Skip to main content

Search

Items tagged with: eWaste

9th graders learn Linux for the environment!

Last week in #Hannover, #KDEEco joined Akademie der Spiele, an event for 200+ students with 20+ career/cultural workshops.

Students salvaged dozens of computers with #OpenSource #FreeSoftware.

They learned about the #environmental costs of #eWaste and device production.

They presented their work to peers and teachers!

Some even played games🚀

We're proud of our students - congrats for all you achieved in only 5 days!

@kde

#KDE #FOSS #OptGreen

Two ninth graders are shown using the Bazzite gaming distribution (built from Fedora Kinoite with KDE Plasma): https://bazzite.gg/. The students flashed the USB drive and installed the operating system all by themselves.
A group of students are shown installing GNU/Linux on discarded computers. The students have just learned about how software can be responsible for environmental harm. In the background the slides used in the presentation, including the KDE Eco logo, are visible.
The Akademie der Spiele logo, which is a red circle on a blue background with Akademie written in yellow and all other text in white. The location of the event is written at the bottom: "In den Herrenhäuser Gärten".
A group photo of the 200+ students at the Akademie der Spiele.
#FreeSoftware #foss #opensource #KDE #KDEEco #environmental #hannover #eWaste #optgreen @KDE

@pluralistic has an #OpenLetter to #PolicyMakers to create a regulatory environment to prevent the #enshittification of our already partly enshittified #CleanTech

pluralistic.net/2024/06/26/unp…

You need to read it, but most importantly, those who can actually, factually, change the system, before we're broke, living in a tent next to a mountain of #EWaste, need to read it.

In #Germany, I'm looking at you: @Bundesregierung @BNetzA
@Bundesverband

Wenns auf #Deutsch sein soll, geb einfach Bescheid.

Pluralistic: Cleantech has an enshittification problem (26 Jun 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net
#Germany #deutsch #openletter #enshittification #eWaste #policymakers #cleantech @Cory Doctorow @Bundesnetzagentur @Bundesregierung @Verbraucherzentrale

Introduction to web sustainability—learn how you can contribute to building a greener and sustainable web. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/bl… #webdev #webperf #environment #eWaste #goGreen

Introduction to web sustainability | MDN Blog

What can web designers and developers do to build a more sustainable web? This post explores the environmental impacts of web technologies and looks at some of the ways we can build greener websites.
MDN Web Docs
#webdev #environment #GoGreen #webperf #eWaste

With #FreeSoftware you can do something to combat #EWaste!

Production accounts for 75+% of a device's #carbon footprint over its operating life.

Software can determine how long a device remains in use.

Lightweight, up-to-date software, free from bloat and ads, keeps less-powerful #hardware running and out of the bin.

Software freedom means hardware freedom.

Donate to #KDE and other #FOSS projects to support #SustainableSoftware.

kde.org/fundraisers/yearend202…

#KDEEco #OpenSource #Sustainability

Image of a group of colorful Konqis, the KDE mascot, carrying a blue KDE flag in front of a melange of icons for KDE apps.

You Make KDE Possible

Your donation allows KDE to continue developing the spectacular Plasma desktop and all the apps you need for education, productivity, and creative work.
You Make KDE Possible
#FreeSoftware #foss #opensource #sustainability #KDE #hardware #carbon #KDEEco #sustainablesoftware #eWaste

⇧