As May came to an end, so did KDE Eco's "Opt Green: Sustainable Software For Sustainable Hardware" (German: Nachhaltige Software Für Nachhaltige Hardware) project. Read the announcement from 2024 at the project's start. It has been a full and exciting two years. Together with a wonderful team at KDE, dozens of supportive communities, and thousands of volunteers, we really achieved a whole lot. Highlights include: The project organized stands at environmental festivals, markets and the Long Night of the Sciences. We did outreach at international conferences. We hosted install parties for adults and children, as well as taught upcycling courses in high school. We published ads, advertorials, and articles in Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) and eco-consumer magazines, and even co-authored an academic paper. We built new networks between FOSS and repair communities. And we mobilized volunteers worldwide to offer in-person Linux support in a global campaign against e-waste driven by Microsoft's software policies.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://eco.kde.org/blog/2026-07-22-opt-green-end-part-i-repair-cafes/
