People, Planet & Technology #1
Welcome to the first issue of People, Planet & Technology. I am incredibly grateful to you for reading these lines and being part of my new project from the beginning. ❤️
What awaits you here?
As the name suggests, it’s all about how technology can make our social and environmental world better (and where it may not) - tech for good. But basically I will also bring in contents which only marginally concern this topic.
The plan is that I always have a main topic and look at it in more detail and let my opinion flow into it. The second part consists then of link tips to articles, videos, papers, projects, etc. which I find recommendable.
Questions or feedback? Praise or criticism?
Write me on Twitter or reply to this mail. I’ll answer every message.
👉 Miscellaneous things
One of the most interesting finds of the last weeks was definitely this article from british The Guardian. I have heard much of this for the first time and have never been particularly concerned with the subject of noise pollution and its effects on people. 👂🚁🚗🗣
From heart disease to type 2 diabetes, noise is having dire effects on people’s health.
Sonic doom: how noise pollution kills thousands each year
🔎 Further findings:
Video: Planet.com build an amazing tool to make the Earth’s surface a searchable database (TED) 🔭
About scientists from Queensland University of Technology and how they use drones, smart cameras and machine learning for remote environmental monitoring 🌎
The great people of Mightybytes have investigated whether the GDPR contributes to a more sustainable web. More privacy and spare resources at the same time! Sounds great, huh?! 💪
This narrative by New York Times is a work of history, addressing the 10-year period from 1979 to 1989: the decisive decade when humankind first came to a broad understanding of the causes and dangers of climate change. 🔥
The Practical Getting-Started Guide to Ethical Design 🙏
Liverpool Teams Up With Blockchain NGO to Introduce Carbon Neutral Purchases 💻
Copernicus Sentinel-5P releases first data about air pollution 📡
So, I have nothing more to say. I hope you enjoy the first issue. We’ll read again in two weeks. 🙌
Take care. -Niklas