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Cornelius Schumacher Feb 14, 2023

KDE Eco Feb 14, 2023

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

KDE Eco Handbook: "Applying The Blue Angel Criteria To Free Software"

KDE Eco is proud to announce the publication of the first edition of the measurement handbook "Applying The Blue Angel Criteria To Free Software: A Handbook To Certify Software As Sustainable".

KDE Eco

Cornelius Schumacher Jan 8, 2023

What does it mean to be a volunteer in an open source project? Insights from @webmink: https://the.webm.ink/on-volunteering

On Volunteering

I often hear about how open source is not sustainable because it is "made by volunteers". But that's misunderstanding the nature of volun...

Webmink In Draft

Cornelius Schumacher Nov 15, 2022

KDE Eco Nov 15, 2022

#KDE #software is many things: free, beautiful, performant, customizable. How about all of that plus #sustainable?

KDE adopts #SustainableSoftware as one of 3 overarching goals to focus on!

> Software has an impact on our future. It has an affect on #energy and #resource usage. KDE can deliver software which does this in a way which preserves #environment and society for us and future generations.

https://community.kde.org/Goals/Sustainable_Software

#KDEEco #BE4FOSS #FEEP #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #ClimateCrisis

KDE Eco Handbook: "Applying The Blue Angel Criteria To Free Software"

On Volunteering

Goals/Sustainable Software - KDE Community Wiki