The number of people using smartphones has exploded - 95 percent of Americans own a mobile phone. But when technology grows quickly, the ethics can get left behind with human rights abuses and environmental damage. So how are we going to get to another, more ethical future? Lush Times reporter KATIE DANCEY-DOWNS investigates
… with ethics: an alternative future for smartphones Katie Dancey-Downs | 19th March 2018 Comment Smartphones collection_photo.jpg The number of people using smartphones has exploded - 95 percent of …
This month we see the arrival of the new iPhone. Surely the world's most desired gadget. How should we judge its carbon credentials?
… The Carbon Credentials of Smartphones David Thomas | 17th September 2013 … Living Science & Technology Waste & Recycling smartphones.jpg This month we see the arrival … is still in development. Fairphone produces smartphones sourced fairly on all fronts, …
Lithium-ion batterie mean your smartphone is light enough to carry around in your pocket. But the raw materials are associated with child labour, forced labour, corruption and the exposure of communities to dust contaminated with toxic metals. We have a serious problem with our smartphones, argues KATHRYN HINDESS
… smart: inside the hazardous world of making smartphones Kathryn Hindess | 2nd March 2018 News Smartphones mobile-phone-1840429_1280.jpg … metals. We have a serious problem with our smartphones, argues KATHRYN HINDESS The tech …
Behind the rise of smartphones and tablets, microwave pollution is a serious assault on our health reports Lynne Wycherley, whilst a new Ecologist Film Unit investigation uncovers the hidden cost of tin used in many phones
… The Ecologist | 3rd December 2012 News Smartphones Ipads Pollution Radiation … Natural Resources 1.jpg Behind the rise of smartphones and tablets, microwave pollution … campaigns telling us: “You must have smartphones!” (Must we?) “You can’t live …
Networks of recycled smartphones are powering a crack down on illegal logging and poaching, writes Alex Kirby. The technology will help combat devastation of trees and wildlife in threatened habitats worldwide - beginning with Africa.
… 7th July 2014 News Forests Technology Hunting smartphones-tree-cut.jpg Networks of recycled smartphones are powering a crack down on … has developed a tool - made from recycled smartphones - that it says will pilot new ways …
Unless you live on the moon, Google is an integral part of your day to day life, but just how ethical is the all-conquering search giant whose motto is ‘Don’t be Evil’? Peter Salisbury investigates
… a staggering 92 per cent of all searches from smartphones - use Google’s outwardly simple …
Professor KIM SAMUEL says we should turn away from wifi, mobile phones and social media to put wellbeing at the heart of student care as the new school and university year begins
… susceptible to the isolating effects of smartphones and social media. Earlier this … Young people are well aware of the effects of smartphones and social media on how they feel. …
Can an iPhone App help London get cheap eats - and help reduce the tragedy of food waste? Platform capitalism has delivered cheaper cabs, cheaper places to crash and cheaper stuff. But it is often driven by venture capitalism and has a steep social cost. But not always. So is 'Too Good To Go' too good to be true? SASHA DOVZHYK, a PhD student surviving in London, investigates..
Can the crisis of food waste be solved with an iPhone app - or is Too Good To Go too good to be true? Sasha Dovzhyk | 12th February 2018 Ethical Living Food Waste Platform Capitalism Mobile Apps …
How do the Maasai in northern Tanzania reconcile their values of reciprocity and social interaction with social distancing and the impacts of globalisation?
… other community members, who have button- or smartphones. Next I asked: ‘Have you heard … own button phones and only a few own smartphones. These are their main sources of …
As Kraków, Poland's second city, takes steps to protect its citizens from rising electromagnetic 'smog' from mobile phones, wifi, Bluetooth, smart meters and other devices, Lynne Wycherley summarises 2016's news highlights on the emerging bio-risks of rising exposure to non-ionisiong radiation. For how much longer can governments continue to ignore the growing evidence of harm?
Krakow's bold step to curb electromagnetic pollution reflects growing evidence of harm Lynne Wycherley | 12th January 2017 News Emf Radiation Science Health wifi-2-cut.jpg As Kraków, Poland's second …
🌳 Being able to identify biodiversity is essential for the appreciation and conservation of wildlife both on a local and global scale.
Tree identification and biodiversity Dr Dorthe Villadsen | 3rd July 2020 News Biodiversity Tree Identification Timber Festival 🌳 Timber deciduous-tree-5331975_1280.jpg 🌳 Being able to identify …
The citizens 'right to know' campaign about GMOs has put the food industry on the defensive, big time, writes Carey Gillam. But that only creates the impression they have something to hide. if GMOs are as great as they claim, they should be only too glad. It's time they switched sides and got with the people they feed.
… products that consumers could scan with their smartphones to access information. But whether …
Sooner than it takes to build a nuclear power station, lithium-air batteries could be helping wind and solar to make coal, oil and nuclear obsolete, say Cambridge scientists. Five times lighter and five times cheaper than current lithium batteries, Li-air would open the way to our 100% renewable future.
… (Li-ion) batteries we use in our laptops and smartphones, the negative electrode is made of …
The 'Biotechnology Food Labeling Uniformity' bill has been introduced to the US Senate to require clear, simple labelling of GMOs nationwide - informing consumers while saving manufacturers from a confusing patchwork of state regulations. Could it defeat the dreaded DARK Act?
LIGHT Act? Democrat senators' new GMO label law The Ecologist | 3rd March 2016 News GMOs Food Law Politics Regulation USA Corporations dark-act-cut.jpg The 'Biotechnology Food Labeling Uniformity' …
It may have billion-pound profits and gushing praise for technological innovation but Apple is increasingly in the spotlight over its labour rights and environmental record. Eifion Rees reports on the 'sweatshop brand'
… when the first iPhone was launched, Apple’s smartphones and tablet computers have taken …
As Japan seeks to end reliance on nuclear power, one of the answers is floating 'solar islands', writes Jon Major. A 70MW solar island opened last year, and two additional plants have just been announced.
Japan: 'solar islands' replace nuclear power Jon Major | 13th September 2014 News Renewables Solar Japan Nuclear Power solar-island-japan-cut.jpg As Japan seeks to end reliance on nuclear power, one …
Air quality across the UK is currently monitored by just a few hundred fixed stations, writes Prashant Kumar. That leaves most of us ignorant about the pollution we are breathing. But tiny air quality sensors in our mobile phones could soon create a network of millions of data points - and spur much needed official action to clean our air.
Information to the people! The coming air quality revolution Prashant Kumar | 15th January 2015 Comment Pollution Health Technology smartphone-smoke-cut.jpg Air quality across the UK is currently …
Some people like fixing things - others have things to fix. Repair cafés are a new global phenomenon that brings the two together, writes Jade Herriman - giving satisfaction to both, sharing skills, keeping stuff out of landfill, fighting 'designed obsolescence', and building communities sustained by mutual help.
'Repair cafés' are about fixing things - including communities Jade Herriman | 7th April 2015 Ethical Living Green Economy Society Waste we-can-repair-it-cut.jpg Some people like fixing things - …
Many of us have forgotten how it feels to be truly alone, with jobs, families and now the endless stream of digital information all vying for our attention. But taking time out with just nature for company can provide a myriad of physical, emotional and mental benefits, write BRAD DANIEL, ANDREW BOBILYA and KEN KALISCH
… entertainment through social media. For many, smartphones demand their attention day and …
If controlled by corporations, digital farming initiatives create new poverty traps for small food producers while promoting environmental-destructive intensive agricultural practices.
… intensive agricultural practices. Smartphones have revolutionised our way of …
Keen to save the world but don't want to end up in a Russian prison? In the first of a three part series Ruth Stokes suggests ethical consumption as one alternative approach to activism that won't turn your life upside down but will make a difference ...
Activism for Busy People Part I: Ethical Consumption Ruth Stokes | 9th November 2013 Ethical Living Ethical Consumption Consumer Choice Recycling ethicalconsumer.jpg You don't have to take to the …