Hey Product Hunt! Thanks @katmanalac for Hunting us! We're super excited to share Wren with you today. Believe it or not, we started working together to build HR software. We stuck with it for an embarrassingly long amount of time, but eventually realized that HR software wasn't our thing. We wanted to fight climate change. First, we tried making vegan food. Each step up the food chain is a 10x increase in required resources, so we thought we could save the earth by eating efficiently. We all cut out meat, dairy, etc. to keep a lower carbon footprint diet and we wanted to make it easy for others to do the same. As you might expect, a bunch of hackers cooking vegan food in their tiny college apartment didn't generate much traction. So we went back to doing what we knew how to do: writing software. We realized that despite our best efforts we wouldn't get our carbon footprint down to 0. We buy food that's been shipped to grocery stores, we cook using gas stoves, we even fly across the country sometimes! Most people we know have a similar challenge: they can reduce, reuse, and recycle but even still they feel like they're a burden on our climate. It's just so frustrating to do everything you can to fight climate change and still feel guilty about the way you live your life. That's why we built Wren. Governments around the world are not acting to stop climate change quickly enough. Every year, we're emitting more and more but it feels like we're trying even harder to be good to the environment. With Wren, you can do more than reduce, you can eliminate your footprint by funding projects that clearly prevent deforestation. We need governments to own up to the challenges of climate change. But while we put pressure on them, we can do everything we can as individuals to reduce our emissions. We just started working on this a few weeks ago, so we don't have everything figured out. PLEASE give us your feedback so we can make this better! Let's get millions of people to live carbon neutral!

Seriously in love with this. I want to know what's next! When will we get a public feature roadmap??

My carbon footprint is pretty low. I don’t own a car, I bike to work and live in an apartment with no air conditioning. However, I like to travel abroad. Project Wren gives me a verified way to offset my flights. It’s great that they allow you to direct your money to specific projects. The site is easy to navigate. Subscribing to a project was simple. I look forward to seeing what other projects they add.

I feel great knowing I can do something passively when I work long hours & my options for actively reducing my carbon footprint are limited. Excited to see new partner projects go up!

Such an exciting product! So many fun ways things can go: - See the impact of the global wren community - Import financial / email data to have more wholistic calculator - Get recommendations on which lifestyle changes you could make that would be sweet-spot of having an outsized impact on your footprint AND being realistic given your preferences. - Be able to add smaller community projects like planting 15 trees. Would need to figure out a way to verify projects at scale. - Breakdowns of why average carbon footprint responsibility is so different across countries. - Contribute to projects an an index-fund type way.

Pros:

Personal carbon footprint compared to country / global averages. Efficient design, clear footprint calculations, project verification.

Cons:

Despite well-designed project pages, can be hard to compare projects. Not clear how to interact with Wren as my footprint changes.

This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for: a straightforward, efficient, transparent, and mission-oriented product that aspires to further the environment-saving cause. I will definitely be following this product and am excited for what they set out to accomplish in the future!

Wren is exactly what the renewable energy and clean tech ecosystem has been waiting for. The perfect platform to give those seeking to offset their carbon emissions, access to high quality climate smart and impactful projects. At Mandulis Energy, we are glad our REPARLE project is on Wren, as we deliver energy that is reliable, affordable and sustainable, alongside agricultural value addition, and clean cooking fuel, to transform the lives of rural farming communities and refugee settlements.

I love how I get to see the stories and math behind the offset and the project I chose

Pros:

I feel good knowing that I'm supporting genuine attempts to serve the environment, esp when my daily active options are limited!

Cons:

I'm excited to see more projects to choose from

This is a really good way to encourage individuals to do something about climate change since they can visualize their personal impact and do something to offset it. Love it.

My girlfriend have also signed up, and hopefully friends and family soon.

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I have been looking for weeks for something similar, and this is amazing. Easy to get started!

Cons:

The more of us who sign up. The bigger and better will our positive impact be.

I've always wanted to do my part to help combat climate change, but never really knew where to begin. So I'm glad Wren makes it super easy to calculate my carbon impact and then subscribe to offset it each month, without having to think about. Super easy!

"How can an individual like me make a difference?" - said 10+ billions of people (gotta count the ancestors). This product encourages people to do their part and contribute what they can. Can't wait to see how the community grows.

This makes a lot of sense to me. Most people care about climate change but have a limited number of things they can do to make a difference. A trustworthy subscription-based offset program can go a long way to have immediate impact as an individual.

This is so amazing! Getting people to change behavior is always super difficult, but this makes it so easy to see how I can minimize my negative effects on the environment, without too much effort. Would recommend for everyone!

Pros:

Makes it really easy to calculate my carbon footprint, and not only offset it, but also decrease it!

Cons:

Looking forward to more supported projects.

Just signed up! What an ingenious way of enabling individuals to make a difference in the world.

Great initiative. I love the fact that people start to care more about the carbon footprint especially nowadays when things are getting worse. Apparently, I have to limit my footprint myself and it's great that on top of it, you introduce the projects I can support to make the World a better place to live for all of us. I would appreciate a unit conversion though so that non-Americans don't have to use external converters to calculate square feet, gallons, etc.

Great initiative !

This is a great idea. Love how Wren makes understanding and offsetting your carbon footprint super simple. Kudos to the whole team, the world needs more products like this.

Congrats on the launch team! :)

Love this idea! I can't wait for the new projects and features to roll out.

Pros:

Incredibly easy to navigate and with plenty of information about each project and the specific ways that our donations are being used.

Cons:

Other than having more projects to choose from there are none that stand out.