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Digital school during the Covid19 crisis (1) – A situation analysis

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The health crisis has shown us how important teachers are. After decades of a steady decline in the reputation of teachers, we have had their irreplaceability demonstrated to us. On the one hand, children at home were a great burden for many parents, on the other hand, there was great variation in the quality of […]

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“MeteoAlpen” – A Citizen Science Project for the Verification of Weather Models

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Walking, hiking, touring, mountaineering or one of the countless other activities lure us into nature and the mountains. As a place for sporting activities, eventful adventures or leisurely relaxation, Switzerland’s mountain landscape has something to offer for a wide variety of tastes. But a trip into nature is always accompanied by questions about what to […]

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Extending the lifetime of mobile devices to reduce their environmental impact: a glimpse on the project LIFESAVING

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Mobile Internet-enabled devices (MIEDs) such as smartphones, laptops, and tablets have become a crucial part of our lives. However, the environmental impact of MIEDs is significant and expected to increase markedly in the years to come due to the growing number of devices sold everyyear1. Their main impacts, be it on climate change or material […]

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Sufficiency: the missing ingredient for sustainable digitalisation

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Digitalisation is often depicted as a silver bullet to address sustainability issues, due to its potential to decarbonise the global economy and energy supply and to dematerialise production and consumption. Efficiency gains of digital technologies are unparalleled, digital services can be provided at low energy costs, and sustainable practices, such as sharing, are made easier […]

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Sustainability in the digital space

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Sustainability, already a multi-layered topic in itself, becomes a multi-dimensional consideration of IT against the backdrop of the digital space in addition to the common division into the sustainability dimensions of ecology, social and economy. Two of the three perspectives in particular are currently being discussed more broadly in business but also in research. Therefore, […]

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Sufficiency – An approach towards a sustainable (digital) future

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In environmental research, sufficiency is seen as a major pillar of sustainability. However, up to this day, sufficiency has been widely absent in the political and public conversations on environmental strategies. With digitization informing novel technologies and means to manage resources, there are also promising avenues for sufficiency measures being discussed and introduced. While there […]