Dear readers of the Wikitech mailing list, I am a member of the Wikipedia community and I have started a project to reduce the environmental impact of the Wikimedia movement <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact>. The main idea is to use renewable energy for running the Wikimedia servers and the main reason for this is that by doing so, Wikipedia can set a great example for environmental responsibility in the entire internet sector.
My project was started after Greenpeace USA published a report <http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/global-warming/click-clean/> about the energy consumption of the biggest sites on the Internet in 2015 and in which Wikipedia, to my astonishment, performed poorly, receiving a "D" score and only passing because of the Wikimedia Foundation's openness about its energy consumption. I would very much like to change that and set up a page called "Environmental impact <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact>" on Meta. I have already discussed the issue with a few people both from the Wikimedia Foundation's management and from the Wikimedia community and have received positive responses. In order to further advance the project, I would like to learn more about how much energy Wikipedia's servers use. As far as I can tell, these figures are not public, but I believe they could very well be. Also, I am interested to learn how changing a server site's energy sources can be carried out on the operations side since the United States energy sector hasn't been completely deregulated yet. So, thank you very much for any comments! Maybe there also is an even better forum to discuss these questions? Finally, if you would like to support my project, please consider adding your name to this list <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact#Show_your_support>. Thank you. Kind regards, Lukas Mezger / User:Gnom <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gnom> _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
