Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

If you think the #EU #Vaccination rates are "bad", consider that the US banned vaccine exports, while the EU is exporting half of what it produces. The rest of the world matters too, even if you look at it from a point of view of self-interest.

I should also add that food factories are not necessarily high impact on the environment, if utilized correctly. If an organic food factory replaced a much larger piece of farmland, and that land was returned to an entirely natural state, that will be beneficial. Instead, it is almost always used to grow off-season foods, like strawberries in Spring and Fall. That means it is just increasing negative impacts on the ecosystem.

@popolon if you read German, this article talks about the Bad Blumau project, which is both organic and with pesticides. https://kurier.at/genuss/erste-paradeiser-aus-thermal-glashaus-in-bad-blumau-geerntet/308.359.018

Of course, food factories are not only for organic food. There are plenty of food factories that grow produce with lots of pesticides. My point was that what regulators consider "organic" ("bio" in German) is often far from most people's conception of what organic means. Organic labeling is important, but it is not enough.

After ~15 years of organizing video conferences in many contexts, I've noticed that each platform represents a specific culture. The culture is defined by how the software expects people to interact, how the various powers are granted, and how the moderation capabilities are managed. #Zoom #Webex are a corporate meeting, #Jitsi is an informal meeting space, #Skype is 1990s IM merged with desk phones, #Signal is SMS/mobile calls, #WhatsApp is 1990s IM merged with SMS/mobile calls.

For example, here is the #BadBlumau food factory that capitalizes on #Hundertwasser's image of living with nature

I always had this picture of a beautiful natural setting when I thought of #organic farming. That's how it is so often portrayed. The reality in the #EU is that #organic produce comes from food factories that have the same impact on the ecosystem as any other massive factory. The whole area is paved and roofed, the soil, insect, and bird life is wiped out, and the crops are grown in highly controlled, factory conditions. Watch the industry video to see the whole picture https://vimeo.com/183478317

@nat I applaud your effort to create a non-addictive fediverse app! I also think the anti-design term is problematic. User-centered design should be focused on what the user wants out of the tool. Few users want to become addicts, so the existing tools of user-centered design apply to making non-addictive software. The root of the problem comes from #SurveillanceCapitalism, where the customer pays for the user's attention, so the companies must keep users "engaged". This is unethical design.

#wood can be a #sustainable building material and #energy source, but only if managed correctly and #EU policy currently does not reflect that well. European old growth forests are rapidly disappearing and when replaced, are turn into tree farm monocultures https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2021/apr/16/forests-felling-swedens-ancient-trees-biodiversity-sami-environment

The real sustainable practices, which were used for centuries, are still known but barely practiced https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/09/how-to-make-biomass-energy-sustainable-again.html

@amolith you forgot the third option, which is likely the majority: either