Hi. I’m seeking advice on how to get more people to contribute towards an environmental impact project I’ve been working on.

I don’t know if I have such bad luck or what, but I have a tremendous problem when reaching out to people, organizations, or media. If anyone even bother to respond, then it is either a statement that this is ‘such an important and needed project’ (but it seems not so important for them to support it), and they ‘wish me luck’ (I can’t do anything with just wishes), or if they declare initial interest and support, then it ends with ghosting. Not to mention a few openly hostile encounters.

If everyone who declared their support went through with their promises, we’d be already planting, and here I am, stuck in a chicken-and-egg situation, where people expect me to show completed projects to even consider support, while I need initial support to start them.

I was thinking that I am doing everything by the book regarding initial outreach, but I just can’t get any positive results, and I don’t know what to do to get unstuck…

Hello everyone! 

My name is Karl and I'm a socio-economic geographer with an engineering degree in inland waterways revitalization and a master's in spatial management with a specialization in revitalization of urban and degraded areas. I co-authored a few research papers and quite a bit of local planning and strategic documents. I'm also engaged with a local civic organization in my city. In the future I plan to do a PhD, researching a topic of optimization of administrative divisions. 

Currently I'm working on my own social impact project, focused on climate action and ecosystem restoration, making it more efficient and accessible for individuals, and addressing some issues of existing initiatives I've encountered. I'd like to write a separate post about the project if it is ok, as I could use some support and advice. 

I plan to research this forum more and hope to integrate with the EA community!