Rzilient did the Digital Mural
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Last week we did the Digital fresco. A fun workshop dedicated to exploring the causes and consequences of digital pollution, it is obvious that we had to do it internally in view of our core business.
Did you know that it is necessary to mobilize 800 kg of materials and resources to manufacture a 2 kg computer? That only 17% of the world's waste is recycled, for a very partial recycling? Or that our digital uses consume electricity, two-thirds of which comes from fossil fuels?
We had the majority of orders of magnitude in mind, La Fresque allowed us to put things straight and give us an overall and comprehensive view of the environmental and social challenges of digital technology.
A little feedback.
Laying the foundations: the hidden face of our digital uses.
Throughout the maps, there is overwhelming evidence of the pollution generated by our IT uses. The entire life cycle of the digital universe - composed of terminals, network infrastructures and data centers - has impacts on climate change, biodiversity loss, resource shortages, local pollution, and health.
A shocking reality is emerging when the human lives at stake are exposed, as Camille testifies:
I knew that managing the end of life of digital devices was a problem and that the solutions were now only partial. Nevertheless, I was shocked to learn that 60% of WEEE is exported illegally to underdeveloped countries, seriously impacting the health of locals...
Camille, Sales & Partnerships Manager
Indeed, it is user equipment, network infrastructures, and data centers that must be manufactured, operated and processed at the end of their life. To do this, we consume electricity, fossil fuels, in short, we exhaust non-renewable resources. As Frédéric Bordage points out, digital technology is a critical, non-renewable resource that will run out in 30 years.
However, it is important not to fall into despair at the end of this observation. Hence the interest of the part dealing with solutions, as evidenced by these pretty smiles.
Getting your head out of the water: solutions exist, let's apply them.
Now comes the part dedicated to solutions to get your head out of the water and take action in order to drastically reducing the IT footprint. We thought collectively about the impact as well as the ease or difficulty of implementing each action described on thirty maps.
A multitude of resolutions are made and to be taken, at several levels of commitment. Every action, every solution counts. While nothing can be minimized, you must however learn to prioritize them. Guillaume's small drawings, to decorate everything.
I've had my computer for 8 years, I'm not ready to change it!
Damien, CIO
Rzilient exists precisely to apply these solutions on a large scale within companies. Drawing cards describing what we have been doing for 1 year has brought back a smile on our faces. And that's just the beginning!
After the workshop, the action.
Awareness-raising and education are a first step, it is now up to us to apply these learnings and contribute to the fight against digital pollution.
This workshop motivated us all the more because it reinforced our conviction in the impact of Responsible Digital Technology and green iT.
Alexis, co-founder
The Digital Fresco is to be taken as an exercise in lucidity, putting us face to face with our own paradoxes, contradictions and limits. Our lifestyles are not sustainable. It's not about making us feel depressed and give up, driven by a feeling of powerlessness. On the contrary, it is a question of getting out of this daydream lulled by the illusion of green growth, and providing all the keys to drastically modify our behaviors - at the individual, corporate and collective levels.
In fact, there will be no ecological transition without sobriety.
iT is far from being intangible and our digital uses pollute. Too much.
Let's take action. Together. Right now. 💚
You too, do La Fresque du Numérique to understand the environmental and social challenges of digital technology. Do you want to get involved in green iT and RNE procedures? Let's talk about it!
