What's gross and out of this world?

No, not Jeff Bezos. Weeell... only one way to find out 😁

View this email in your browser Verb Energy bars are your daily energy essential. The bars are infused with organic green tea, giving you the same amount of caffeine as an espresso without the jitters. They're gluten free, dairy free and vegan. Get 4 Verb bars for free before your next workout! You just cover shipping for $0.95. Act: don't space out Estimated reading time: 3 minutes August Topic: Space Trash (thanks Alicia for the suggestion) This week's module: 1. READ | 2. LISTEN | 3. ACT | 4. REFLECT Welcome back to Changeletter by Soapbox Project. I'm the author, Nivi Achanta, and I make it easy for you to fight climate change in 3 minutes every week.   What's up this week SOAPBOXFEST Day 1 was amazing! I slept for 12.5 hours last night so I'm scrambling writing today's changeletter. If you catch any mistakes, you can point fingers and laugh at me, but I'll be too delirious to mind. 😉   The opening day of the fest seriously surpassed all my hopes and dreams. I'll be posting the recap and recording in our membership community later this week, so if you can't attend live, I've got you.   Today at 5pm PST, we start Day 2! So I've gotta keep today's changeletter quick and get back to confirming logistics. 🥳   This week, we're on our ACT module for Space Trash. If you've missed the first two, catch up here on READ and LISTEN.   Space Trash is a HARD topic to act on, as I'm sure you've assumed. A lot of it is out of our control, but I want to focus on the things we CAN control. Today's actions are less traditional than our usual changeletters, but they are critical to preserving our future, instead of trashing it. Let's go! 🚀❌ (P.S. The answer to the subject line, naturally, is space trash.) Arlan Hamilton's Secret Agenda   Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, Arlan Hamilton, recently announced her (not so secret) "Secret Agenda '' stating, "I want to be wealthy. I want to help other people gain wealth. I want us all to spend our wealth on ourselves and catalyzing others." Do you want in? Let Arlan show you how she went from homeless to making millions in under five years - totally free, here.   From the Soapbox   EVENT | 8/25 @ 9-9:30am PST -  Natalie Lavery from Climate People will walk you through a framework on how to get a job fighting climate change on our biweekly fireside chat series. This is a members-only event. Join our community for weekly events and more!   Your bite-sized actions Pick an action from the list below. You can take a minute out of your day to make a meaningful difference; I believe in you! As the saying goes, always classy, never trashy...   1 minute super important action: If you live in the United States, take 1 minute to ask your reps to pass the Clean Electricity Standard. If you want to learn more, regardless of where in the world you live, check out Climate Changemakers' Issue Briefing. We learned about this at the fest yesterday! We can't yet change the whims of Jeff and Richard, but we CAN clean up our future.   20 seconds to pledge for tech accountability: This is a global action! It's geared towards people who work in tech, which is most of our changeletter readers. I just signed it — one of the things I pledged is "to always put humans before business, and to stand up against pressure to do otherwise, even at my own risk", which I love because it's is pretty much the opposite of "exploiting my workers to use profits to go to space" 😜   Stop Line 3. This is one of THE most environmental justice battles going on today. The actions of billionaires and wealthy corporations are directly correlated to health impacts in marginalized communities. Line 3 is slated to cost $7.5 billion, would carry up to 915,000 barrels per day of one of the dirtiest fuels on earth (tar sands crude), and impose severe risks to tribal communities in the area. If you're in the Minnesota area, you can check out some of the (fun!) events below. If not, PLEASE choose your own set of actions from this Line 3 page. Upcoming Next week's REFLECT: We're going to talk more about environmental justice.   September's topic will be sustainable finance! I'm telling you early this time because I'll be on vacation and the emails will be scheduled, so if you have questions, please send them in. Copyright © 2021 Soapbox Project, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for our free action plans via social media, Tech Ethics Coalition, a meeting with Nivi, or our website! Our mailing address is: Soapbox Project 415 Mission St. San Francisco, California 94105 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.