Congratulations on the launch! I’m excited to try the new stuff out.
I saw your recent additions to the countries-you-visited and have a suggestion:
With global heating being one of the major problems humanity is facing, and with flying being by far the least environmental mode of transportation per passenger it leaves an unwell feeling to see the “celebration” / gamification of visiting many countries, mostly by flights. One flight overseas and back is equivalent to between 1 and 2 years of a person’s global averaged individual annual carbon emissions quota — more than all other sources — or efforts to reduce them — combined!
I see a big opportunity for NomadList to have a positive impact. There are services like atmosfair.de which allow to make up for the additional emission of CO2 caused by your flight. A suggestion for the donation amount is based based on the flight you took. People can donate money and it is used to help reduce CO2 emissions in other parts of the world - thereby making up for the additional emissions from their own flight. In NomadList, when users enter the countries they’ve been to, you could add an “I-compensated-the-CO2-for-this-flight” checkbox with a “learn more” link. The lines of compensated trips could appear in green instead of red on the map. This would encourage people to make up for their emissions, and it would spread awareness. Of course users might even donate months after the flight took place and make up for their previous emissions now, thereby making their map greener.
As an example, I flew to Bali this year (and attended one of your house parties - thanks for hosting 🍸) and compensates the flight by donating around 120€ iirc. I could now mark that flight as CO2-compensated on NomadList 🌳
Sorry, this got long!
