We could start plant trees at the conferences. it's also a nice social event. You can
ask people who enroll if they want to pay the cost of a tree (you know CO2 footprint of a
plane) and than they can plant it, with a picture.
And you can also put a bed of organic residues of food left overs from waste sorting as
compost.
Alessandro
Il Martedì 21 Novembre 2017 16:01, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> ha
scritto:
I'm interested to see how we can make our conferences, not least
Wikimania, and other events more green and, particularly, use less
plastic.
I see from:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sustainability_Initiative
that:
<quote>
On February 24, 2017, the board of trustees of the Wikimedia
Foundation adopted the following resolution as a result of this
initiative:
The Wikimedia Foundation is committed to seeking ways to reduce the
impact of our activities on the environment. We aim to always act
responsibly and sustainably as possible, including favoring renewable
energy for our operations. We believe that a long-term commitment to
sustainability is an essential component of our work towards the
Wikimedia mission and vision.To this end, the Wikimedia Foundation
makes the following commitments:
* We will seek to minimize our overall impact on the environment;
* We will consider sustainability as an important part of decisions
around servers, operations, travel, offices, and other procurement;
* We will use green energy where it is available and financially prudent; and
* Starting in 2018, we will include an environmental impact statement
in our annual plan.
</quote>
for example:
* use cotton (not plastic) lanyards; or avoid lanyards altogether
* don't give away cheap plastic pens, etc.
* avoid bottled water, where tap water is potable, otherwise use glass bottles
* avoid sandwiches in plastic (or plastic-lined) packs
* avoid disposable cutlery and plastic plates
* ensure waste is collected, appropriately sorted and recycled
How can we build this into our movement?
Should it be a consideration in assessing grant funding applications?
Would a more specific resolution from the board help?
Who at WMF has oversight responsibility for these issues?
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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