Hello Clara,
Thanks for signing the environmental sustainability covenant
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Environmental_Sustainability_Covenant>
on behalf of the Wikimedia Switzerland chapter.
As a small affiliate, the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group currently does
not have the necessary resources to invest on calculating carbon foot-print
of ours. Also, as an affiliate from the global south, we have very limited
responsibilities as a signatory of the covenant. Having said so, we do not
have any staff capacity or physical office spaces and our user group
program related travels related to field trips or physical meets etc. are
mostly carried out using public transportations like trains and buses, thus
minimizing our carbon footprint as much as possible.
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)
On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 at 23:45, Clara Wiest <clara.wiest(a)wikimedia.ch> wrote:
Dear Affiliates of the Environmental Sustainability
Covenant,
I am writing to you an behalf of Wikimedia Switzerland as the chapter has
just recently signed the agreement.
The Swiss chapter is now taking the necessary steps to implement what was
agreed on in the covenant. To be able to reduce our carbon footprint, we
therefore first want to measure it and consider getting an external
consultant to do this.
As a consequence we are interested in how the other Affiliates have
progressed in this matter.
Here are a few questions on this matter:
1. Did you succeed in measuring your carbon foot print? If so, was the
process done by an external consultant or by someone else?
2.
Did you decide to evaluate your starting situation in a different
manner?
1.
Did you gather data on the carbon footprint (or sustainability in your
chapter more generally) by using qualitative or quantitative methods?
2.
Have you given up the carbon footprint calculation for another method?
If so, what was your first step in this “sustainability journey”?
We would welcome and appreciate an exchange of information on what has
already been done in this regard and on what is planned for the future in
order to work more sustainably and environmental friendly.
Best wishes,
Clara Wiest
Operations and Development Officer || Wikimedia CH
+41 78 248 50 05
clara.wiest(a)wikimedia.ch
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