<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Kind Colleagues,</div>...may I suggest to add GLOBAL PEACE & WAR issues to this QGIS discussion on environmental questions ?<br><br><div>Arguably, ArcGIS was part-created and promoted by the U.S. military, industry etc.<div>and recent drone applications all rely on GIS work either way.</div><div>Any public development on 'mapping' will directly affect those subjects (see here for instance for an example of hidden double-development</div><div><a href="https://www.icarus.mpg.de/en">https://www.icarus.mpg.de/en</a> ). <br></div><div><br></div><div>One cannot separate out those topics from the environment and sustainability, or a better lifestyle.</div><div><br></div><div>And yes,</div><div> most people spend rather their times with bunnies and donkeys than with tigers and predators (try it out for yourself if in doubt).</div><div><br></div><div>Kindly from Alaska</div><div> Falk Huettmann</div><div><br></div><div>PS A typical example how this all is connected, and for the role of GIS sits in the Himalaya where glacier mapping and river maps relate</div><div>to food security (rice) and warfare, e.g. Afghanistan. Entire drug wars are relying on such a 'recci'.</div><div>Other examples are found with submarines etc.</div></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 2:20 AM Paolo Cavallini <<a href="mailto:cavallini@faunalia.it">cavallini@faunalia.it</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
following the interesting proposal by Andreas, I'm here starting a<br>
discussion about <a href="http://QGIS.ORG" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">QGIS.ORG</a> environmental policy:<br>
<br>
* do we need an explicit environmental policy?<br>
* probably our greatest impact is travel for Developers Meetings<br>
* do we need in person general meetings, or we can promote more<br>
extensive and structured use of remote connections?<br>
* if we need it, do we need two meetings per year?<br>
* do we want to plan our meetings in an optimal location, to minimize<br>
total travel?<br>
* do we want a combination between the two: smaller local meetings<br>
that reduce travel, coordinated across the globe?<br>
* do we want to suggest|gently push|require participants to use low<br>
impact transportation?<br>
* do we want a cap on cost and time difference between transportation<br>
method? e.g. train is to be used when cost or duration are no more than<br>
x times flight cost or duration<br>
* do we want to engage in proactive environmental actions? e.g. donating<br>
to the environmental agencies|NGOs|etc. specific tools to evaluate and<br>
reduce impact? e.g. a QGIS ad hoc grant with a specific budget for it<br>
* do we want additional actions? e.g. low impact (vegan) diet on Dev<br>
Meetings?<br>
<br>
I tried to collect options and ideas, please do not take these as my<br>
personal preferences.<br>
Given the wide interest and impact of this theme, I encourage an open<br>
and friendly discussion involving also non PSC members. Please be gentle.<br>
Following this I'll call for a vote on specific items.<br>
Cheers.<br>
-- <br>
Paolo Cavallini - <a href="http://www.faunalia.eu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.faunalia.eu</a><br>
<a href="http://QGIS.ORG" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">QGIS.ORG</a> Chair:<br>
<a href="http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/</a><br>
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