1 00:00:01,017 --> 00:00:03,917 Thank you um so i've stolen 2 00:00:03,917 --> 00:00:07,617 the fridays for future for fossil future so um 3 00:00:07,617 --> 00:00:10,537 i i am nicole i'm 4 00:00:10,537 --> 00:00:14,017 working the kde eco initiative opt green 5 00:00:14,017 --> 00:00:22,437 with joseph and the kde sustainable development goals meet the un sustainable 6 00:00:22,437 --> 00:00:31,037 development goals which is great and the schools have um the In Germany, 7 00:00:31,177 --> 00:00:36,037 the states have the duty to teach the kids sustainable development goals. 8 00:00:37,337 --> 00:00:42,697 Unfortunately, software is not in that goal. They often forget about the software there. 9 00:00:42,917 --> 00:00:49,157 For example, in October 2025, Windows 10 will be made obsolete. 10 00:00:51,597 --> 00:00:58,637 It's estimated that it will render 250 million computers obsolete, which is crazy. 11 00:00:58,837 --> 00:01:05,717 And by teaching kids that there's another world or another possibility other 12 00:01:05,717 --> 00:01:12,357 than Windows and Macs, teach them Linux, then it might be part of the solution to the project. 13 00:01:13,597 --> 00:01:15,037 Problem, sorry. Sorry. 14 00:01:17,157 --> 00:01:21,937 So what I call digital empowerment goes with the KDE vision, 15 00:01:22,097 --> 00:01:29,477 a world in which everyone has the choice over their digital lives and enjoys freedom and privacy. 16 00:01:30,277 --> 00:01:33,797 Now, that's something that we need to teach the kids. 17 00:01:34,477 --> 00:01:38,257 We need to show them that they have a choice. We need to show them that they 18 00:01:38,257 --> 00:01:47,037 can control and shape their digital environment. and we need to show them how they have to execute it. 19 00:01:47,737 --> 00:01:50,937 Unfortunately, at schools, this is not done very often. 20 00:01:51,597 --> 00:01:59,397 But KDE Eco did it. So we held a workshop at a school in Hanover with eight 21 00:01:59,397 --> 00:02:04,897 ninth graders and they have pulled out 19 computers out of the cellar of the school, 22 00:02:05,037 --> 00:02:10,197 which would have been e-waste, and they have revived them with Linux. 23 00:02:10,197 --> 00:02:19,217 And they've learned what impact it has to just throw computers away and then buy new ones. 24 00:02:19,717 --> 00:02:29,657 So they have learned to install Kubuntu, Ubuntu, Fedora and Bazite and Mint. 25 00:02:30,117 --> 00:02:34,977 The Fedora and Bazite with the KDE spin, that was important. 26 00:02:37,237 --> 00:02:41,057 Important. So what did we talk about with the kids? 27 00:02:41,597 --> 00:02:46,777 We talked about why did we do this, the environmental factor, the political factor. 28 00:02:49,047 --> 00:02:52,487 We thought about use cases for those revived computers. 29 00:02:53,127 --> 00:02:57,307 For example, they could give it back to their local school community where the 30 00:02:57,307 --> 00:03:04,107 school is, or they can use it in the school cafeteria to do some research or 31 00:03:04,107 --> 00:03:07,327 to play some games on, which was actually very important to them. 32 00:03:10,427 --> 00:03:16,427 So we talked about what hardware we can use fully revive and which distro suits our needs. 33 00:03:16,427 --> 00:03:23,287 And how do we do this or how did they learn it these two guys they made a video 34 00:03:23,287 --> 00:03:34,167 um guide on how to make a usb stick with an iso image and then um how to install linux, 35 00:03:34,867 --> 00:03:42,247 so they can teach other people about it so the outcome of that is that it was 36 00:03:42,247 --> 00:03:43,647 basically engaging to everyone, 37 00:03:44,027 --> 00:03:48,387 whether it was a technical aspect of it, whether it was a social or political 38 00:03:48,387 --> 00:03:52,007 aspect of it, or the environmental aspect of it. 39 00:03:54,247 --> 00:03:58,247 The other thing is that we have eight more kids that know about Linux, 40 00:03:58,527 --> 00:04:00,987 plus maybe they're very, yay! 41 00:04:05,007 --> 00:04:10,407 Maybe even their, exactly, their friends, their teachers, their parents maybe, 42 00:04:10,527 --> 00:04:12,727 and even if it just sticks in the back of their mind. 43 00:04:12,787 --> 00:04:16,227 They know there's something other than Apple and Windows. 44 00:04:18,107 --> 00:04:22,807 Three kids are even interested in holding their own workshop to teach their 45 00:04:22,807 --> 00:04:25,327 parents, their teachers at that school. 46 00:04:33,827 --> 00:04:40,527 And we have 19 computers that are not e-waste anymore, revived by eight kids. 47 00:04:43,867 --> 00:04:46,607 So and one of the biggest schools in 48 00:04:46,607 --> 00:04:49,767 hanover which has about 1500 pupils and 49 00:04:49,767 --> 00:04:52,767 150 teachers they want to 50 00:04:52,767 --> 00:04:55,767 keep working with us they want to have more workshops with 51 00:04:55,767 --> 00:05:04,867 us they want to keep that project on their agenda um and now my my little personal 52 00:05:04,867 --> 00:05:13,127 story I am not a technical person I had to do this workshop I had to learn what a distribution is, 53 00:05:14,488 --> 00:05:17,948 and why there are so many differences, which I still don't know. 54 00:05:21,528 --> 00:05:29,208 I had to learn how to make a USB stick or flash a USB stick and I had to learn how to install it. 55 00:05:31,048 --> 00:05:34,408 I have learned that I don't have to be a computer expert to do it, 56 00:05:35,128 --> 00:05:37,048 which is good. I don't have to be scared about it. 57 00:05:38,828 --> 00:05:41,948 But I needed to learn how to I how 58 00:05:41,948 --> 00:05:48,108 I can explain it to kids to do this so I got my 14 year old daughter to do it 59 00:05:48,108 --> 00:05:54,528 she's also not interested in computers so poor thing but she successfully managed 60 00:05:54,528 --> 00:06:00,588 to flash a USB stick with Balea Etcher she successfully installed Fedora, 61 00:06:01,248 --> 00:06:06,388 And the weekend after we did this together, we went to see my mom. 62 00:06:06,448 --> 00:06:09,888 And my mom had a computer laying around. She said to me, I'm so frustrated. 63 00:06:10,388 --> 00:06:14,108 I want to sit at the TV and would like to research something, 64 00:06:14,308 --> 00:06:16,988 but I can't use this anymore because it's so slow. 65 00:06:17,368 --> 00:06:22,068 And my daughter said, well, can we not put a fedora on it? 66 00:06:22,168 --> 00:06:25,748 So I said, great success. Thank you.