Internet Footprint Dilemmas
| Internet Footprint Dilemmas | |
|---|---|
| Date | 2022/07/07 |
| Time | 7PM |
| Location | TechInc |
| Type | Meeting |
| Contact | User:Becha |
Contents
Internet’s Footprint Dilemmas
Climate Garden meets Technologia Incognita: Internet’s Footprint Dilemmas
In cooperation between KasKantine and RIPE Community, hosted by a hackerspace in (h)ACTA, we will explore questions of:
- digital development’s impact on the planet: how much pollution, extraction and consumption is possible within planetary limits;
- carbon footprint, water/energy/minerals consumption, e-waste
- what benefits of digitalisation are justified - compared to older, more traditional ways of communication.
- possible (partial) solutions such as low-tech, reduce/reuse/recycle practices, policies within Internet Governance, and political actions.
Practical details
When & Where
- When: 7.7. at 7PM (Thursday)
- Where: TechInc : (h)ACTA Broedplaats:
- Address: Louwesweg 1, Amsterdam ; first floor; call the phone number on the door to be let in!
- What: Discussion & drinks (free tea, other drinks available to buy)
- Who: hackers, gardeners, activists, people passionate about climate change issues, techies, artists, parents, youth, refugees welcome
- Structure: short intro, topic expertise, Q&A, group discussion, calls to action = next steps
Who
- Organisers: Vesna & Betty
- Facilitators: Vesna & Betty
- Guests:
Register
- you can also just SHOW UP
- if you do want to register, please use Meetup pages: either by Climate Cafe [LINK] or by Technology Incloginta [LINK]
Promote
- If you want to invite your friends, please share these links:
https://wiki.techinc.nl/Internet_Footprint_Dilemmas
Background material
Fundamental
- "Towards a Fossil Free Internet", Chris Adams (May 2022) https://ripe84.ripe.net/archives/video/751/ (Video & slides)
- Managing Your Digital Carbon Footprint (June 2022) https://archive.aweber.com/newsletter/awlist5696660
- “Sustainable Future” : "Twinning Green and Digital”: https://seedig.net/seedig7-sustainable-future/ (September 2021) (Video of the debate)
Additional
- Resources about “Technology and Climate”, “Nature and Technology” -> part of Vesna's article “Nature is Healing”, a series on RIPE Community Resilience: https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/ripe-community-resilience-nature-is-healing/ (May 2021)
- Review of Green Tech events in RIPE Community’s adjacent field: https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/green-tech-2021-compilation/
- Video "Ethics in Technology", second part of my talk at SHA2017 (hackers camping conference) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDfkQo0DOYo
- Proposal for a talk "Greening RIPE" at Bits & Bäume , by ccc in Berlin in October 2022: https://pretalx.com/bitsundbaeume/talk/review/D97G37WXEQYKVWUNZ7CZFPUMKB8RF9UJ
Protocols
Academic
- December 2021: The cyber-consciousness of environmental assessment: how environmental assessments evaluate the impacts of smart, connected, and digital technology (John Mulrow1, Manasi Gali1 and Emily Grubert1) Published 22 December 2021 : https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac413b
- 2021, Lancet: The real climate and transformative impact of ICT: A critique of estimates, trends, and regulations : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389921001884?via%3Dihub
Tools
- Detailed source & survey: https://www.appropedia.org/Digital_sustainability_guide_for_tech_practitioners
Activism
Images
- personal / relational / structural
- squirrel eating a cable
- TechInc wheel :)
- KasKantine / Climate Garden logo?
