World Wide Waste: how digital is destroying the planet and what to do about it.
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Speakers
- Jim McLean Chairperson
- Gerry McGovern, Speaker, author and creator of Top Tasks, a research method that helps identify what truly matters to people
Agenda
18:30 - AGM
19:15 - Talk starts
20:15 - 20:30 Talk ends
Synopsis
Digital is the secret accelerator of so many climate destructive human behaviours. Digital speeds things up, everything from material extraction, to reduced product lifecycles, to waste production.
Every year, we’re producing more than 50 million tons of e-waste, that’s more than the entire body weight of all Europeans.
Every year, over 80% of that waste gets dumped.
In order to save the planet we must move from a digital culture of “move fast and break things” to “move slow and fix things.”
About the speaker
Gerry McGovern
Gerry has published eight books. His latest, World Wide Waste, examines the impact digital is having on the environment. He developed Top Tasks, a research method which helps identify what truly matters to people. The Irish Times has described Gerry as one of five visionaries who have had a major impact on the development of the Web.
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