A fun thought: a single tree can store about 50 megabytes worth of text. That makes trees pretty terrible hard drives. But it also puts into perspective how much digital data we’re creating and storing every single day. 🌏🌳

#DigitalSustainability #DataStorage #SustainableWeb

« La souveraineté numérique n’est pas une option, c’est une nécessité stratégique. L’Europe doit se doter des moyens de ses ambitions, et la France montre l’exemple en accélérant la bascule vers des solutions souveraines, interopérables et durables. »
Extrait d'une citation d'Anne Le Hénanff, ministre déléguée chargée de l'IA et du Numérique en France.
https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/

#DigitalSovereignty #DigitalSobriety #DigitalSustainability #IndépendanceNumérique #DINUM #AutonomieStratégique

90% of all data ever produced is never accessed again. We save simply because we can. But all that data sits on servers that run 24/7, consuming energy. Being critical about the content we create and removing what’s no longer needed is one of the simplest things we can do for the internet.

#DataMinimalism #SustainableWeb #DigitalSustainability

Great Q&A session with Jack Suess by Mary Grush in Campus Technology!

We are honored to have our work on the Open Digital Commons and the return to open source strategy in higher education discussed.

Learn more and join us!
https://apereo.civicrm.org/civicrm/sign-petition

#opensource
#digitalsustainability #openScience #openresearch #OSS #highered #digitalsovereignty

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2026/03/09/open-source-advancing-our-digital-commons.aspx

Are you interested in digital sustainability?

Check out Tzviya Siegman, Director of Sustainability at W3C and team contact for the W3C Sustainable Web Interest Group in her talk about what digital sustainability is and provides an overview of the Web Sustainability Guidelines that are being developed.
#DigitalSustainability #WebSustainability
https://youtu.be/Xmm1jRAb6qQ?si=IxYTs5eSvwHQ6TUn

Permacomputing

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/permacomputing.html

#HackerNews #Permacomputing #SustainableTech #FutureOfComputing #EcoFriendlyInnovation #DigitalSustainability

📝 The hidden cost of digital

A personal reflection on the environmental impact of digital technology and AI. From paper to data centers: we have replaced a visible problem with an invisible one. Awareness without illusions.

🔗 https://www.nicfab.eu/en/posts/hidden-cost-digital/

#GreenIT #DigitalSustainability #EnvironmentalImpact #DigitalAwareness #DigitalFootprint

Green Software Practitioner Study Day is a collaborative event with Green Software Brighton! Taking place on 13th Mar from 10 am–4 pm.

We'll learn how greener code can help the our teams and our planet. Attend and achieve your Green Software Practitioner certificate.

Join us at Plus X, Brighton for a full‑day of learning, networking and lunch from Café Domenica & The North Star.

Tickets will go on sale once we have 20 waiting list sign-ups (£26 pp). Link below.

#DigitalSustainability