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How Do We Live Green in the Digital Age

I was doing some live research for this article, asking people how they felt about technology. What did they think when they heard the words “Living in the Digital Age?” I have to say it went from one extreme to another. I didn’t seem to find a middle ground. Although, admittedly my polling was from a small group. I heard everything from technology is the plague of modern society, it’s disasterous, all the way to hearing how it leads to greed. I even had someone say who cares, it’s here. No one was in the middle.

Living in the digital age is a reflection of how far our technology has grown. I’ve had conversations with seniors about the inventions of automobiles and television and how it changed life around them. What I believe I have heard is for every upside of technology there is a downside, which seems natural. That old saying applies here, what goes up must come down. Automobiles made it easy to travel, work farther from your home and get away. You explored the world a bit. You saw different colorful ways of life now you can be disatisfied with your own. Television made it easier to advertise, fantasize, and have information from all over the world. We are at the beginnings of commercialism. The good and the bad. We realised we were not alone. The world became naked, the sheets were pulled off the bed. Now, there’s nowhere to hide.

Amazingly, we have just come out of an analog world rising into a digital age. I’m not only talking about media and videos. I’m suggesting every piece of machinery in your home has some form of digital chip or display involved in the mechanics of the machine. With continued developments of technology we will be using advanced equipment in our personal life, homes, cars and offices. Making us more reliant on the intelligence of these digital pieces. They do make life easier. I don’t have to think about how to spell a word, it’s checked for me.

Since, I am an advocate of environmental sustainability I would like to see the creation of digital sustainability included in that phrase. What if we chose to use parts made out of sustainable materials? Energy needed to fuel our digital tech needs to be addressed. It should be local, easily accessable and cheap. Yes, I said cheap!

Camera’s have easily crossed over to the digital age. You no longer have to print out pictures. You no longer need film. You can hold them on a USB flashdrive and download on any computer or digital frame. No more toxic chemicals or paper waste creating pictures. Yes, we still have to address energy use. I’m still looking for a display that has a tactile photo album feeling. A display that has a reminiscent feel of a photo album. Considering the infantcy of digital camera’s, they are weighing in nicely.

Cell phone companies have started to think about “green” no, not money green but environmental green. Credo’s cell phone company has a green policy. Nokia green phones have better energy efficient chargers and use recdycled materials. More company’s are using recycled resources in the materials, an example would be Samsung’s Evergreen. Company’s are starting to listen to what the consumers say. We want choice with green products.

Overall living in the digital age isn’t so bad. We have issues to address as every generation does. Hey, the common man can write an opinion on a digital platform where anyone can choose to read it. It’s got my vote.

About the Author

Kathy Bampfield has come a long way from on the job training as a dental assistant to sharing easy ways to
go green
on her website Green Guide Tips. Learn about her new Series, Starting with Seven in 2011 at :
http://www.greenguidetips.com

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