{"id":9937,"date":"2023-02-22T02:28:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T02:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida102\/?page_id=9937"},"modified":"2023-02-22T02:28:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T02:28:28","slug":"datas-carbon-footprint","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida102\/learning-pathways\/digital-citizenship\/datas-carbon-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Data&#8217;s carbon footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Google_data_centre.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Google data centre.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/a\/a6\/Google_data_centre.jpg\/320px-Google_data_centre.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<table class=\"cquote\" style=\"margin:auto; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; background-color: transparent; width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201c\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border: none; padding: 4px 10px;\"> The carbon footprint of our gadgets, the internet and the systems supporting them account for about 3.7% of global greenhouse emissions, according to some estimates. It is similar to the amount produced by the airline industry globally&#8230; And these emissions are predicted to double by 2025.\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201d\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"cquotecite\" style=\"border: none; padding-right: 4%\">\n<p style=\"font-size: smaller; text-align: right;\"><cite style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u2014BBC Future (2020)<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/cite><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nOperating sustainably and minimising our impact on the environment are increasingly recognised as vital responsibilities of governments, organisations and individuals in the &#8220;real&#8221; world. However, these are rarely mentioned in discussions about digital citizenship. Yet, as the quotation above from the BBC indicates, the use of digital devices and the internet make a significant contribution to global carbon emissions.<br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"media\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida102\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_multimedia.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Audio: Data deluge - the environmental cost of going online<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Listen to <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/ninetonoon\/audio\/2018774121\/data-deluge-the-environmental-cost-of-going-on-line\"><i>Data deluge &#8211; the environmental cost of going online<\/i><\/a>, a 17-minute interview on Radio New Zealand with Dr. Rabih Bashroush, Global Head, IT Infrastructure Advisory at Uptime Institute and faculty member at the University of East London.\n<\/p>\n<p>What surprised you in this interview? Post a comment on WENotes.<\/p>\n<p><div><p>You must be logged in to post to WEnotes.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><i>Note: Your comment will be displayed in the <a href=\"\/lida102\/interactions\/course-feed\" title=\"Learning in a digital age\/LiDA102\/Feed\">course feed<\/a>.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida102\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Readings<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Read the following two articles:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsroom.co.nz\/ideasroom\/how-to-reduce-your-data-footprint\">How to reduce your data footprint<\/a> from Newsroom.co.nz (2019). (Don&#8217;t worry that the associated video is not available.)\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20200305-why-your-internet-habits-are-not-as-clean-as-you-think\">Why your internet habits are not as clean as you think<\/a> from the BBC (2020)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Like the audio, these readings describe the growing emissions impact of device and data use. Each focuses on different aspects of the problem, and puts a different emphasis on the role that individuals have to play in finding solutions compared with the companies that provide digital services.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"discussion\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida102\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_discussion.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Discussion forum<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> What is one practical change you personally could make in your digital habits which would reduce your carbon emissions?\n<ul>\n<li> What impacts might this change have on you, e.g. in terms of connectedness, time, money or convenience?\n<\/li>\n<li> What is your rough estimate of how many grams or kilograms of CO2 this change would save a year?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> How should the responsibility for reducing carbon emissions from data be shared between individuals and data corporations?\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Post brief answers to thse questions in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.oeru.org\/t\/lida102-datas-carbon-footprint\/2557\">discussion forum<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>Remember to tag your post with the course code (LIDA102) and respond to one or two posts from other learners.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<i>References<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<ol class=\"references\">\n<li id=\"cite_note-1\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><a href=\"#cite_ref-1\">\u2191<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20200305-why-your-internet-habits-are-not-as-clean-as-you-think\"><i>Why your internet habits are not as clean as you think<\/i>, by Sarah Griffiths on the BBC website, 6 March 2020 <\/a><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.074 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.085 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 403\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 1490\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 10453\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 4819\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:187793-0!*!0!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20230222012035 and revision id 1084606\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/lida102\/learning-pathways\/digital-citizenship\/rights-and-responsibilities\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/lida102\/learning-pathways\/digital-citizenship\/start-digital-citizenship-challenge\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"wenote-ids\"><script type='text\/javascript' id='wenotes-ids'>\n    var WEnotesSite = \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\";\n    var WEnotesPath = \"\/Learning_in_a_digital_age\/LiDA102\/Introduction_to_digital_citizenship\/Data_carbon_footprint\";\n    var WEnotesSiteID = \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\";\n    var WEnotesPathID = \"cee07888a80a3fb44134dc931d198726\";\n    var WEnotesIDs = { site: \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\", path: \"\/Learning_in_a_digital_age\/LiDA102\/Introduction_to_digital_citizenship\/Data_carbon_footprint\", site_id: \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\", path_id: \"cee07888a80a3fb44134dc931d198726\" };\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c The carbon footprint of our gadgets, the internet and the systems supporting them account for about 3.7% of global greenhouse emissions, according to some estimates. 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