Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability

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Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability

What are strategies to reduce the impact of computers and related technologies on human health?

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.

Create more health conscious technologies or change existing apps.

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

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

Bring awareness to proper use of technology

Technology can also bring benefits to human health.

Organization tools like calendars and todo-lists can be use to reduce stress.

Technology can be used in many ways, and it's up to the user to decide how they use it.

Teens spend an average of 5 hours on Instagram or Youtube. This interaction time is the same as school time, which means it shapes their personalities, attitudes, and hobbies a lot. The social media platforms feeds off of what they watched before, which means it can be shaped. If people control what they see only to the things they want to be, it will bring a more positive impact on their health.

What is the impact of computers and related technologies on human health?

How does it generally affect others in society?

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.

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.

Overstimulation from social media apps reduces attention span.

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

Too much screen time for my eyes

Less face-to-face connection with my friends

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

Free time is spent on phone instead of outside

https://citizenadvocates.net/blog/the-impact-of-technology-on-mental-health-balancing-connection-and-screen-time/

What are some local iniatives and programs that support evironmental sustainability, that YOU can access?

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

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

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

Proper disposal of batteries at school

Strategies to reduce the impact of computers and related technologies on the environment

Use technology to spread environmental awareness.

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

Spread awareness online

Promote eco-friendly initiatives online.

Reuse technology

Servers can be made from old computers or microcontrollers

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

Microcontrollers can be reused for multiple projects

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

Proper disposal of batteries, electronics, and computers.

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

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

What is the impact of computers and related technologies on the environment?

How does it generally affect society?

https://www.greenmatch.co.uk/blog/technology-environmental-impact

The energy required to power our devices causes pollution

The extraction of materials to create technology damages ecosystems.

Improper technology disposal harms the environment and animals.

How does it personally affect YOU?

https://www.greenmatch.co.uk/blog/technology-environmental-impact

https://www.exploros.com/summary/how-technology-can-harm-environment#:~:text=Most%20electronics%20contain%20non%2Dbiodegradable,%2C%20vomiting%2C%20and%20even%20cancer.

Toxic materials enter the food we eat

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

Cars create noise pollution