The rapid increase in CO2 emissions is destabilizing global climate systems like jet streams, with long-lasting effects due to system latency.
Humans are evolutionarily wired to focus on immediate threats, making it difficult to act on long-term, abstract problems like climate change.
The zero waste movement's 5R framework can be applied to tech by refusing unnecessary requirements like extreme availability or minimal latency.
While cloud providers are efficient, common practices like leaving test environments running negate many potential environmental benefits.
Seemingly small technical decisions, from JDK versions to using blockchain, can have a massive and often overlooked impact on energy consumption.
The trend of adding unnecessary features and using heavy web frameworks contributes to software bloat, which in turn shortens the usable lifespan of hardware.
Tracking your personal carbon footprint reveals key impact areas like air travel and diet, enabling targeted reductions through conscious lifestyle changes.
Individuals in developed nations have significant leverage through their consumption choices, career decisions, and political participation to influence corporate and government action.
The key to making a difference is to focus on refusing and reducing consumption, while staying informed and hopeful about positive systemic changes.
tree-IT GmbH
Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany
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1:02:22Marjolein Pordon
55:18Ricardo Sueiras Sueiras
30:07Ines Akrap
25:30Lorenzo Pieri
57:23Philipp-Alexander Blum
1:01:43Samuel Shaw
31:12Kristijan Ristovski
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