Sustainability in Personal Tech - What can you do to help?

Sustainability is often in the news, and often evokes strong and varying feelings in people. While there is a lot of focus of discussion on fossil fuels and renewable energy, there are smaller things that we as individuals and especially people working in technology can do to make a difference.

How big of a difference? While technology is considered one of the "long-tail" cases of sustainability, its impact is still substantial. For example, did you know that the estimated global carbon footprint of Internet and Communication Technology is comparable to that of aviation? Did you also know that 70-80% of the footprint is already expended even before you have unboxed your new smartphone?

In this presentation we will look at what are relatively small things we can do to systemically reduce the carbon footprint of technology. We will start with a conceptual framework of how sustainability is viewed, what organizations are doing in this space, and end with some recommendations on what we as individuals can do. There is no judgement involved in any of this discussion and the objective is to inform and inspire.

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