Erik Albers @3rik@mastodon.social

Time for a new open source variety: @opensourceseeds is crowdfunding the breeding and cultivation of a new rye variety: https://www.startnext.com/roggen

From the teaser: "#OpenSourceSeeds supports breeders in the development of new and sustainable varieties of our crops. An important work that often takes many years and cannot be financially managed by small, independent companies. With this project, for the first time, we can enable the breeding of a new rye variety together as a community. Let's invest directly in the future of organic farming!"

Also check out the video. (DE)

Wir haben das Fediverse-Schaubild nach dem Feedback nochmal ein wenig überarbeitet. 👇

#Fediverse

@imke

"Smart gardening without coding - all free and open source" is an interesting and inspiring article about how to set up an automated watering system using a rain barrel to collect #RainWater, a #RaspberryPi Zero W, #FOSS software from nymea.io and some hardware sensors and modules: https://www.hackster.io/michael_zanetti/smart-gardening-without-coding-all-free-and-open-source-76b126

#solarpunk #garden #opensource

If it happens you are from/in Berlin save the date:

The Chair of Vegetation Technique and Planting Design of the Technical University (TU) has cultivated 900 seedlings of #Vivaroma (they call "TUmato") and distribute them for no cost on 4 May 2022 from 9:00 until 14:00 on the forecourt of the TU Berlin Main Building. First come first served!

https://www.tu.berlin/en/about/themenportal-ueber-die-tu-berlin/tumato/

For everyone else: If you follow the link you also find tips about planting and harvesting Vivaroma as well as an interesting interview with Professor Kühn about cultivation of tomatoes, F1 hybrids, heirlooms and of course #OpenSourceSeeds.

#OpenSourceGardens #TUmateBerlin #ConnectingGardens

#FreeSoftware is crucial for the ecodesign and sustainability of products and hardware. 38 European organisations signed the FSFE's #OpenLetter today to ask for the universal right to install any software on any device: https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.html

#Ecodesign #RightToRepair #UpcyclingAndroid

#FreieSoftware ist entscheidend für #Ökodesign und die Langlebigkeit unserer Hardware. In unserem #OffenerBrief fordern wir zusammen mit 38 Europäischen Organisationen das universelle Recht jede Software auf jedem Gerät zu installieren: https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.de.html
#RechtAufReparatur #UpcyclingAndroid

Open letter from @fsfe @kde and dozens others asking for a more sustainable use of electronic products.

We want a universal right to install and run any software on any device!

https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.html

#KDEEco #FreeSoftware #FOSS #Ecodesign #RightToRepair #UpcyclingAndroid #BE4FOSS #FEEP

#Obsolenz von Computern, Smartphone, Tablets liegt meist nicht an der Hardware, sondern an der #Software. Deshalb ist das Recht, jede Software auf jedem Gerät zu installieren und vollen Zugriff auf die Hardware zu haben, so wichtig für #Nachhaltigkeit.

Offener Brief von @fsfe , @nextcloud , @kde , @Fairphone und anderen an die #EU-Kommission.
https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20220427-01.de.html

In einem an die Europäischen Gesetzgeber gerichteten und von 38 europäischen Organisationen mitgezeichneten #OffenerBrief fordern wir das universelle Recht jede Software auf jedem Gerät zu installieren, inklusive einem vollen Zugriff auf unsere Hardware: https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20220427-01.de.html

#Ökodesign #RightToRepair #FreieSoftware #UpcyclingAndroid

Today the FSFE publishes an #OpenLetter, co-signed by 38 European organisations and companies to ask #European legislators for the universal right to install any software on any device, including full access to hardware: https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20220427-01.html

#Ecodesign #RightToRepair #FreeSoftware #UpcyclingAndroid

Today on April 14, in the United States of America, it is celebrated the National Gardening Day.

We encourage you to celebrate this around the world and wish you a happy day and happy gardening

We think that the idea and philosophy of the #Fediverse matches very well with ours, where a network of many different "Open Source Gardens" - so called "Instances" - grow decentrally in the wild and connect and share with each other.

That is why after two years of happily using this Mastodon account, we decided to give something back and support our lovely host #SunbeamCity: an anticapitalist, antifascist #solarpunk instance that is run collectively.

https://wiki.sunbeam.city/doku.php

Thank you so much for offering us this beautful place far far away from big tech <3

@SunbeamCoop #ConnectingGardens #InternetOfGardens