Do you really know? What is digital sobriety?
Aug 3, 2025
Explore the concept of digital sobriety and its surprising environmental consequences. Discover how everyday tech use contributes to pollution and global warming. Learn practical tips for reducing your digital footprint and why mindful consumption is essential. This quick dive reveals the hidden costs of our digital lifestyles and challenges the notion that technology alone can solve our energy issues.
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Understanding Digital Sobriety
- Digital sobriety means lowering the ecological impact of our digital habits daily.
- Using common devices like phones and PCs contributes increasingly to pollution.
Hidden Pollution of Digital Use
- Manufacturing devices causes heavy pollution due to metal extraction and greenhouse gases.
- Digital activities like web browsing and video streaming use huge energy and increase global warming.
Practical Digital Sobriety Tips
- Reduce video quality and limit excessive social media sharing to cut digital pollution.
- Use Wi-Fi over 4G, clean email inboxes, turn off routers at night, and repair instead of replace devices.