[QGIS-Developer] Environmental policy

[Alessandro Pasotti]

Hi Paolo,

thank you for bringing this on.

Here is my very personal opinion:

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 12:20 PM Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>
wrote:

> Hi all,
> following the interesting proposal by Andreas, I'm here starting a
> discussion about QGIS.ORG environmental policy:
>
> * do we need an explicit environmental policy?
>

yes

* probably our greatest impact is travel for Developers Meetings
>   * do we need in person general meetings, or we can promote more
> extensive and structured use of remote connections?
>

we do need in person meetings

  * if we need it, do we need two meetings per year?
>

ideally, yes

  * do we want to plan our meetings in an optimal location, to minimize
> total travel?
>

yes

  * do we want a combination between the two: smaller local meetings
> that reduce travel, coordinated across the globe?
>

no

  * do we want to suggest|gently push|require participants to use low
> impact transportation?
>

gently push

  * do we want a cap on cost and time difference between transportation
> method? e.g. train is to be used when cost or duration are no more than
> x times flight cost or duration
>

no


> * do we want to engage in proactive environmental actions? e.g. donating
> to the environmental agencies|NGOs|etc. specific tools to evaluate and
> reduce impact? e.g. a QGIS ad hoc grant with a specific budget for it
>

not sure

* do we want additional actions? e.g. low impact (vegan) diet on Dev
> Meetings?
>

maybe vegetarian


I know it's just a dream and it won't go anywhere but I would add an item
to the list: prohibit the use of QGIS to the fossil-fuels industry.
It would be a strong message btw.


-- 
Alessandro Pasotti
w3:   www.itopen.it
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