Teaching the Ecomedia Mind/footprint
This workshop introduces students to the concepts of the ecomedia mindprint and footprint, enabling them to critically analyze the environmental impacts of media technologies and explore how media shapes perceptions and actions regarding the environment.
Greening Media Environments: From Local to Global Sustainable Media Practices
This workshop series educates participants on sustainability through interactive sessions on media’s role in natural resources, community, and individual sustainability, with activities including research collaboration and media creation to address sustainability issues. Adaptable for different ages and settings, the workshops promote critical thinking and awareness of media’s influence on sustainability
Eco-Analysis of Personal Gadget
This learning activity aims to critically examine the environmental impacts of personal electronic devices through ecomedia literacy, fostering awareness of their ecological footprint and encouraging responsible usage and disposal. It highlights the importance of understanding the interconnections between digital technology and environmental sustainability within the broader context of ecomedia literacy.
Animation of the Environmental Impact of Gadgets
A short stop motion animation exploring the human and environmental impacts of our smartphones and devices. It shows how the production chain impacts ecosystems and human health through the extraction of conflict minerals, exploited labor, fossil fuel emissions to power server farms, and e-waste. Accessible for all ages.
Why Bitcoin is so Bad for the Planet
A short video presentation from the Guardian’s UK technology editor Alex Hern, who examines how exactly bitcoin uses electricity and if the environmental cost is too high.
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Like Julia, get to know that working on lowering your climate footprint means thinking about digital habits and consumption as well.
Story of Stuff
A simple and short video that helps explain how the global, linear supply chains of the economic system works from an environmental perspective. Synopsis: “From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of […]
Ecosia Ad: Weird Search Requests
Ecosa is a search engine that donates profits to plant trees. It has helped plant over 120 million trees. The ad can prompt discussion on the environmental impacts of web searches and server farms. The ad can also be used to explore environmental ideology and environmental discourses.