For a greener future, we must accept there's nothing inherently sustainable about going digital
- Written by Jessica McLean, Senior Lecturer in Geography, Macquarie University
Digital technologies are often put forward as a solution to environmental dilemmas.
The spread of the internet came with claims of a huge reduction in printing, and by replacing paper with bytes, we thought we’d reduce our negative environmental impact
But this early promise of solving environmental problems may not be delivering because...