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Google's latest acquisition? Carbon credits from a *massive* Amazonian reforestation project, via the Symbiosis Coalition. Good PR, genuine impact, or both? Either way, someone's counting trees.

What's your take on big tech's role in environmental solutions?

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/06/google-to-buy-carbon-credits-from-massive-amazonian-reforestation-project/

#Google #ClimateAction #Reforestation #TechSustainability #Environmental

Old smartphones can have a new life as tiny data centers

Researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science introduce a novel approach to reducing electronic waste and advancing sustainable data processing: turning old smartphones into tiny data centers.

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-06-smartphones-life-tiny-centers.html

#techsustainability #ewaste

@fofo shares some tips on reducing the environmental footprint of your application. Her episode is out NOW!

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This week's guest, Nancy Chauhan talks about the importance of sustainability in tech and what TAG Environmental Sustainability is doing to help.

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Every time I look at the drawers of 'put away' items, especially old cell phones and tablets, I see still-functioning devices that could continue to serve a purpose. Take, for example, the old Motorola phone my mother discarded due to years without security updates. I believe it's no less efficient than an old Raspberry PI - it even has a screen, good built-in WiFi, various sensors, a camera, etc. Yet, this Android terminal has been abandoned since 2018, and I feel quite insecure running software on it.

The European Union, often too focused on bureaucracy and not enough on the real world, did make progress with USB-C. It would be wonderful if they could mandate manufacturers to open up their devices once they are abandoned. I dream of being able to install an updated OpenSource OS (not necessarily *BSD, but at least Linux) detached from Android, or at least an AOSP version of Android, without resorting to questionable binaries from XDA.
Essentially saying: 'You've bought my device, I won’t update it anymore, but since the hardware still works, you're on your own but you can keep it running.'

My drawers are full of high-quality, still usable but abandoned devices. I'd rather use my old Huawei as a surveillance camera (which now has outdated and unupdated software) than any device sending my images to obscure clouds in countries with questionable laws.

I'm considering starting a petition – not sure if there are any yet, will do some research – but I'm fairly certain it won't lead to much. Planned obsolescence is a concept too ingrained in today's technology, and there are too many interests behind it.

#TechSustainability #OpenSource #RightToRepair #PlannedObsolescence #EuropeanUnion #DigitalRights #Technology #OSS

Acer's new environment-centric strategy is genuinely interesting with many innovative developments poised to expand into new markets.

However, in this new @TechFinitive article, I have a couple of questions...

#sustainability
#righttorepair
#greenit
#techsustainability
#ewaste

https://www.techfinitive.com/features/how-acer-conscious-technology-is-leading-the-way-for-green-pc-manufacturers/