Makes complete sense in my mind, as there is a lot of unexplored territory around information technology and sustainable lifestyles. An event to explore this (collecting ideas, prototypes, experiences) could serve the NGI discussion well. Some ideas for topics I’d include:
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open source software and hardware for local energy systems, even down to the level of trading electricity with your neighbor via the grid, or just with a long cable
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open source software and hardware for grid load balancing, which refers to not-yet-existing equipment that will for example run your washing machine or dishwasher only when the grid has an excess of renewable energy available
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software for replacing in-person events, because video calls alone just don’t cut it
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software for sustainable travel, both on the consumer side (such as BlaBlaCar) and on the transportation business side
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software for sustainable consumption, where for example I could plug my side project Food Rescue App because wasting food (which includes eating meat) is responsible for more than 20% of global GHG emissions, as I calculated here
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greenwashing and how to prevent it; for example, platforms to check the health and environmental effects of ingredients (such as CodeCheck) are often accused to be hidden paid advert platforms for “green” products, and indeed their financial incentives would favor this
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walking office equipment, which is about technology that lets you do any kind of office work while walking in the forest or otherwise enjoying the outdoors; this was inspired by what Nadia said in another topic: