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The Mooc Environmental impacts of digital technologies aims to address the impact of Digital on the environment, its positive and negative effects, the phenomena observable today and the projections we are able to make for the and the projections we are able to make for the future. It is intended for educational mediators and more generally for the general public.

On this website, you will find for each part a presentation of the content, a fun and educational video, ready-to-use teaching capsules, concept sheets to deepen certain notions and a and a bibliography with additional resources.

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Concepts

1.2.1 What is digital technology?

An overview of the terms commonly associated with digital technology, and its history.

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1.2.2 What are the Internet infrastructures?

This fact article describes the main infrastructures that enable the Internet to function, and their environmental impacts.

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1.2.3 What is a datacenter?

The article describes data centers, what they are made of, what are their characteristics and their environmental impacts.

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1.2.4 Numerical simulation, a central tool for the environment

modelling, Numerical simulation and environment

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1.3.1 Indicators - from definition to construction

What is an indicator, how is it constructed and what are the main environmental indicators?

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1.3.2 Digital technology and environment in some figures

International and French figures of digital equipments, and some illustrations of equipment and digitalization rates in France.

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1.3.3 Digital technology and electricity - measurements, proportionality and energy efficiency

What are the metrics used to analyze the power consumption of digital equipment in use and how to measure the power consumption of a digital equipment.

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1.3.4 Quantified results - how reliable are they ?

Reliability of the figures and degree of confidence in them. Alert to figures, alert to greenwashing !

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Activities

1.1 What do you think about digital services?

Find out how you feel about digital technology

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1.3 How do you measure your environmental impact?

Identify the indicators used to calculate the impact of digital technology / Compare the orders of magnitude

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1.4.1 Are you a victim of the exponential bias?

Differentiate between linear and exponential growth

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1.4.2 What link can be made between environmental performance and Internet usage?

Cross-reference the indicators (ecological footprint and percentage of internet users) of countries

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Accès au PDF des activités

Accès au PDF des activités de la Partie 1

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2.1 How many connected devices do you have?

Be aware of the number of connected objects that surround us

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2.2 The environmental impacts of a smartphone

Discover the life cycle of a smartphone and the different environmental impacts related to its 4 main phases

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2.3 Autopsy of a smartphone

Be aware of the quantity of new smartphones sold, before zooming in on the metals that this small device contains

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