Relationship between digital technology and sustainability

The Realtionship between digital technology and sustainability

In our day and age, Sustainability and digitality are two terms that have become indispensable. A lot revolves around these terms - in science, in politics, but also in education.  

But how are these terms related to each other? – At first glance, you hear a lot of reports about digital devices having a bad influence on our environment. But that is a rather undifferentiated perspective. 

In the following video, you are going to learn about the Relationship between digital technology and sustainability, using three perspectives.

Quiz: Relationship between digital technology and sustainability

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Educational Resources

Here you will find materials on the topic "realtionship between digital technologies and sustainability".

• Project OUR VOICES – OUR PLANET uses digital communication tools to inform about sustainability and democracy building.
  
• FAIRPHONE not only offers a sustainable smartphone, but also additional materials and informations of the production of their phone.
• Find some more information on the topic of SUSTAINABLE SMARTPHONES on the website of "The Considerate Consumer" (Germany).

• Materials have been published for the primary level at the University College for Teacher Education Vienna/Austria in the Projekt "ÖHA!". These include printed workbooks, workbooks as PDF for teachers, primary school students and an information brochure as well as a dedicated app with audio, quizzes and videos e.g.. So far, the materials are only available in German.

Scientific sources

You will find references to some scientific sources and where to find them. Some scientific texts are also available as pdf files HERE.

Links:

• Chun, W. H. K. (2015). On Hypo-Real Models orGlobal Climate Change: A Challenge for the Humanities. Critical Inquiry, 41(3),675–703.

• Crawford, K. (2021). Atlas of AI: Power, politics, and the planetary costs of artificial intelligence. Yale University Press.

• European Commission. (2020). A new CircularEconomy Action Plan For a cleaner and more competitive Europe.

• Kluzer, S., & Pujol Priego, L. (2018).DigComp into Action—Get inspired, make it happen. Publications Office of theEuropean Union, EUR 29115 EN.

• Macgilchrist, F. (2021). Rewilding technology. On_education.Ournal for Research and Debate, 4/12.

• Remy, C., & Huang, E. M. (2014). Addressingthe obsolescence of end-user devices: Ap- proaches from the field ofsustainable HCI. In L. M. Hilty & B. Aebischer, ICT Innovations forSustainability (S. 257–267). Springer.

• Taffel, S. (2021). Data and oil: Metaphor,materiality and metabolic rifts. New Media & Society.

• Thiébaud, E., Hilty, L. M., Schluep, M., Böni,H. W., & Faulstich, M. (2018). Where Do Our Resources Go? Indium,Neodymium, and Gold Flows Connected to the Use of Electronic Equipment inSwitzerland. Sustainability, 10/8.