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… Read More »Measuring complexity can encourage sustainability
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… Read More »What people think building a sustainable internet involves vs what it might actually be
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,… Read More »The politics of data centers
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… Read More »Thinking hard about the concept of Internet practitioner
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… Read More »Figuring out a model for applying climate justice to websites
Rate payers, taxpayers and shareholders – a simple way to think and talk about who pays for clean energy and digital infrastructure.
Three main challenge to build a funding strategy on the intersection of digital rights and climate and environmental justice
Over the last few months, we’ve been part of the Digital Sustainability Forum, a research project funded by the German government, feeding into some of… Read More »Our submissions to the Digital Sustainability Forum
Earlier this month, we made the first report in a series of publications about digital sustainability and transitioning the internet from fossil fuels available for… Read More »Towards a fossil free internet – the fog of enactment, and a request for comments
Dear diary, In February 2021 I ran a campaign with ClimateAction.tech called #LetsGreenTheWeb. The idea was simple: we aimed to raise awareness of the fact… Read More »Reframing the #LetsGreenTheWeb campaign in a climate justice context
When we make broad subjects collide, and most importantly, when these subjects address a wicked problem, it’s hard to get a grasp of where to… Read More »It all revolves around environmental justice
Branch Magazine is dedicated to uplifting fresh thinking for how to green the web technically, aesthetically and politically. Themes in this issue include: solarpunk artifacts a vision… Read More »Branch Magazine: Issue 3
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