
What we’re about
Welcome to the Green Tech South West community
We provide expert insight and thought provoking discussion on how technology can improve our physical environment and battle the massive, urgent issue of climate change.
We are a community/people focused group with an open and inclusive ethos.
We run regular meet-ups, both physical and virtual, from a range of speakers working in or researching green technology methods and their impacts.
Green Tech South West showcases a variety of topics, covering a broad range of considerations such as:
• How digital technology can help preserve our environment and tackle climate change
• The environmental impact of digital technology and how to mitigate it
• Actions we can take as individuals and businesses to harness technologies in a sustainable way
If you would like to see our previous talks, topics and resources please visit out website: https://greentechsouthwest.org/
Our upcoming events can be found here:
[https://www.meetup.com/GreenTech-South-West/events/ ](https://www.meetup.com/GreenTech-South-West/events/)
Your community organisers are:
- Ellen Davies, operations executive at LoveJunk - www.lovejunk.com
- Hannah Smith, freelance sustainable web consultant and speaker - opcan.co.uk
- Mike Harley, head of tech at ADLIB - adlib-recruitment.co.uk
If you would like to get involved in building and running our community please get in touch at greentechsw@gmail.com.
Find us on social media
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greentech-...
#GreenTech_SW
Meetup Sponsors
Bristol Digital Futures Institute - https://www.bristol.ac.uk/bristol-digital-futures-institute/
ADLIB - www.adlib-recruitment.co.uk
Upcoming events
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Local GreenTech Innovator Showcase for Bristol Tech Festival+
Scott Logic, 1 Redcliff Street, Bristol, GBWe're excited to be submitting an event to Bristol Tech Festival+ once again featuring 2 fantastic local GreenTech pioneers.
** You can now sign up here on Meetup or directly on the BTF website/portal (info below) **
- Our event is part of the 'Community Track' -sign up for free here:
BTF+ - techSPARK and then in your portal add us to your schedule!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We'll be hearing from Dryden Williams (CEO, CarbonRunner) and Ed Walsh (Head of Product, ZapMap).Shifting CI/CD workloads to save money and emissions
CarbonRunner shifts workloads — from GitHub Actions to AI training — across multiple cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP. They're faster and 25% cheaper and 10x lower emissions than GitHub.
CarbonRunner is a multi-cloud CI/CD runner that dynamically shifts workloads to the lowest carbon regions without changing your workflow. The platform optimizes for both cost and sustainability, ensuring your builds run efficiently, saving money and slashing emissions.He'll be covering;
* Problem - Cloud compute and AI power demand is booming and it's expensive
* Solution - Shifting to low carbon regions is cheaper and greener
* Some cool stats we've found from shifting to 47 low-carbon regions saving 90% of emissions and 25% of cost.About Dryden
I'm Dryden, a passionate techie, environmentalist and surfer, building tools like CarbonRunner.io to reduce the carbon emissions of the internet.
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Zapmap - going beyond making charging simpleZapmap has long been one of the most valued tools for EV drivers, helping them navigate the transition to electric, and also playing a leading role in informing and guiding industry investment and government policy.
He'll cover where it all started, how the product has grown and evolved, successes & failures in an emerging industry, and what the future holds for one of the UK's leading charging service.
About Ed
I'm Ed, Head of Product at Zapmap, and an experienced coach and Product Leader. I'm passionate about tech and user experience, as well as being a lover of the natural world, a keen photographer and hiker, and regular explorer of the UK's beautiful landscape.
*** Schedule
🔓 18.00 - Scott Logic doors open for in-person attendees
🔓 18.20 - CrowdCast room opens for online attendees
👋 18.30 - Event welcome from organisers Ellen and Mike
📢 18.40 - 60 second intros - a chance for in-person and online attendees to introduce themselves, ask for help or share something interesting
💚 18.50 - CarbonRunner talk
💚 19.15 - ZapMap talk
❓ 19.35 - Q&A
🗓️ 19.50 - Round-up and close
20.00 - In person attendees can continue networking at LeftHanded GiantEvent will be recorded and available with slides shortly after.
This event is made possible by kind sponsorship from:
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