Notices by KDE Eco (be4foss@floss.social)

Let's make Windows 10 the last version ever used!

*Sat. 28 Dec. 11h* Stage YELL #KDEEco 's Call To Action against e-waste driven by #Windows10.

https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/en/event/opt-green-coordinating-a-windows-10-to-linux-upcycling-campaign-across-free-software-communities-worldwide/

*Mon. 30 Dec. 13-15h* B&B habitat join the BoF to organize a global #FreeSoftware campaign to raise awareness of Windows 10's EoL in 2025, the role of software in #eWaste, and how independent, sustainable #FOSS is a solution to keep devices in use & out of the landfill.

https://fahrplan.alpaka.space/jugend-hackt-38c3-2024/talk/ST8NJA/

#38C3 #KDE #OpenSource

@kde

Bring it back to life! Kids Edition

#FOSS for #sustainability at #38C3.

Have an old computer in the drawer?

For the holidays give your kids and yourself a “new” old Linux gaming device in this drop-in workshop with #KDEEco.

Avoid CO2 in device production and have fun doing it!

Bring an old laptop and give it a second life on Sunday 29 Dec. from 12-15h, GF1 Saal 5.

If you want to set up a full-on gaming device, don't forget a controller :)

@kde

#KDE #OptGreen #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

Opt out? Opt in? Opt Green!

50% of consumers buy new devices due to unsupported software, while the "tsunami of #eWaste" continues to rise.

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource can keep those devices in use and out of the landfill. Today!

Say hello to the new #KDEEco project "#OptGreen: #SustainableSoftware For Sustainable Hardware".

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2024-05-29_introducing-ns4nh/

You don't need new hardware for a secure, up-to-date device; you just need the right software!

@kde

#KDE #FOSS #RightToRepair #Sustainability

You don't need a new computer for up-to-date software ... just the right software!

Come to #Umweltfestival 2024 in #Berlin to learn about the role of independent #FreeSoftware in the sustainable use of hardware.

🗓️ Sunday 28 April, 11-19h
📍 Straße des 17. Juni (Brandenburg Gate)

#KDEEco together with #FSFE (@fsfe) and Bits & Bäume (@bitsundbaeume_berlin) will be there! Some in the #GNOME and #postmarketOS community may be joining as well :)

@kde

#KDE #BMUV #UBA #GermanEnvAgency #OpenSource

Are you working on #energy systems and energy usage in #FOSS?

Consider submitting a talk to the "Reimagining the Energy Ecosystem through Open Source" devroom at #FOSDEM on 3 Feb. 2024.

Submission deadline: 1 Dec. 2023

For details: https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2023q4/003495.html

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Sustainability

Learn more about software-driven environmental harm and the #KDEEco initiative today at 14:30 (CEST) on the Bits & Bäume stage!

#cccamp23 #KDE' #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #SustainableSoftware #Sustainability

#FreeSoftware developer? Looking to measure the #energy consumption of your software in a dedicated lab? Can't make the trip to #Berlin to do so?

Karanjot Singh is working to change that!

This summer remote access to the #KDAB measurement lab will become a reality. Read more at the #KDEEco blog:

"#KEcoLab: Remote Energy Measurement Lab"

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2023-06-13-gsoc23-energy-measurement-lab/

@drquark

#KDE #FEEP #BE4FOSS #FOSS #OpenSource #Sustainability #SustainableSoftware #GreenSoftware #SustainableComputing

KDE's #sustainability initiative KDE Eco featured on the "KDE For Activists" page alongside many other excellent #FOSS projects!

https://kde.org/for/activists/

KDE. Made for activists, by activists.

Made for you, by you!

KDE is developed by a community of passionate people. We develop KDE for everyone, from kids to grandparents and from professionals to hobbyists. Join us:

https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved

#KDEEco #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FEEP #SustainableSoftware #Ecology #Activism

@kde @carlschwan

@killyourfm @baldpolnareffart

You can follow Engineer Detlef Thoms, who does relevant back-of-the-envelope calculations in the "Sustainable Programming" course (see 04:20–06:10).

Calculate the energy savings, make certain assumptions about use (e.g., how often the savings apply), and multiply out. Given the global nature of software, the numbers scale up very quickly.

https://open.hpi.de/courses/cleanit2021/items/5DHsS3tJsXAqfUE4q4F82Z

@baldpolnareffart @killyourfm

An established methodology is one of the benefits of the Blue Angel ecolabel award criteria. We document the process in the KDE Eco handbook:

https://eco.kde.org/handbook/

See these publications for information about the methodology.

"Sustainable software products -- Towards assessment criteria for resource and energy efficiency" (Sec 4.1)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2018.02.044

And this German Environmental Agency report, pp. 22-27 summary in English:

https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/entwicklung-anwendung-von-bewertungsgrundlagen-fuer

Learn about how #Transparency and #UserAutonomy relate to sustainable software design at #LinuxAppSummit talk tomorrow (Sunday) 8:00 UTC.

Title: "Free & Open Source Software: Software Design For The Environment"

https://conf.linuxappsummit.org/event/5/contributions/164/

Link to live streaming on #PeerTube will be shared here tomorrow shortly before the talk.

#EarthDay is every day with Free Software and #KDEEco

@LAS

#LAS2023 #KDE #SustainableSoftware #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Environment #Sustainability #BE4FOSS #FEEP

#KDE already joined 100+ organizations supporting a right to install any #software on any device. Now I and others are signing the #OpenLetter to show our support too.

Join us! https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.html

Let's fight the #eWaste 'tsunami' with over 4500 Eiffel towers worth generated a year (see comment).

With this right, millions of devices can stay in use and out of landfills and new devices aren't produced & shipped unnecessarily!

#Ecodesign #RightToRepair #EWWR #FreeSoftware #KDEEco #Ecology