Backstage: Awesome Green Software

In this episode of Backstage, we go backstage with the Awesome Green Software (AGS) project, a pioneering initiative from the Green Software Foundation’s Open Source Working Group. Project leads Ahmad Antar and Abid Ali, along with contributor Josh Rauvola, share how AGS is building a centralized platform for developers to access tools, libraries, and frameworks to create greener, more sustainable software. They discuss the innovative tech behind AGS, the project’s progress toward launch, and its potential to make green software development accessible to organizations worldwide.

Learn more about the Awesome Green Software Project:

• Awesome Green Software
• Digital Emissions 
  
  

Learn more about our people:

• Ahmad Antar: LinkedIn 
• Abid Ali: LinkedIn 
• Josh Rauvola: LinkedIn

Find out more about the GSF:

• The Green Software Foundation Website 
• Sign up to the Green Software Foundation Newsletter

Resources:

• Algolia [4:03]
• Notion [4:04]
• Scaphandre [5:07]
• CodeCarbon.io [5:15]

Events:

• Green Gaming with STRATEGIES (November 9 at 9:00 am CET · Katowice) [07:39]
• Implications of AI-Related Data Center Electricity Use and Emissions (November 12-13 · Washington DC [07:58]
• Digital Impact Pitch (November 20 at 6:30 pm CET · Virtual) [08:09]
• Green Waves Hackathon Closing Day (November 22 at 8:30 am CET · TU Delft) [08:30]

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TRANSCRIPT BELOW:
Chris Skipper: Welcome to Environment Variables, where we bring you the latest news and updates from the world of sustainable software development. I'm your host, Chris Skipper. On this episode, we have another edition of Backstage. Here, we'll take you behind the scenes at the Green Software Foundation to highlight ongoing projects and share insights from the members directly involved.

Today, we're diving into the Awesome Green Software Project, an exciting initiative curated by the Green Softwa