GreenNet Winter Newsletter 2024

It's time once again for our annual GreenNet winter newsletter. We'd like to thank new and longstanding GreenNet users for your support in 2024 and wish you a very merry festive season.

We've been keeping busy this year as usual. In 2024 we welcomed new customers from Footprint Co-op, launched new websites for our customers and connected thousands of users in various ways - check the revived Day in the life of GN below.

If you just want to see when our office is closed for the holidays, please skip to the end of this message.

FreeAlaa

We'd like to remind you that not everyone can get together with their family this year, and reiterate our support for Alaa's family's campaign and urge you to Take Action!
Alaa's family have invited supporters to join them for a Solidarity Vigil on day 81 of Laila's Hunger Strike opposite 10 Downing Street on Thursday 19th December from 5.30-7PM

Cheaper hosting!!

We're really pleased to announce that we are doubling web quotas from the start of 2025, so if you have a web hosting account with us, your web space quota will be twice as big!
We'll be in touch to let you know if that will affect your billing - if you are paying for extra webspace on one of our web hosting accounts your bill might be reduced :)

Ghost hosting

GreenNet has started offering Ghost, a new open source website building tool aimed at journalists and bloggers (an alternative to Substack).
If that sounds interesting, welcome to get in touch for details

Mastodon at GreenNet.Social 

If you're fed up with Twitter/X, why not try Mastodon? GreenNet is running free a Mastodon instance for our network. Existing GreenNet customers are welcome to register for free at: https://greennet.social

A day in the life of GN

Here's the sort of thing we get up to on a typical day at the GreenNet office:

• Advising a charity comms person about nameservers while moving their website from a commercial provider,   
• A couple of calls to guide a broadband customer setting up a new router, and liaising with BT about an upgrade for a horticultural centre,   
• Connecting up from 4 countries on our Jitsi video chat to discuss Drupal data mapping for a large INGO online library project,   
• Using gitlab to plan a demo of the new editorial workflow for online editors at a daily newspaper,   
• Upgrading the publications section of an online academic website on non-extractive economics,   
• Participating with APC members around the globe on APC strategy and governance,   
• Briefing a freelance collaborator on a new website design project for a small but mighty climate justice group,   
• Co-writing multilingual support documents with an international peacebuilding organisation in several countries, working with their international and local staff on their cloud platform and GN email setup.

Employment Rights Podcast from Institute of Employment Rights

Please check out IER's podcast on Employment Rights, and support their work on the 2024 Employment Rights Bill.

Ethical Consumer, the Green Web Foundation

Our broadband and email services are still Ethical Consumer's best buys!

GDPR bit

If you are on this mailing list you are an individual or organisation GreenNet user or supporter, if you would like to check or amend your details please let us know, dpo@gn.apc.org.

Christmas Opening Hours

The GreenNet office will be closed from 5.30pm on Friday 20th December until Thursday 2nd January 2025.

As always, we will be monitoring our servers throughout the festive period. If you have an urgent query during this time, please send an email to support@gn.apc.org or leave a message on 0330 355 4011. We'll respond as soon as we can.

Meanwhile don't forget to switch off your own devices (don't leave them on standby) and have a lovely break!

With all our best wishes for a peaceful and happy holiday,

Andrew, Cedric, Ed, Howard, Ian, Liz and Marek