Fellowship
The fellowship is a programme bringing five fellows together who have commited to openly explore how to advance climate justice among internet practitioners, including reflecting on their own transformations. These are the posts our fellows have written about their own journeys. Read more about the fellowship goals and beliefs and the reading list being compiled in Zotero.
Our Unjust, Unsustainable Internet
Before defining a “just, sustainable internet”, we should be aware of the ways that the internet is currently creating and exacerbating climate injustice.
Talking climate with digital rights funders
How can digital rights funders meaningfully engage in the intersection of climate justice and digital rights? This is a question I have been exploring as… Talking climate with digital rights funders
Fellowship project: Sustainability and accountability in the gig economy
During this fellowship, I wrote about the importance of narratives when we talk about sustainability, especially those about what we want from life on this… Fellowship project: Sustainability and accountability in the gig economy
The “middle-out” approach
While I reflected on my fellowship project over the past few weeks, I had an interesting discussion with a friend who works for a nonprofit… The “middle-out” approach
Comparing Climate Narratives
What’s the the difference between corporate sustainability, climate justice and other approaches to sustainability?
Measuring complexity can encourage sustainability
It is often said that you can’t improve what you can’t measure. And for this reason, carbon emissions are an important tool for understanding where… Measuring complexity can encourage sustainability
What people think building a sustainable internet involves vs what it might actually be
Dear diary, We’ve been asked by Chris and Michelle to write a post that summarises 5 things we’ve learned in the fellowship so far. It’s… What people think building a sustainable internet involves vs what it might actually be
The politics of data centers
The recent uproar in the Netherlands about Microsoft and Meta’s (Facebook) plans to build their data centers, that will absorb huge volumes of renewable energy,… The politics of data centers
Thinking hard about the concept of Internet practitioner
One of the questions that our cohort has discussed the most is about who should we consider an Internet practitioner. Since the Internet is a… Thinking hard about the concept of Internet practitioner
Figuring out a model for applying climate justice to websites
Dear diary, Recently I’ve been giving some thought to how the #LetsGreenTheWeb 2022 campaign should be reframed in a climate justice context. I’ve come to… Figuring out a model for applying climate justice to websites
Framing the climate crisis as a digital rights issue
Three main challenge to build a funding strategy on the intersection of digital rights and climate and environmental justice