process. https://lnkd.in/earhmBTs

TIL: The IRMS machine is also used to also trace the origins of illegal drugs. Example: Heroin derived from poppies grown in Afghanistan will carry a different isotopic signature than one grown in Southeast Asia. Read about the equipments in our labs...

We remove CO₂ from the atmosphere. But how do we measure carbon removal? From plasma flames hotter than the surface of the sun, to machines that trace the journey of a single raindrop, our labs power the infrastructure of carbon removal. Want a glimpse inside our lab and the instruments that make it possible? Our geochemist, Arya Tilak simplifies the science & mystery of our laboratories. (Link in the comment)

We’re hiring a Head of Consumer Product at Alt Carbon. Dorje isn’t just tea. It’s a mission to bring estate-fresh Darjeeling tea - directly from Selim Hill Tea Garden - into Indian homes and the world, without middlemen, markups, or gatekeeping. We’re looking for someone who will operate like the CEO of the brand. This is not a traditional FMCG operator role. This is a builder’s role at the intersection of product, brand, growth, and operations. Ideal for: - Ex Product Managers with business ownership - Ex Founders ready to build again with capital & leverage - Strategic generalists who love brand + growth + systems If you want to build a category defining tea brand from Darjeeling to the world and treat it like your own, do apply.

Did you know that in the recent budget, India proposed a $2.2 billion push into carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)? Parvat Say #18 has more on India’s announcements around building its carbon markets, Alter Issue #3 on the Kanchipuram sari, a visit to Elemental Scientific, and more… - From the Abundance Index: a deceptively simple idea to reshape land and grow more food without new inputs. - How data centres can be designed to power more than AI — turning waste heat into infrastructure. - A shoutout to Alt Carbon from Vikram Vishal (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay) at the 175th Anniversary of the Geological Survey of India. Read the latest edition (link in comments). If you’re looking to stay connected with important news and perspectives relating to Climate Finance and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) from the Global South, this newsletter is for you. Consider subscribing. This edition features: Pavithra Muddaya Devika Krishnan Phil De Luna Lara Williams Dan Wiederin Paul Field Elemental Scientific Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Vimoro Media Inc. Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) Sustainable Futures Collaborative Forbes European Commission Carbon Removal Alliance Bloomberg Tokyo Stock Exchange PUSHKIN PRESS LIMITED The Economist University of Chicago Sparsh Agarwal Adithya Venkatesan Ishan Ambasta

A Kanchipuram Sari is not mere fabric. It is a language with grammar, a financial instrument you can wear, a biological object dyed with chemistry, & a cultural archive woven by history & hand. For over a millennium, it functioned as liquid wealth. In desperate times, the silk could be burned away, leaving behind real silver & gold. A garment that protected its wearer, even in fire. Today, that loom meets AI, microbes, & cryptography — systems trying to relearn lost grammar, grow colour without poisoning land, & turn trust from promise into proof. What happens when a thousand-year-old loom meets 21st century’s thinking machines? Issue 3: Kanchipuram Saris & Thinking Machines, written by Nivedita Kousik, designed & built by Alt Carbon https://lnkd.in/g-YqGnDe