Young Reporter-SustainabilITy-Aashka Vardhman-Tiffin Girls' School
Sustainability, sustainability, sustainability. A 14-letter word which probably had no relevance in your life about 10 years ago but now surrounds us all like pesky mosquitoes buzzing in our ears. But how can we bring sustainability into IT and companies? IT is harmless, right? It can’t emit greenhouse gases, it can’t increase global warming. Yes it can. A single phone has, on average, a carbon footprint of around 60 kg. This includes manufacturing, transporting, and eventually it being mercilessly tossed away when it no longer serves any purpose to its owner as if it were dirt under one’s feet. So just imagine, if a single device has a carbon footprint of 60kg, almost 430 times its own weight, how much the carbon footprint of the entire IT industry must be.
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Sustainability, sustainability, sustainability. A 14-letter word which probably had no relevance in your life about 10 years ago but now surrounds us all like pesky mosquitoes buzzing in our ears. But how can we bring sustainability into IT and companies? IT is harmless, right? It can’t emit greenhouse gases, it can’t increase global warming. Yes it can. A single phone has, on average, a carbon footprint of around 60 kg. This includes manufacturing, transporting, and eventually it being mercilessly tossed away when it no longer serves any purpose to its owner as if it were dirt under one’s feet. So just imagine, if a single device has a carbon footprint of 60kg, almost 430 times its own weight, how much the carbon footprint of the entire IT industry must be.
