Hi everyone,
Thank you so much for joining this list. I'll introduce myself first, as
one of the administrators, along with Volker. I'm the Engineering Manager
of Fundraising Tech, but I'm both professionally and personally interested
in this topic. It's an interesting tension at the Foundation that
environmental sustainability is necessarily relevant to the work we're
doing, as no one will care about the sum of all knowledge if no one's left
to read it, and also necessarily tangential, as our projects are
intentionally neutral.
Last week, I attended a fascinating talk by Dr. Bentley Allan
<https://politicalscience.jhu.edu/directory/bentley-allan/> and Dr.
Benjamin Zaitchik <https://eps.jhu.edu/directory/benjamin-zaitchik/> about
how a lot of the current models
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_assessment_modelling> used to
predict environmental changes based on human activity depend on deeply
faulty data and assumptions. They were proposing a model that was more
localized and dependent on political realities, as opposed to current
models that are more global and macro.
With that tidbit, I'd love to hear from you! What interests you about
environmental sustainability at the Wikimedia Foundation? Please also tell
us how you'd like to see this list used. We're currently trying to decide
on some norms.
Best,
Maggie
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Maggie Epps (She/Her)
Engineering Manager
Fundraising Tech
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Dear List Members,
I am not entirely sure, if sustainability issues in general are
interesting for this group and if the following announcement fits into
it. If not, I apologize for the inconvenience.
As a pro bono project, our agency produces animated explainer videos
about sustainability topics. All videos have a Creative Commons license
and can be used, screened, shared and so on for free.
Some examples:
Pricey Bargains: A Video about negative externalities and consumerism
https://edeos.org/downloads/pricey-bargains/
Smarphones and Sustainability: A Video about the life cycle of a
smartphone from a sustainability perspective
https://edeos.org/downloads/smartphones-and-sustainability/
Renewable Energies: A video about the energy transition towards a post
fossil world
https://edeos.org/downloads/renewable-energy-and-the-energy-transition/
Awesome Oceans: A Video about marine ecosystems and the threats they are
facing:
https://edeos.org/downloads/awesome-oceans/
Warm regards from Germany,
Jan Künzl