We have done a few talks at FOSDEM over the years.
FOSDEM 2025
How do we work out the environmental savings from accessibility?
We know that using devices for longer can reduce the amount e-waste the world generates, but how much can it help? In this talk, we’ll take a look how we can quantify the environmental savings from supporting a wider range of devices with the digital services we design and operate.
See the slide deck on google slides | Watch a recording of the talk.
FOSDEM 2023
Getting to a fossil free internet by 2030
Over the last few years, the idea of a carbon aware, fossil free internet by 2030, has become more than just interesting idea, and instead something that is socially and economically plausible, as well as desirable and inline with the latest climate science.
In this talk we’ll cover some of the key drivers to make this possible, and what key policy changes can accelerate our transition from fossil fuels in the technology sector.
Responsible Clouds and the Green Web Triangle
In this short talk, we’ll present a way to see the discourse around digital sovereignty through a climate lens – understanding how the concepts that support having a vibrant diverse set of cloud providers can result in a healthy ecosystem climate wise , and also in terms of values alignment too.
We’ll introduce a useful model, known as the Green Web Triangle, for talking about the trade-offs we currently make when choosing digital services that can help technologists have productive conversations with budget holders and policy makers.
FOSDEM 2021
Building a greener web
Download this PDF slide deck with notes (~ 10mb) | Download the video of this this talk (~25 mins, ~40mb) | Link to the original google slides deck | Visit the synchronised video transcript using Descript