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Eight ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint
Description: Whether it’s from doing things like burning fossil fuels through driving, cranking up the furnace or grilling a steak, we are all responsible for releasing carbon dioxide into …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Computer and information sciences
Author: Whether it’s from doing things like burning fossil fuels through driving, cranking up the furnace or grilling a steak, we are all responsible for releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which is called our carbon footprint. When we collectively produce more carbon than the planet can absorb, the extra CO2 contributes to climate change.
Time to read: 15 min
Date Added: 09-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
This video is bad for climate change: Thank you for watching!
Description: A case study on digital habits and consumptions and the impact they have on climate footprint. Specifical focus is made on smartphones, data centers and networks need energy …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Computer and information sciences, Earth and related environmental sciences
Author: TheShiftProject
Time to read: 6 min
Date Added: 08-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 1. Information and data literacy
DigComp competence: 1.2 Evaluating data, information and digital content
Energy and climate impacts of digital technologies
Description: The TEDTalk given by George Kamiya is focused on energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of digital technologies. He also discusses ways in which digital …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Computer and information sciences, Earth and related environmental sciences
Author: Kamiya G.
Time to read: 40 min
Date Added: 08-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
Is the Internet bad for the environment?
Description: The video analyses the environmental impact of the Internet by showing how information is stores through data centres and networks and how they contribute to global greenhouse gas …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Computer and information sciences, Earth and related environmental sciences
Author:
Time to read: 20 min
Date Added: 08-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
The truth about online shopping
Description: The video analyses online shopping’s environmental impact and introduces the learners to understanding and making them reflect about the carbon footprint online retail stores have and how this …Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Computer and information sciences, Earth and related environmental sciences
Author:
Time to read: 12 min
Date Added: 08-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety
DigComp competence: 4.4 Protecting the environment
This Search Engine Plants Trees For Searches You Perform While Browsing
Description: The article introduces the reader to Ecosia, a search engine that uses income from ads (that come fro researches) to plant trees, making up for digital inefficiencySubject Area: 1. Natural sciences, Computer and information sciences
Author: Farai M.
Time to read: 5 min
Date Added: 07-04-2022
DigComp competence area: 3. Digital content creation
DigComp competence: 3.1 Developing digital content