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<title>Broad alliance demands: Digitization must serve social and ecological change</title>
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<h1 id="broad-alliance-demands-digitization-must-serve-social-and-ecological-change">Broad alliance demands: Digitization must serve social and ecological change</h1>
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<p>
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A broad alliance of 13 organisations from the fields of environmental
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protection, digital policy, development cooperation and academia
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publishes a catalog of demands to show political solutions towards a
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more sustainable digital society. This as a prelude to the upcoming
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conference for digitization and sustainability "Bits &
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Bäume".
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<p>
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A broad alliance of 13 organizations from the fields of environmental
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protection and nature conservation, digital policy, development
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cooperation and academia demands: Digitization must be at the service
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of society and social and ecological change. This is what the
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organizations are calling for at the forthcoming conference on
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digitization and sustainability <a href="https://bits-und-baeume.org/">"Bits & Bäume"</a>,
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which will take place from September 30 to October 2, 2022 in Berlin.
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Today, the same organizations publish a catalog of demands that show
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political solutions towards a more sustainable digital society.
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/63/59/32b8e82c6cb7a2d4707bdae2b0ab.jpg"
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alt="Wind turbines on a field" />
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<figcaption>
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Global access to technology and in service of society is a
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pre-condition for a sustainable future. Free Software is crucial
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for that.
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>
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Digital technologies are double-edged. It is becoming increasingly
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clear how digital technologies are contributing to the increasing
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demand for resources worldwide and how facilitate monopolization
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tendencies across sectors. On the other hand, with use of Free
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Software, they can also help contributing to equal access and
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participation in technologies and help improving living conditions
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and environmental protection worldwide.
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<p>
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The organizations demand that politics align the strategic framework
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for digitization with the needs for nature, climate and resource
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protection and the preservation of biodiversity. Along with this,
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digitization must support a globally fair and sustainable economic
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system that enables everyone to participate while actively involving
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local communities and civil society groups in shaping the global
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digital economy and politics.
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<p>
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The big questions of digitization are discussed, including social
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participation, socio-ecological transformation, food sovereignty,
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economic order, common goods and a global peace order. Free Software
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comes as a basic technology for the demands made by the alliance
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because it is decisive for the longevity and reusability of hardware,
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gives users control over their technology and because it guarantees
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legally secure international cooperation and reuse while at the same
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time allowing local adaptation.
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</p>
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<p>
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The demands form the prelude to the forthcoming conference for
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digitization and sustainability <a href="https://bits-und-baeume.org/">“Bits & Bäume”</a>, which
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will take place from September 30 to October 2, 2022 in Berlin. The
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FSFE is part of the organisational committee, thus co-organiser. <a href="https://bits-und-baeume.org/en/conference-2022/program/">The
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program</a> that has just been published offers exciting topics
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related to Free Software and the commons, and <a href="https://bits-und-baeume.org/en/conference-2022/tickets/">ticket
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sales</a> have started.
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</p>
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<h2 id="more-on-the-subject-">More on the subject</h2>
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<li>
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As shown in our recent <a href="/freesoftware/sustainability/sustainability.html">Study on
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the sustainability of Free Software</a>, the access and use of Free
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Software is crucial to the longevity of hardware. The longer we use
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this hardware, the fewer resources we need to produce new hardware.
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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Our <a href="/activities/upcyclingandroid/">Upcycling Android
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Initiative</a> helps users to take back control of their phones
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and use their phones longer.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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International development cooperation is also increasingly
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benefiting from the sustainability of Free Software. As shown in
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our <a href="/freesoftware/developmentcooperation/developmentcooperation.html">article</a>,
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Free Software is an indispensable basic technology that ensures
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legally secure international cooperation and reuse and enables
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global scaling with simultaneous local customization options.
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</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<tag key="upcyclingandroid">Upcycling Android</tag>
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<tag key="sustainability">Sustainability</tag>
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</tags>
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<discussion href="https://community.fsfe.org/t/899"/>
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