Title: Is the Internet bad for the environment?
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 emissions, due to massive energy demand. Nevertheless, the video also explains that if the data centers and networks behind the internet instead rely on renewable energies then the internet can possibly be a positive environmental force.
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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 emissions, due to massive energy demand. Nevertheless, the video also explains that if the data centers and networks behind the internet instead rely on renewable energies then the internet can possibly be a positive environmental force.
Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences – Computer and information sciences, Earth and related environmental sciences
Education Level: Secondary school
Education Use: Informal education
Date added: 08-04-2022Language: EN
Publisher/Institution: Our Changing Climate YouTube Channel
License type: Public Domain 
Primary User: Student
Learning resource type (IEEE LOM): Lecture
Technical type (IEEE LOM): Streaming Media – Video
Time to read: 20min
Learning outcomes:
- Acquire data relating to the consumption of the equipment present
- Evaluate the energy consumption of digital services in use
- Create a list of behaviors to check
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety – 4.4 Protecting the environment
DigComp proficiency level: 4.Tasks, and well defined and non-routine problems
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byl87SBFoo8
Key words: Internet; Environmental impact; Data centres and networks
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