Support CarbonMat
Help CarbonMat keep growing
CarbonMat is independently developed. The articles, illustrations, visual resources and other material on the platform take time to research, write, design and maintain.
If CarbonMat has taught you something, helped you solving a problem, or simply made you laugh, you can help support what comes next.
Support is entirely optional. The door remains open whether you contribute or not.
Buy CarbonMat a coffee
A small contribution is one way to support the continued development of the platform.
It may fund an actual coffee. More often, it will support the hours spent reading, writing, checking references, developing illustrations and trying to explain something complicated without making it unnecessarily complicated.
Every contribution is appreciated, but never expected.
What your support helps with
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Keep the Knowledge Library growing
our contribution supports the research, writing and checking behind articles and scientific explainers.
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Develop the Society
It helps create new illustrations, stories and scientific resources for The Society of Reflective Personalities.
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Create learning resources
Support goes towards cards, diagrams, posters and other tools that make complex subjects easier to explore.
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Build future courses
It helps develop courses and workshops for people who want to go further than a single article.
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Maintain the platform
Contributions help cover website costs and the practical work needed to keep CarbonMat online and accessible.
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Keep the door open
Support helps keep articles and visual resources freely available to anyone with a passion for learning.
The Society Shop
The Society of Reflective Personalities is slowly moving beyond the screen.
Cards, prints, stickers and other Society-inspired material are being developed. Purchasing from The Society Shop will provide another way to support CarbonMat while taking a member, or perhaps several members, of the Society home with you.
Support without spending
Financial support is not the only way to help CarbonMat.
You can support the platform by reading and sharing an article, introducing someone to The Society, commenting on a post or sending the website to someone who may find it useful. Each of these helps CarbonMat reach new people. Sharing goes a long way.
You can also contribute your knowledge.
The Guest Series is open to scientists, researchers and specialists who would like to share their work, ideas or perspective with a wider audience. Contributions do not need to cover organic petrology, but they should have a clear connection to science, research or the experience of working with evidence.
Contribute to the Guest Series
Whether you contribute your knowledge, your time, your encouragement or the price of a coffee, it all helps CarbonMat continue to grow.
Curiosity travels surprisingly well.
A note on independence
Support does not purchase scientific advice, professional services or influence over CarbonMat’s content.
Professional work, including research collaboration, specialist interpretation, scientific review and tailored training, is arranged separately through Work with CarbonMat.
CarbonMat is independently owned and operated by Dr Sandra Rodrigues. It is separate from her roles and affiliations at The University of Queensland and is not operated, sponsored or endorsed by the University.
Any financial contribution made through this website supports the independent development and maintenance of CarbonMat. It does not support or fund work undertaken through The University of Queensland.
CarbonMat’s scientific content will continue to be developed independently and with respect for the science behind it.
Thank you
CarbonMat started with the intention of becoming a consultancy business, but it has always been more than that, because of you.
Thank you for reading, exploring, sharing, and helping me make CarbonMat a home for science, experience, curiosity and learning.
Make a Contribution
A voluntary contribution helps support the research, writing, illustrations and website costs behind CarbonMat.