Say Hello to KDE Eco
Channel: The KDE Community
Date: 2022-03-02

KDE invites you to get your software project certified with Germany's top seal of approval for eco-friendly products: the Blauer Engel eco-label (https://www.blauer-engel.de/de).

Software may be immaterial, but it determines the energy consumption of hardware, and making software resource efficient is crucial. The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector is reported (https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/acm-technology-policy-council-releases-techbrief-on-computing-and-carbon-emissions/) to contribute as much C02 to the environment as the aviation industry -- and the numbers continue to rise.

Sustainability, as reflected in the Blauer Engel criteria for software eco-certification, must be considered holistically: user autonomy and transparency, hallmarks of Free and Open-Source Software, are a part of that.

In this light, sustainable software follows naturally from KDE's long-standing mission (https://community.kde.org/KDE/Mission) and guiding vision (https://community.kde.org/KDE/Vision), as well as the talent and capabilities of its community members.

Now we want the larger Free Software community to join us. You too can make digital sustainability and energy-efficient Free Software part of our future. Help us live up to our responsibility for this and future generations! Join us at KDE Eco:

https://eco.kde.org/get-involved/