Hello KDE and KDE Eco community!
I wanted to share the great news: On Wednesday 28 September at 11:45am
in Hamburg, Germany, there will be the official award ceremony for
Okular being certified the Blue Angel ecolabel for desktop software.
Unfortunately, given the timing just before Akademy, only I am currently
able to attend the ceremony.
But ... it would be so great to have a group of KDE contributors to
represent the larger community on stage too!
Is there anyone in the Hamburg area who would like to join me? Anyone
nearby who would be interested in travelling?
If yes, please be in touch.
Some background information: The Blue Angel is the official
environmental label of the German government and the oldest ecolabel in
the world. [1] Okular is the first ever computer program to receive the
label. What is more, Okular is also the first within the Global
Ecolabelling Network, representing nearly 60 countries worldwide. [2]
The event will be at the EnviroInfo Conference in Hamburg, Germany. [3]
Representatives from the German Environmental Agency (/Umweltbundesamt/)
will be there to award the label. They expect up to 1000 people to be in
attendance.
Researchers from the Umwelt Campus Birkenfeld will be there as well.
They were fundamental in measuring Okular's energy consumption. They are
also running a Green Coding track at the conference, which KDE Eco is
officially co-organizing.
I hope to hear from you so we can represent the KDE community together.
And I look forward to meeting many of you a couple days after at Akademy
in Barcelona!
Cheers,
Joseph
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Angel_(certification)
[2] *First Ever Eco-Certified Computer Program: KDE's Popular PDF Reader
Okular*
> The multi-platform Free and Open-Source Software product is now
officially recognized for sustainable software design
https://eco.kde.org/blog/2022-03-16-press-release-okular-blue-angel/
[3] Info about the conference can be found here:
https://informatik2022.gi.de/enviroinfo
Info about the Green Coding Track can be found here:
https://informatik2022.gi.de/enviroinfo-2022/special-tracks/green-coding
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