Bakker, Karen J.,

Gaia's web : how digital environmentalism can combat climate change, restore biodiversity, cultivate empathy, and regenerate the Earth / Karen Bakker. - 1 online resource (viii, 279 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I : Regenerating -- Wiring Gaia -- The algorithmic ocean -- Facebook for wildlife -- Hacking climate -- A Digital Green New Deal -- Part II : Instantiating -- A parliament of earthlings -- On the blockchain, no one knows you’re a forest -- Empathy machines -- Biocyborg kin.

"This book explores how tools of the Digital Age might be mobilized to solve our most pressing environmental challenges, from climate change to biodiversity loss. It argues that digital technology might accelerate environmental sustainability and that engaging with environmental issues may transform Big Tech for the better, if the sector successfully addresses spiraling energy use, pollution, privacy and surveillance issues"--

WorldShare provided record.

9780262048750 0262048752


Environmentalism--Effect of technological innovations on.
Information society--Environmental aspects.
Information technology--Environmental aspects.
Green technology.


Electronic books.

GE195 / .B354 2024 GE195 / .B354 2024

363.7/06