London SustainableUX meetup occurring - see slack or the next newsletter for deets.

Nice blast of US energy optimism from Robinson Meyer theatlantic.com/science/archiv… (and a reminder that this means jobs: "[..] companies are going to need engineers, yes, but also programmers, accountants, marketers, HR staff, general counsels—there is space for everyone now.")

Design for Sustainability online meetup Oct 13th x.com/GreenTech_SWes… (via @hanopcan)

Repeat SustainableUX speaker Tim Frick (he/him) was on the Green I/O podcast: greenio.gaelduez.com/e/pnmw901n-9-t… Tons of great insight into the current state of web carbon, sustainable biz, & corporate social responsibility.

France just legislated that every parking lot for 80 cars or more must be covered by solar panels That’s 11GW of new solar (same as 10 new nuclear reactors) powering millions of home - zero new land needed Climate action is happening, just not at #COP27 publicsenat.fr/article/parlem…

Paris is working to become a '15-minute city' where everything you need is located locally within 15 mins. Every street will have a bike lane, 60,000 parking spots are being removed & replaced with parks. They aren't done yet. We have the solutions implement them. #ActOnClimate

Nifty: "A list of climate friendly browser extensions and scripts that can help you reduce the carbon footprint of your internet consumption." github.com/Adora-Foundati… (h/t Mike G

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Twitter did not like me trying to post about offboarding...

Low-cost online workshop through Creature Conserve, December 10 for artists, scientists, and writers interested in creating new work inspired and/or informed by science creatureconserve.com/re-conservatio…

Getting all introspective in the latest newsletter. Whence, wherefore, and whither sustainableUX? sustainableux.substack.com/p/what-is-sust…

8 years ago I guesstimated my work CO2 footprint at around 20tons / year. Since then I've changed to a job with little-to-no flying, which should cut my footprint in half. medium.com/@jc_ux/tacklin…

UK+remote, 18th Jan: (De)coding AI: Examining the political and environmental impact of the lifecycle of algorithms, with ana vldv (@anavaldi.bsky.social) . Her recent article (featured in our newsletter) shows how it takes ~ 190,000 kWh to train an algorithm oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

The internet weighs less than a strawberry. It takes a lot of electricity (5-8% of world total) to keep that strawberry online. oldnewsclub.com/how-heavy-is-d…

Right-wingers in a tizzy over digital sustainability & power-saving modes dailykos.com/stories/2023/1…

Curious how many of you are using the Treecard debit card. Anyone?

Posted a product review of Treecard. A little bit UX, a lot of tree math. sustainableux.substack.com/p/evaluating-s…

#10YearsAgo James Christie @jcux.bsky.social (who runs SustainableUX - @jcux.bsky.social with Jen Briselli) wrote #SustainableWebDesign for A List Apart: • the web’s carbon footprint • reducing CO₂ by tackling page bloat: budgeting for a lean, mean, green website; persuading people to optimise • internet as climate hero

MEGA FACTCHECK EVs are “likely crucial” for tackling transport CO2, says the IPCC – and sales are rocketing But EVs still face relentless hostile media coverage So, I spent the past few months debunking 21 (!) of the most common EV myths Here it is 🧵 carbonbrief.org/factcheck-21-m…

Social housing in Mallorca. Incredible that the design and build quality is better than most ‘private’ housing anywhere in the world By Alventosa Morell Arquitectes and Joan J Fortuny. Arq