Title: LEAN ICT – Towards Digital Sobriety

Description:

Report of the working group for the think tank the Shift Project, which reflects on the possibilities for generating synergy between digital and energy transition. It aims at maximizing the positive impact of digital technology on the environment and minimize its negative impacts. The report offers practical and systemic recommendations in line with the decarbonation objectives to move towards sustainable digital society.

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Description:

Report of the working group for the think tank the Shift Project, which reflects on the possibilities for generating synergy between digital and energy transition. It aims at maximizing the positive impact of digital technology on the environment and minimize its negative impacts. The report offers practical and systemic recommendations in line with the decarbonation objectives to move towards sustainable digital society.

Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences, 2. Engineering and technology, 5. Social scienceComputer and information sciences, Earth and related environmental sciences

Education Level: Secondary school

Education Use: Professional development

Date added: 08-04-2022

Language: EN

Publisher/Institution: The Shift Project

License type: Public Domain

Primary User: Teacher

Learning resource type (IEEE LOM): Narrative Text (theory)

Technical type (IEEE LOM): TextDocument

Time to read: 250min

Learning outcomes:

  • Create a list of equipment to be checked;
  • Acquire data relating to the consumption of the equipment present;
  • Replace the real data with reference averages if they are not detectable;
  • Evaluate the carbon footprint of devices’ production;
  • Evaluate the carbon footprint of disposing of devices.
  • Analyze the data
 

DigComp competence area: 1. Information and data literacy1.2 Evaluating data, information and digital content

DigComp proficiency level: 4.Tasks, and well defined and non-routine problems

Link: https://theshiftproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Lean-ICT-Report_The-Shift-Project_2019.pdf

Notes:

Summarized versions:
Press-kit-Lean-ICT-TSP2019.pdf (theshiftproject.org)

Executive-Summary_Lean-ICT-Report_EN_lowdef.pdf (theshiftproject.org)

Key words: carbon footprint, digital footprint, digital overconsumption, Digital sobriety, environmental impact

 

 

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