Sustainable Digital Practices and Policy Decision-Making

The field of sustainable digital practices and policy decision-making is moving towards a more nuanced understanding of the complex relationships between technology, environment, and society. Researchers are exploring alternative design approaches that take into account the psychological distance between decision-makers and the environmental impacts of their policies. There is a growing recognition of the need to address the systemic obstacles hindering digital de-escalation and to develop methods and tools that support individuals in disengaging from unsustainable digital habits. Noteworthy papers in this area include: Limits at a Distance, which proposes a novel premise for the communication and visualization of environmental data. Computing, Complexity and Degrowth, which explores the links between complexity and computing and identifies ways to reduce infrastructural and socio-political complexities. A Protocol to Address Ecological Redirection for Digital Practices in Organizations, which proposes a protocol to support stakeholders in the ecological redirection of their digital practices.

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Limits at a Distance: Design Directions to Address Psychological Distance in Policy Decisions Affecting Planetary Boundaries

Computing, Complexity and Degrowth : Systemic Considerations for Digital De-escalation

A Protocol to Address Ecological Redirection for Digital Practices in Organizations

Environmental (in)considerations in the Design of Smartphone Settings

Behavioral Study of Dashboard Mechanisms

A Node on the Constellation: The Role of Feminist Makerspaces in Building and Sustaining Alternative Cultures of Technology Production

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