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== About ==
With the outbreak of the pandemic, we turn even more to the internet to socialize, to work, to inform, to buy, to entertain, to heal, to escape and to organize. The MIT Technology Review reports a surge in internet usage since January 2020. Even before this uptake, information and communications technology accounted for 2% of the world’s carbon emissions, as reported in [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06610-y Nature]. With all the benefits of connection, this also means the internet’s emissions have been rising this year.
The lockdowns underscore our reliance on the network. As we struggle now for the health of our communities, fueled by the dreams of an equitable future, we must also strive for an internet that is sustainable. Because we need it. Just as we need our health and equality and connectivity.
This magazine is supported by a partnership among EIT Climate KIC, Climate Action Tech and the Mozilla Foundation to convene a space to discuss a sustainable internet and the initiatives that could make this vision a reality. The magazine is a mix of longer form writing, short profile pieces and artwork. It will be available online and perhaps later in print as a stand-alone magazine or a supplement for other publications.
The first issue will feature visions for a more sustainable internet as well as practical efforts to get us there. We hope to not only articulate what these desirable futures are, but also to embody them with specific tools and art.
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