Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability

How does it personally affect YOU?

Cars create noise pollution

Buildings are being built on green space, reducing the amount of grass and trees in the neighbourhood.

Toxic materials enter the food we eat

How does it generally affect society?

Improper technology disposal harms the environment and animals.

The extraction of materials to create technology damages ecosystems.

The energy required to power our devices causes pollution

Proper disposal of batteries, electronics, and computers.

Old computers can be sold or donated instead of thrown away.

Education and accessibility to proper waste disposal will reduce improper waste management.

Only buy electronics that are needed. Ie if the old earbuds still work, there's no need to buy another headphone.

Reuse technology

Microcontrollers can be reused for multiple projects

Old computer parts can be used to build a new one.

Servers can be made from old computers or microcontrollers

Use technology to spread environmental awareness.

Promote eco-friendly initiatives online.

Spread awareness online

Apps or hardware projects can be made to sort throughout garbage, calculate the amount of waste generated in an area, find patterns, etc

Proper disposal of batteries at school

Old electronics can be donated to TEJ for students to disassemble and learn.

Online platforms like Ebay can be used to repurpose old electronics while also earning money.

Many tech companies offer trade-in value for old technology when you're buying a new device

How does it personally affect YOU?

Free time is spent on phone instead of outside

Knowledge can be googled. There's no need to read books or experiment. Damages work ethic.

Less face-to-face connection with my friends

Too much screen time for my eyes

How does it generally affect others in society?

Unrealistic expectations portrayed on the internet leads to lower self esteem and poor evaluations of themselves.

Overstimulation from social media apps reduces attention span.

People's attentions are trapped on their phone, which makes them less aware of their surroundings. This can lead to dangerous situations such as crossing the road with headphones.

Our technologies is an escape space for when we're uncomfortable. Ie when you're eating lunch alone, it's a lot easier to start scrolling than talk to the person beside you. It limits our real-life social time.

Bring awareness to proper use of technology

Create more health conscious technologies or change existing apps.

Social media platforms like Instagram and Youtube now have sleep timers that pop up when you're doomscrolling late into the night.

There are apps that track and report your screen time with tips on how to improve tech use.

Add features into apps/computers that reduce their negative impact

Some headphones have a transparency mode that turn on automatically when you're walking. That way you can still hear everything around you when you are walking.