Our friends at the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) are pleased to share a draft version of their new Carbon Footprint Toolkit<https://docs.google.
Developed by the DPC Carbon Footprint Task Force, the Toolkit provides a practical methodology to help organisations calculate the carbon footprint of their digital preservation activities, and includes a Carbon Footprint Calculation Tool to support carbon footprint calculations in practice.
Alicia Wise, Executive Director of CLOCKSS and Chair of the DPC Carbon Footprint Task Force, said: “The DPC’s 170+ members in 20+ countries identified environmental sustainability of digital preservation as a key topic of shared interest, and it has been an honour to chair the talented task and finish group convened to develop a toolkit on calculating the carbon footprint of digital preservation activities.”
“We drew on experience from Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, the UK, and the US to deliver a guide that will help you no matter what stage of the journey you are on. Please join us on this journey, and we will be delighted to evolve the toolkit based on your implementation experiences!”
The DPC is now inviting feedback on the draft Toolkit and also seeking participants for a small support group to help test it over the next six months. No prior experience with carbon footprint calculations is necessary, and those interested in joining the group are invited to complete the expression of interest form<https://docs.google.com/
Further information, including access to the draft Toolkit is available here: https://www.dpconline.
Apologies for cross-posting.
Kind regards/Met vriendelijke groet,
Angela Puggioni
Community Engagement Manager
Digital Preservation Coalition
https://www.dpconline.org/