Open Source

  • MozAlums

    Time to say goodbye to Foxy. Mozilla, Open Source, and Community are changing. And yes, it’s about more than a retiring mascot. 🦊 I recently spent 5 days in Barcelona, mostly in the company of former Mozillians. Alumni networks can take on a lot of shapes and forms, and none of us knew what this

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  • Launch: Data Knowledge Hub

    “Online discourse has changed how we inform ourselves, what and who to trust, as well as how information is quite simply accessed. Notably on online platforms and social media, recommender systems and other design features can be gamed to fuel disinformation, hate speech, and outrage. In addition, messaging services and alternative platforms are increasingly falling

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  • Op-Ed: Mastodon as a common good alternative: Conditions apply.

    Curious about Mastodon? Personally, I’m a big fan of its potential — just as I’m weary of its bias towards those with privilege. In my latest piece, I explore 3 conditions to ensure the fediverse can provide a common, public good alternative. * diversity and inclusion * training for content moderators * sufficient funding Read

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  • Consultancy: Liberate Science’s 2021 environmental impact

    I really enjoy working with smaller organisations on their sustainability and impact journeys. Seeing their creativity and progress is just so rewarding. Year 2 of Liberate Science‘s GHG assessment took Chris Hartgerink and me merely an hour to calculate. What did we learn? ✅ Practice helps✅ Every decision matters✅ Focus on both, reduction & mitigation

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  • New project: Joining Climatiq to accelerate climate action

    The last couple of months have been such a whirlwind that I am only sharing these exciting news after 2 months on this new project. On October 1, 2021 I started working with Climatiq, a seed-phase climate tech startup dedicated to making sustainability management and emissions accounting open, accessible, and interoperable for everyone. Brought on

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  • (Virtuelles) Panel: Bits & Bäume

    Am 23. April durfte ich gemeinsam mit der Parlamentarischen Staatssekretärin im BMU Rita Schwarzelühr-Stutter und Prof. Dr. Stefan Naumann vom Umweltcampus Birkenfeld zum Thema Nachhaltigkeit mit Blick auf Hard- und Software diskutieren. Es war definitiv ein interessantes Format, mit vielen guten Frage und Ideen, die ich nicht nur in meiner neuen Rolle als Mozillas Nachhaltigkeitsbeauftragte

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  • Blog: What came out of Reimagine Open?

    Last year, the many concerning headlines about the state of the internet prompted us into action. “It seems like we’re at a crossroads where we should take a step back to critically revisit what we envision for the future of our digital lives — and how we can bring about the change that we want

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  • Panel: Landesvertretung Schleswig-Holstein

    Am 19. September durfte ich gemeinsam mit Schleswig-Holsteins Digitalisierungsminister, Jan Philipp Albrecht, sowie John Weitzmann von Wikimedia und Dr. Thomas Koenen vom BDI unter Moderation von Eva Diederich (NDR) rund um die Themen Offene Daten, Open Source, Open Government und die Idee von Datensouveränität diskutieren. Während Schleswig-Holstein mit Blick auf die Öffnung der eigenen Verwaltungsdaten

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  • Keynote: Smart City Arena, Frankfurt am Main

    Am 18. September war ich eingeladen auf dem 12. Bundeskongress für nationale Stadtentwicklungspolitik zum Thema “Datenschutz und Smart Cities” zu sprechen. Die Möglichkeit, mich in diesen Aspekt von Digitalisierung — insbesondere aus dem Blickwinkel von “Luxury To Disconnect” — einzuarbeiten, war höchst interessant, weshalb ich den Beitrag auch veröffentliche. Die Verschriftlichung meines Vortrages ist hier

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  • Talk: The web needs a voice – literally, technically, politically

    The future of the Web is built on voice: voice recognition tools, speech directed commands, as well as civic movements. If we want to work towards a more inclusive, people enabled, and empowered future for the Internet as a global public resource, we need to act now. The challenge is complex, it starts with the

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Cathleen Berger