"What's New In The Revised Blue Angel Criteria" 💙

Learn about what the changes mean for #KDE / #FOSS:

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2024-08-26-revised-blue-angel-criteria/

The Blue Angel #ecolabel is the official #environmental label awarded by the German government.

Now #smartphone apps & client-server systems can be certified as #sustainable 🌻, along with desktop software like #Okular as before. And more!

#BlueAngel #BlauerEngel #GermanEnvAgency #UBA #BMUV #KDEEco #sustainability #ecology #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

@kde
@cschum

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

How can something immaterial like software have an #environmental footprint? What do ecolabels have to do with software design? Why do we ❤ Free Software today and every day ... also because it is sustainable software?

We explore these and other questions in #KDEEco's new measurement handbook "Applying The #BlueAngel Criteria To Free Software: A Handbook To Certify Software As #Sustainable".

Learn more: https://eco.kde.org/blog/2023-02-14_handbook-announcement

#KDE #BE4FOSS #FEEP #FOSS #BMUV #UBA #GermanEnvAgency #ilovefs

Today #KDE celebrated #Okular receiving #BlueAngel #ecolabel at #Akademy22 ... with an incredible sugar-free cake!

#KDEco #BlauerEngel #FOSS #BE4FOSS #FEEP #BMUV #GermanEnvAgency #Sustainability #Environment

Congratulations to #Okular & @kde@mastodon.technology
for the official recognition of your outstanding work!

Okular officially celebrated being the 1st application awarded the Blue Angel ecolabel.

Read more here: https://eco.kde.org/blog/2022-09-28_okular_blue-angel-award-ceremony/

2 KDE community members, Alexander Lohnau and Harri Porten, joined Joseph De Veaugh-Geiss to receive the award on behalf of Okular and the KDE community at the EnviroInfo conference in Hamburg.

#KDEEco #BMUV #GermanEnvAgency #EnviroInfo #Sustainability #Environment #FOSS

#KDEEco #energy measurement lab update. Sprint achievements and to-dos!

Can the #FOSS community make software #updates less #CO2 intensive?

Read here to find out more:

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2022-07-25-sprint-lab-follow-up

#KDE #BE4FOSS #FEEP #KDAB #BMUV #GermanEnvAgency #Sustainability #Environment #BlauerEngel #BlueAngel #GreenUpdates #GridIntensityGo #Discover #LabPlot @labplot

First steps for #KDEEco measurement lab a success! What did we achieve? Read more here:

**#Energy Consumption Lab Is Ready For #FOSS Community! Dispatch From The Sprint**

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2022-05-30-sprint-lab-setup

> On 21 May the first of several Sprints to measure the energy consumption of #FreeSoftware was held. The Sprint had been postponed twice, but the third time was a charm.

Join us at KDE Eco: https://eco.kde.org/get-involved/

#BE4FOSS #FEEP #KDAB #BMUV #GermanEnvAgency #Sustainability #Environment #BlauerEngel

"First Ever Eco-Certified Computer Program: #KDE's Popular PDF-Reader #Okular"

The multi-platform universal document viewer now officially recognized for #sustainable software design.

#Ecolabel awarded for #transparency in #energy use, extending operating lives of devices, and enabling user #autonomy.

1st and only eco-certfied #software within 30 organizations of Global Ecolabelling Network!

Read more here: https://eco.kde.org/blog/2022-03-16-press-release-okular-blue-angel/

#GermanEnvAgency #BMUV #BlauerEngel #BlueAngel