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Reducing digital’s unintended impacts.

It’s not too late to reduce ecological and human harm of digital technology … yet.

Can we count on YOU?

Awareness precedes change.

– Robin S Sharma

Promoting responsible technology use.

Raising awareness of digital’s negative impacts.

Technology does a lot of good – creating opportunity, healing, guiding, securing.

But there is also a lot of unintended harm such as huge carbon emissions, environmental pollution, vast water consumption, habitat destruction and resource depletion and human health issues. And the scale of this is only growing!

Each day, oblivious of the impact, millions of people make technology decisions that harm people, nature and the planet.

We need your support, your voice, your influence to raise awareness and avert the catastrophic impacts escalating beyond control.

Be part of the solution.

Join us to raise awareness of this urgent issue.

The unintentional harm we seek to abate.

Digital’s impact on the climate.

More CO2e than aviation.

The internet’s combined carbon footprint is greater than that of the aviation and shipping industries, and most nations.1

Annual carbon emissions of the internet compared to other industries
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Digital’s impact on water.

Water for 90 million people.

Data centres consume hundreds of billions of litres of potable water per year, enough to supply 90 million people2.

Digital’s impact on the natural resources.

More gold than gold.

Technologies depend on vast amounts of rare minerals extracted from the Earth. Disposed equipment has created an enormous amount of ‘eWaste’, resulting in there being more gold per tonne of eWaste than in a tonne of gold ore3 along with serious human and nature health issues.4

Our objective.

Our objective is to overcome the awareness void, drive responsible technology use, and reduce technology’s harm to people, planet and nature.

Together we can raise awareness, provide information and tools to encourage responsible technology use.

Get Involved.

We can’t do this alone. Join us and be part of a more sustainable digital future.

Join Digital Impact Aware.

Our supporters are motivated, responsible citizens and organisations passionate about raising awareness of digital’s impact.

3 things we offer supporters:

  • Be seen as technologically responsible.
  • With your permission, we’ll promote you as a supporter.
  • Eligible business can promote their work on this site.

2 things we ask of our supporters:

  • Display our logo on websites and collateral.
  • Invite others to join the mission.

Become a supporter today

What to expect when you sign up.

  • We’ll be in contact to learn more about what you do and how you want to be involved.
  • We’ll send you our logos and links to share in your websites, emails and other collateral.
  • We’ll enrol you into our Digital Impact Aware masterclass email series (if you opt in).
  • We will NOT sell or share your data and there is NO FEE to be a supporter.
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The role of Digital Carbon Online in the movement.

Digital Carbon Online is a founding member, and is actively engaged in raising awareness and driving change. We share a mission with Digital Impact Aware for a more sustainable digital future, and hope our platform can provide information and insights to mitigate some of the harm caused by the internet.

The Digital Impact Aware movement is bigger than Digital Carbon Online and is open to anyone who is genuinely excited and optimistic about the role technology can play in a better future, but equally motivated to help avoid the harm it can cause.