Richard Maxwell

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How Green Is Your Smartphone?Paperback, 28 January 2020

How Green Is Your Smartphone?
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Part of Series
Digital Futures
Print Length
160 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Polity Press
Date Published
28 Jan 2020
ISBN-10
1509534725
ISBN-13
9781509534722

Description

Every day we are inundated by propaganda that claims life will be better once we are connected to digital technology. Poverty, famine, and injustice will end, and the economy will be "green." All anyone needs is the latest smartphone.

In this succinct and lively book, Maxwell and Miller take a critical look at contemporary gadgets and the systems that connect them, shedding light on environmental risks. Contrary to widespread claims, consumer electronics and other digital technologies are made in ways that cause some of the worst environmental disasters of our time - conflict-minerals extraction, fatal and life-threatening occupational hazards, toxic pollution of ecosystems, rising energy consumption linked to increased carbon emissions, and e-waste. Nonetheless, a greener future is possible, in which technology meets its emancipatory and progressive potential.

How Green is Your Smartphone? encourages us to look at our phones in a wholly new way, and is important reading for anyone concerned by the impact of everyday technologies on our environment.

Product Details

Authors:
Richard MaxwellToby Miller
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
GB
Date Published:
28 January 2020
Dimensions:
18.8 x 12.45 x 1.52 cm
ISBN-10:
1509534725
ISBN-13:
9781509534722
Language:
English
Pages:
160
Publisher:
Weight:
158.76 gm

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