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OpenAir Collective
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A global volunteer network advancing the responsible deployment of carbon removal via open-source policy, R&D, and communications missions.
Calling all students working on #carbonremoval #CDR: check out this chance to present your project in NYC in May! Register now (easy) to get instant access to expert mentors. Projects (10 page papers) are due in March. Visit openaircollective.com/crc/ for more info and to register. #climatesky
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Don't miss the Sept. 18 launch of the 4th Annual Carbon Removal Challenge, a global university student competition! Hear from the 2025 winners about their experiences and find out how you can participate as a student, mentor, judge, partner, or sponsor.

Register: luma.com/zae5n44d

#carbonremoval
September 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Looking for CDR funding?

Join us next week on May 6th, 11am ET for a special webinar from Carbon Removal Challenge sponsors Tencent, who will be introducing you to their CarbonX program, which provides millions of USD for CDR and more!

lu.ma/05mrg40o
May 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Want funding for your CDR project? Join us next week on May 6th, 11am ET for a special webinar from Carbon Removal Challenge sponsors Tencent, who will be introducing you to their CarbonX program, which provides millions of USD for CDR and more!

lu.ma/05mrg40o
April 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Terrapump
Aidan Mickleburgh
www.linkedin.com/in/amicklebu...
School: @umich.edu
Utilizes a solubility pump & liquid-gas kinetics to improve durable sequestration of CO2 in oceans by using a wave-powered compressor to push air through a water column w/ microbubbles
April 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Carbon Capture Direct
Ethan Milroy, Harrison Waddell, Peter Fleming, Mateen Khalatbari
www.linkedin.com/company/we-g...
School: @iveybusiness.bsky.social
CCD disrupts the CO₂ market using an efficient DACC device, promising low cost & onsite CO₂ to users. Low cost, reliable, innovative.
April 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
EPFL Carbon Team
Julian Barth, Alizée André, Estelle Baumann, Patrick Menegalli-Boggelli
epflcarbonteam.ch
School: www.epfl.ch/schools/sb/r...
Based in Lausanne, we are developing a scalable & efficient Direct Air Capture system w/ a hybrid adsorbants & graphene membranes approach.
April 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
WatAir
Robert Duff, Laurel Pierroz-Wong, Katherine Nguyen, Dr. XiaoYu Wu
School: @uwaterloo.ca
Open-source, open-access direct air capture (DAC) device employing a phosphate-activated moisture-swing adsorbent in fluidized bed reactor configuration & microalgae for CO2 sequestration.
April 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
ELECTROCEAN
Jason Qin, Faith Qin,Gabriel Boyd
electrocean.eco
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @stanforduniversity.bsky.social Purdue
Novel mCDR solution leveraging in situ seawater electrolysis to durably sequester CO₂ as limestone while enhancing coastal ecosystems; producing hydrogen + aquaculture
April 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Yesterday was the submission deadline for the Carbon Removal Challenge. The judging process has begun & we're blown away by the quality of the submissions from our largest cohort for the CRC yet. If you can, please support the Challenge with a donation:

fundrazr.com/carbonremova...
March 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
📺 ❤️ 🌊 ⚡ #ThisIsCDR Ep06 with Matthew Eisaman
youtu.be/950SLzuAuCo?...
March 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Want to ensure your team is part of the 2025 Carbon Removal Challenge? Sign up by Jan 15 to secure your spot! This your chance to be a finalist & share your work at Carbon Unbound in NYC in May!

Sign up here:
forms.gle/RNtPT2sawbA1...

More info about the Challenge here:
openaircollective.com/crc/
January 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🔖⚖️💡Great RMI explainer to illustrate what multi-gigatonne scale CDR looks like in practice. Spoiler alert -- the scale is *massive*. rmi.org/what-we-real...
November 27, 2024 at 2:02 PM
The OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge is back with our 3rd annual Challenge for higher ed students from all around the globe to design, engineer, and develop new carbon removal solutions!!!

Finalists present their projects in NYC!

Learn more here:
openaircollective.com/crc/
November 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM
📢📢📢 Very excited for today's launch of the Enhanced Weathering Alliance (#EWA). Congrats to all involved, and OpenAir looks fwd to continuing to work with stakeholders across the sector to advance this very promising #CDR approach 🪨🚜🌧️🌊📈 bit.ly/EWALaunch
March 21, 2024 at 2:33 PM
📢📢📢 OpenAir joins 350+ companies and organizations from across the CDR sector to call for a method-neutral EU #CRCF 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺  docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 22, 2024 at 12:35 PM
And the inaugural DAC Coalition Conference is a wrap. 👏👏👏
October 17, 2023 at 8:23 PM