Building Green Software Workshop

1 Day

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Cohort-based Course

You will learn key concepts & practical approaches to building green systems ready for the future. For technologists from ICs to PMs to CTOs

Course overview

Learn about the energy transition's effect on tech & be inspired to take action

BRAND NEW WORKSHOP! INTRODUCTORY OFFER 50% OFF - AUGUST ONLY (NORMAL PRICE $900)

For individuals who want to fight climate change through their day-to-day work in tech. Get a grounding in the fundamental concepts and practical takeaway ideas for building more sustainable, greener systems.


The focus will be on approaches that are effective, already widely implemented and proven to be realistic and scalable.


All this together with building the energy, enthusiasm and validation to make things happen!


The workshop is:

- Short, sharp, and intense (2.5 hours)

- Highly interactive with multiple breakout sessions

- Delivers understanding of key factors and principles

- Drives enthusiasm, ideas, and action


The good news is that being green is often the perfect motivator for adopting more modern practises that cut costs and improve time to market.  


What you will learn: 

- What is the problem facing the tech industry (where does tech’s carbon footprint come from?)

- What does it mean to go green strategically? (Spoiler: It has to help your business not hurt it)

- What are the opportunities for green leadership by the tech sector

- The positive steps already taken by tech

- What we are aiming for for data centres (24/7 Carbon Free Energy - CFE)

- The key levers we can pull 

- An effective strategy for pulling those levers 

- The impact of AI


The workshop involves group exercises and is Informative, inspiring, and eye-opening.

Who is this course for

01

Everyone, from PMs to ICs to CTOs, who wants to fight climate change through their day-to-day work in tech. No prev green knowledge required

02

Folk in tech who want to help battle climate change but don't know how to get involved effectively in a way that will have impact and scale

03

People in the tech sector who want to understand the key concepts & get ideas for changes and system improvements they can make immediately

What you’ll get out of this course

Where does tech’s carbon footprint come from?

Be able to confidently discuss the tech sector's role in climate change with colleagues and bosses.


Understand the key factors of code efficiency, operational efficiency, and demand management and their pros and cons in different contexts.

What can we do to go green in the short term?

Know what concrete measures are already being taken by successful companies worldwide to reduce their emissions while growing their business.

What's the long term plan?

Understand 24/7 Carbon Free Electricity (Google's stated goal for 2030) and what it means for the rest of us, including the other cloud vendors.

How do we get from here to there in a way that develops and improves businesses and systems?

Understand the Green Software Foundation's recommended strategy for achieving sustainability: the Green Software Maturity Matrix.

This course includes

1 interactive live session

Lifetime access to course materials

5 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

Projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Aug 9

    Aug

    9

    Workshop

    Fri 8/92:00 PM—4:30 PM (UTC)

    Context: The Situation and the Tools

    1 item

    Group Exercise 1

    1 item

    Strategies

    1 item

    Group Exercise 2

    1 item

    Green AI

    1 item

What people are saying

        Anne is exceptional. Her knowledge and vision of green software provide the necessary perspective to understand, adopt, and implement practices for the operation and efficiency of systems and applications.
Jose Alejandro Sanchez

Jose Alejandro Sanchez

Smart Green IT
        Thanks again for this course. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot from it. (Champions course)
Edgar Post

Edgar Post

Freelance Web Developer
        A sustainability expert with an incredibly positive attitude! Anne‘s teaching is infectious and you feel smarter and motivated after her sessions.
Kavita Kapoor

Kavita Kapoor

Executive (ex London Olympics, JustEat, Micro:bit Foundation)
        Anne is a great communicator who is a pleasure to listen to and interact with. She connects the big picture with actionable steps in a thought provoking manner.
Ross Fairbanks

Ross Fairbanks

Senior Engineer, FlatPeak

Meet your instructor

Anne Currie

Anne Currie

Anne is a tech veteran with 30 years in the sector as an engineer and leader. She is author of O'Reilly's new book on tech's role in the energy transition: Building Green Software. Anne is a key part of the Green Software Foundation, and helped create the Green Software Maturity Matrix


She is a regular writer, podcaster and keynote speaker. She has written for publications including The Register, The New Stack and InfoQ magazine.


Anne has also helped organise several major tech conferences with the aim of keeping software engineers informed about the future and our role in it.

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Course schedule

2.5 hour workshop

  • Friday

    3:00pm - 5:30pm BST

    Single Friday afternoon workshop

Learning is better with cohorts

Learning is better with cohorts

Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Interactive and project-based

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Learn with a cohort of peers

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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