Re: [Wikimedia-l] Environmental impact of Wikipedia

2015-08-07 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, We can certainly aim to influence the owners. What I have read about this subject is that it is as much about having power produced that is green. We can invest in green energy and at all times at least generate the amount of energy that we use in this way. As a consequence we will increase

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Environmental impact of Wikipedia

2015-07-06 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Greenpeace has a great writeup on the subject. It describes the current issues with the use of energy and how big websites make a difference. Thanks, GerardM

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Environmental impact of Wikipedia

2015-07-06 Thread Garfield Byrd
Here is the link to the other Greenpeace Report. http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Global/usa/planet3/PDFs/2015ClickCleanKeyFindings.pdf This fiscal year we are going to see what can be done, if anything, to influence the owners of the data centers and the building owner for our offices to use more

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Environmental impact of Wikipedia

2015-07-05 Thread Guillaume Paumier
Hello Andrea, Le dimanche 5 juillet 2015, 17:45:34 Andrea Zanni a écrit : I tried to find the info myself, with little success: I'm interested to know about the environmental impact of running Wikipedia (carbon emissions, etc.) and what we are doing about it. Sorry if I missed wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Environmental impact of Wikipedia

2015-07-05 Thread Andrea Zanni
Thanks Guillaume, didn't find those. It's kinda difficult though to find some useful numbers in those threads, and some arguments I'm reading are completely crazy :-) So I think it would be good to start a new thread. Moreover, WMF is pretty bigger than it was in 2007 or 2009, and I think a new

[Wikimedia-l] Environmental impact of Wikipedia

2015-07-05 Thread Andrea Zanni
Hello everyone. I tried to find the info myself, with little success: I'm interested to know about the environmental impact of running Wikipedia (carbon emissions, etc.) and what we are doing about it. Sorry if I missed wikimedia-l threads, or other sources. The only thing I found regarding a