The WordPress Sustainabilitysustainability Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs Team works towards embedding sustainable practices into WordPress to ensure the longevity of the project.
To do so, we focus our efforts on the 3 pillars of sustainability:
- Social: Finding ways to increase the diversity and wellbeing of the WordPress community.
- Environmental: Reducing energy and waste consumption in the development and usage of the WordPress software and its community activities.
- Economical: Finding ways to economically support contributions to the WordPress Project for those who need it.
When do we meet
The WordPress Sustainability Team meets bi-weekly on Friday at 12:00 UTC in the #sustainability on the Make WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. and everyone is welcome!
Please take a look at the #Make WordPress Meeting Agenda to check for the next date.
Who are we
We are a very young team eager to make the WordPress Project a leader in sustainability. We have very different backgrounds: developers, designers, writers, communicators…
But, over all that, we are WordPress software and community enthusiasts.
Team Reps
The Sustainability Team Representatives elected for 2024 (and the first Sustainability Team Reps ever) are:
- Csaba (@littlebigthing on WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/, @Csaba on Slack)
- Nahuai Badiola (@nahuai on WordPress.org, @Nahuai Badiola on Slack)
- Nora Ferreirós (@noradriana on WordPress.org, @Nora Ferreirós on Slack)
- Thijs Buijs (@yellowlime on WordPress.org, @Thijs Buijs on Slack)
Our (short) History
The WordPress Sustainability Slack channel was born after a question set forth by (Nora Ferreirós at the closing conversation with Matt Mullenweg and Josepha Haden Chomphosy at WCEU Porto 2022.
One year later, at WCEU Athens 2023 Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/., the official Make WordPress Sustainability Team was born. You can read the whole story in this post.
Our ongoing projects
We are currently working in several projects. You can check them on our Github issues or roadmap projects.
If you find a project you would like to contribute, feel free to assign it to yourself and start there!
And if you want to start a project that is not already on our wish list, create a new issue on Github and leave a comment on the next Team Meeting Agenda post. We would love to join you! 🙂
