We are a tiny company with a bold vision:

To scale our collective impact to globally significant levels, harnessing the power of nature, people, and technology.

Climate change is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced and we are in a planetary emergency getting worse by the day. We need to act with urgency and focus on the actions that will have the greatest long-term impact. Our superpower is a community of Climate Actionists who wake up every morning striving to increase our collective impact at lightning speed by challenging each other to get smarter, learn faster, recruit more talent and innovate new solutions. 

Everything we do is based on science, data analytics, and deep expertise. We connect our members to high-integrity partners in their local communities who are leaders in their fields, with well-established track records of positive environmental impact. The Copernicus Climate Action Network includes organizations large and small across all sectors of society. This means working in close partnership with companies in extractive industries which may generate significant greenhouse gas emissions or cause environmental damage. We do our level best to ensure the organizations we work with are fully committed to reducing their environmental footprint. We expect them to act in good faith with full transparency. In return, we agree to work with them in a constructive, open-minded and respectful way.

Impact Accelerator

Eighty percent of Americans want the government to take action to fight climate change. But the conversation has become so toxic and politicized that less than ten percent of us are actually doing anything to stop global warming, which is the opposite of what needs to be happening. Reducing manmade emissions from burning fossil fuels, industrial waste, food production, buildings, and infrastructure is critical, but most proposed solutions will take decades to have material impact.

Nature-based climate solutions like keeping forests healthy, soils fertile and wetlands intact are the easiest, fastest, cheapest, most popular ways to fight global warming at massive scales.

The Copernicus Project technology platform uses a wide array of digital media to inspire our members to “LEAP” into action. Our members can LEARN from some of the top experts and practitioners in the world; EXPLORE opportunities to get involved that match their interest; then ACT doing one thing large or small to protect, restore and better manage local ecosystems. We then encourage members to PUBLISH their results so we can track impact and challenge others to outperform us.

This video shows conversations with top experts on forest conservation from the The Pacific Forest, renowned big wave surfer and marine biologist Cliff Kapano, a virtual reality application that allows people to experience nature anywhere in the world, a seminar for small NGOs taught by Heather Johnson CEO of Friends of the Bay, a tour of Mount Shasta with the world’s top expert on ecological forestry, Dr. Jerry Franklin, a surfer using the Save the Waves app to help conserve one of 1,000 surf locations worldwide, then a group of senior collecting real-time data we can upload to our website.

Climate Action as a Service platform

We are working with Friends of the Bay to significantly increase their impact by providing them with state-of-the-art tools like social media marketing and community engagement, event scheduling, email blasts, fundraising tools, CRM, access to leading experts, and ability to capture new revenue streams.  Keeping beaches clean and free of toxic waste is an urgent priority. This video illustrates how The Copernicus Project is helping Friends of the Bay build a community of Climate Actionists in Oyster Bay on International Beach Clean Up Day.

Crowdsourced Community Conservation Planning tools

Decisions on how land is used and managed have profound consequences on the health of local ecosystems, but there is no way to model out different land use scenarios, create action plans, then track and measure the impact over time. Most people we talk to have a profound desire to make sure can breath fresh air, have clean water free from toxic debris, with lots of greenery and wildlife.

Nature-based climate solutions like keeping forests healthy, soils fertile and wetlands intact are the easiest, fastest, cheapest, most popular ways to fight global warming at massive scales.

There are millions of organizations dedicated focused on improving the local environment — everyone from volunteers, to local nonprofits, to sport enthusiasts, to businesses, to universities, to governmental agencies. But most of them have no clue where to begin and typically have little or no impact or connectivity to other organizations or experts. Our platform uses the same technologies as Google Maps , e.g. satellites, LiDAR, remote sensing, tens of thousands of data layers, real-time analysis of traffic conditions from users on the ground, and artificial intelligence. Instead of getting you from point A to point B as fast as possible, recommending local businesses to fill your tank, have lunch or see local attractions, we focus radically improving the long-term health of critically endangered ecosystems that may cut across counties or entire states.

 Like Google, we make money by focusing our members on the highest impact activities to improve long-term ecological health, we measure their results and we instantly connect our members to local groups that best fit their interests, e.g. hiking, surfing, cleaning up local parks, educating students or doing long-term urban planning charging fees to groups using our platform. Anyone with a cellphone can upload real-time data to our cloud, then develop comprehensive conservation in days or weeks far superior to what conservation and governmental agencies have. 

We are currently partnering with Wild Montana to help influence US Forest Service long-term plans. Here we show Wild Montana volunteers measuring carbon contained in the forest, ecosystem health, fire risks, pollution, and value provided to the local economy. These data can help the Forest Service set priorities and work in collaboration with other stakeholders — indigenous communities, skiers, hunters,  loggers, local businesses, universities, nature enthusiasts, and local environmental groups come together around a common set of long-time goals and the ability to track progress over time.

The Copernicus Project technology platform uses a wide array of digital media to inspire our members to “LEAP” into action. Our members can LEARN from some of the top experts and practitioners in the world; EXPLORE opportunities to get involved that match their interest; then ACT doing one thing large or small to protect, restore and better manage local ecosystems. We then encourage members to PUBLISH their results so we can track impact and challenge others to outperform us.

This video shows conversations with top experts on forest conservation from the The Pacific Forest, renowned big wave surfer and marine biologist Cliff Kapano, a virtual reality application that allows people to experience nature anywhere in the world, a seminar for small NGOs taught by Heather Johnson CEO of Friends of the Bay, a tour of Mount Shasta with the world’s top expert on ecological forestry, Dr. Jerry Franklin, a surfer using the Save the Waves app to help conserve one of 1,000 surf locations worldwide, then a group of senior collecting real-time data we can upload to our website.