Parallels exist between a more sustainable church, and a more sustainable web: one that not only takes less electricity and fewer resources to run, but allow more privacy and portability of data. And are less addicting by their nature. Some solutions mean looking back — to blogs like this, and to “link love” that highlights good ideas in place of an algorithm — and other point (uncertainly) to options like federation.
Kris De Decker is my favorite writer about finding low-tech solutions for current problems, and I eagerly read new articles at his Low-Tech Magazine when they appear. He recently appeared in presentation “Back To The Future Of The Internet” where he and others deal with the sustainable (environmentally and personally) web. It’s linked from his more frequently updated side project, No Tech Magazine:
https://www.notechmagazine.com/2024/08/back-to-the-future-of-the-internet.html
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