On 2016-03-08 8:37 AM, Jonathan Moules wrote:
Looking at the participant list, that Paris code-sprint entailed at least 10 transatlantic flights and probably at least that many short-haul (pan-Europe) flights too (which have higher emissions profiles per passenger mile). I don't doubt a lot of useful work was done, but was the quantity and quality of the work so much superior to the normal-work-from-home/office option that it was worth the considerable extra pollution that the sprint generated? This is obviously not something that can be easily quantified (although I'm sure a few PhD's are trying), but I believe it should be considered when these sorts of events are sponsored. Otherwise you can easily end up with a Tragedy of the Commons situation. A quick search doesn't find any sort of ethical/green/social-responsibility policy on OSGeo's pages...
Um... very good point. On that note, I wonder if we should consider canceling the international FOSS4G which has an even worse impact since we're talking of hundreds of useless flights only to get people to watch a couple of conferences and share their latest project news.
Conferences and meetings could be streamed and delivered using hangouts after all. Why did we not think of that before?
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