Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday?

[cahfofpai at tuta.io]

> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 6:01 PM <cahfofpai at tuta.io> wrote:
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>> Hello to all members of the KDE community,
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>> this friday (september the 20th) will be a big day in climate protests and hopefully also in human history: People in more than 3500 places worldwide are joining the Global Climate Strike to draw attention to the rising climate crisis.
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>> The question I want to ask you is: Should KDE join this protests and show solidarity with the people engaging for this very important topic?
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>> I created a phabricator task (https://phabricator.kde.org/T11717 <https://phabricator.kde.org/T11717>) and will be happy about everyone discussing this very important topic.
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>> I figured out two ways for us as a community to participate:
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>> 1. create and publish a social media post showing KDE's support for the movement
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>> 2. join the website strike (https://digital.globalclimatestrike.net/ <https://digital.globalclimatestrike.net/> https://github.com/fightforthefuture/digital-climate-strike <https://github.com/fightforthefuture/digital-climate-strike>) by showing a full-screen banner on KDE's websites to illustrate KDE's participation, raise awareness for this very important topic and mobilise people to join the protests
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>> In my opinion, KDE should not only engage in its "main business" (amazing) free software and all its associated topics, but also topics concerning the wider environment KDE's software runs in.
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>> One first step would be joining the Global Climate Strike to ensure future generations can enjoy KDE's software as we did, and ensure KDE still exists in 100s and 1.000s of years.
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>> The most important part in KDE's community are its members, but which people should be part of KDE when humanity disposes itself due to the extreme climate crisis?
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>> Your's sincerely
>> cahfofpai
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>> Ways you could participate in the Global Climate Strike on a personal basis:
>> - join a local strike (find one at https://fridaysforfuture.org/events/map?c=+All+countries&d=2019-09-20&o=all <https://fridaysforfuture.org/events/map?c=+All+countries&d=2019-09-20&o=all> or at https://globalclimatestrike.net/#map <https://globalclimatestrike.net/#map>)
>> - take part in the website strike with your personal websites (https://digital.globalclimatestrike.net/#website-assets <https://digital.globalclimatestrike.net/#website-assets>)
>> - spread the word on the internet, for example on social media
>> - organise a climate strike in your hometown (https://globalclimatestrike.net/organise/ <https://globalclimatestrike.net/organise/>), if there's not already one
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> We discussed this briefly at our Board call, it's seems like a good
> idea. Maybe getting the JS bit would be a bit rushed since we don't
> really know what's in it, but we'd be happy to partake of the
> campaign.
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> Adding the KDE Promo list as CC, is there anyone who would be able to help?
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> Aleix
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Hello Aleix and members of the KDE community,

fortunately, the JS code for the banner / widget is licensed under MIT and therefore free software. The repository can be found at GitHub (https://github.com/fightforthefuture/digital-climate-strike <https://github.com/fightforthefuture/digital-climate-strike>) and the parsed JS script looks like this: https://assets.digitalclimatestrike.net/widget.js <https://assets.digitalclimatestrike.net/widget.js> .

We could even clone the repo and host the code ourselves. Hosting it ourselves would also have the advantage that we could fully customize it to our needs.

Your's faithfully
cahfofpai