@geant@mstdn.socialHow can we make sustainability part of everything we do?
That question led to the creation of SIG-Sustainability, a new community space within the GÉANT Community Programme (GCP).
Launched in 2024, the group brings together members from across our community to exchange ideas and tools, from reducing carbon footprint to promoting inclusivity & climate adaptation.
📖 Read the full interview with the SIG-Sustainability Coordinator Judith Six (Jisc) in
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources and docs: India's government is considering forcing phone makers to enable always-on satellite location tracking; Apple, Google, and Samsung are opposed (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa…
@brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org$0.50 per mile for electricity for a semi truck? wow, lower than I would imagine. (and it can be as low as $0.12 where rates are lower.).
"During testing, the truck averaged 1.72 kWh per mile while hauling a gross combined weight of 75,000 pounds (34 metric tons) over a 390-mile (625 km) long-haul route."
a tesla model 3 is ~0.3 kWh per mile.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues including the deceptive design of its blue checkmarks (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@YaleDivinitySchool@mstdn.socialJust released! The new issue of the Divinity School journal, Reflections. The theme is: "A Faith that Sustains: Building Hope for a Living Planet." #ecotheology #sustainability #creationcare
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialAnd just sometimes there are encouraging news stories - and boy how different from my school and college eating spaces:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/07/…
@paulwermer@sfba.socialAnd just sometimes there are encouraging news stories - and boy how different from my school and college eating spaces:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/07/…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWorld will overshoot 1.5C climate goal, UN says (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/world-will-overshoot-15c-climate-goal-un-says-2025-11-04/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251104/p44#a251104p44
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues including the deceptive design of its blue checkmarks (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@deprogrammaticaipsum@mas.to"Retrocomputing emerges not only as a fun, recreational activity, but also as one with widely applicable skills, particularly for those working in sustainable computing, and those spreading its use in regions of the world where it has not yet reached peak maturity, and where refurbishing old hardware is an effective way to raise standards of living through computer tech. In this age of rising temperatures and rising oceans, reusing old computers is a very valuable skill."
@servelan@newsie.socialGlobal coral bleaching crisis spreads after hottest year, scientists say | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/global-coral-bleaching-crisis-spreads-after-hottest-year-scientists-say-2025-04-23/
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Repair cafes bringing new life to cherished items, building communities and boosting sustainability"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Ireland
@nemobis@mamot.frAlternative title: fossil fuel company defends #FossilSubsidies.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate…
@burger_jaap@mastodon.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle and Epic Games reached an agreement to settle Epic's 2020 antitrust lawsuit, with proposed changes to Android and Google Play pending court approval (Mike Scarcella/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainabi…
@Dragofix@veganism.socialReport Says Factory Farming is the World’s Biggest Cause of Food Waste https://vegconomist.com/sustainability-environment/report-factory-farming-worlds-biggest-cause-food-waste/
@markhburton@mstdn.social#Jeavons
Don’t Forget to Ask: What Happens to the Savings? - resilience
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-11-26/dont-forget-to-ask-what-happe…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe UK's High Court rules against Getty in its lawsuit against Stability AI over its image generator; the judge calls the ruling "extremely limited in scope" (Sam Tobin/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustaina…
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Profit before planet: Big fashion brands’ sustainability disclosures still abysmal, report reveals"
#Fashion #FastFashion #Sustainability
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Apple doesn't plan to comply with India's mandate to preload a state-owned cyber safety app on iPhones and will raise its concerns with New Delhi (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@cdarwin@c.imUruguay used to rely heavily on oil & gas-based power.
But as the economy grew and electricity demand threatened to overtake supply from the early 2010s,
it needed to add additional generating capacity, and fast.
New hydro wasn’t an option as it had already made the most of that resource.
To chart the way forward, the president appointed Ramón Méndez Galain,
a particle physicist from the private sector,
as the country’s director of energy
— a pos…
@arXiv_csSE_bot@mastoxiv.pageTowards a Taxonomy of Sustainability Requirements for Software Design
Mandira Roy, Novarun Deb, Nabendu Chaki, Agostino Cortesi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08990 https://
@gfriend@mas.to“5% of companies have dropped sustainability/ESG/DEI like dirty laundry, 5% doubling down, 90% staying the course.” -Tim Mohin #VERGE
@ubuntourist@mastodon.socialNutri3D Project - nutritional plant-based 3D printed food
https://www.media.enea.it/en/press-releases-and-news/years-archive/year-2025/food-from-m…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeMajor US online retailers remove listings for millions of prohibited Chinese electronics
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/major-us-online-retailers-remove-listings-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe UK's High Court rules against Getty in its lawsuit against Stability AI over its image generator; the judge calls the ruling "extremely limited in scope" (Sam Tobin/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustaina…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe UK CMA says it will launch an in-depth investigation into Getty and Shutterstock's proposed merger after their proposed remedies failed to address concerns (Raechel Thankam Job/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/susta…
@villavelius@mastodon.onlineSustainability is current just a privilege. Only achievable by those who can afford it. Therefore it needs to be widely and generously subsidised.
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialNice article about the importance of connecting data, harmony without orchestration of millions of small flexible energy actions, inspired by a post of mine.
https://nemlog.substack.com/p/sustainability-will-not-be-commanded
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.socialSalata Institute for Climate and Sustainability
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChina's central bank reaffirmed its stance on crypto, calling virtual currency activity illegal and saying stablecoins fail KYC and anti-money-laundering rules (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa<…
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.socialWhat is #bbuzz all about?
Our video team captured the essence of #bbuzz on film: #bbuzz by joining us as a speaker! We are looking for talks on search, data science, streams, operations, scale, storage, people and community, society, ethics, sustainability, and more: https://2026.berlinbuzzwords.de/call-for-papers/
@cheryanne@aus.socialThe Built Environment
This podcast is about asking better questions about construction, design, sustainability, and how we live...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-built-environment/
@mia@hcommons.socialI've been sharing the word about #AI4LAM at the first 'AI Indaba and Library Technology Expo' in South Africa. Some great speakers on the livestream if you're curious about the South African library perspective on AI, innovation and sustainability
@deprogrammaticaipsum@mas.to"Spoiler alert: unless there happens to be some breakthrough in physics that will drive more gigahertz to our CPUs, more crypto to those GPUs, more watts to our batteries, and more money to cloud providers, we most probably will not see any difference between the computer you are using today and the one you will receive as a gift in Christmas 2033. Get used to this fact."
@StephenRees@mas.toGuardian Exclusive
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
Jillian Ambrose
Sun 9 Nov 2025 08.00 GMT
Drax power plant has continued to burn 250-year-old trees sourced from some of Canada’s oldest forests despite growing scrutiny of its sustainability claims
@primonatura@mstdn.social"How vets are shaping a more sustainable future"
#Animals #Sustainability
https://www.edi…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIndian government order: India's telecom ministry privately asks phonemakers to preload state cybersecurity app Sanchar Saathi on all new devices within 90 days (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa<…
@axbom@axbom.me
@a_j_millar@fediscience.orgThe #EU reached a complicated compromise on the regulation of biotech #crops last Thursday. This is a significant step, from negotiations under the Danish presidency 🇩🇰. The proposal still needs to be ratified by the Council and @…, though both were already participating to reach this stage.
There's a lot of detail of course but one key biological aspect is that varieties with the smallest, so-called NGT-1 changes would no longer be regulated under GMO rules, and would be labelled for marketing as seeds but not their products thereafter. Not so for NGT-2.
➡️ https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/12/04/new-genomic-techniques-council-and-parliament-strike-deal-to-boost-the-competitiveness-and-sustainability-of-our-food-systems/
@arXiv_csSE_bot@mastoxiv.pageEvaluating End-User Device Energy Models in Sustainability Reporting of Browser-Based Web Services
Maja H. Kirkeby, Timmie Lagermann
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12566 https://
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialCork (Ireland), will host the 12th International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in 2027 with satellite gatherings in Covilha (Portugal) and Cluj-Napoca (Romania).
Cork 2027 | degrowth.info
https://degrowth.info/en/conference/cork-2027
@nemobis@mamot.fr"The railroad industry is slow to adopt new things" [electrified lines].
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/how-us-freight-rail-industry-got-dirtier-than-coal-power-plants-2025-12-14…
@Dragofix@veganism.socialNGO links major chocolate brands to Liberia deforestation #Liberia
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe UK CMA says it will launch an in-depth investigation into Getty and Shutterstock's proposed merger after their proposed remedies failed to address concerns (Raechel Thankam Job/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/susta…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialLION: from 2022-2024, local independent online news organizations with dedicated staff for revenue generation had median revenue 700% higher than those without (Eric Rynston-Lobel/Local News Initiative)
https://localnewsinitiative.northweste
@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.de✅ entering #TSMC headquarters. We got a green #semiconductor manufacturing tour through fabs. Sustainability as a roadshow.
Then we visited a village that had been kindly asked to relocate for a new 2 nm fab. Cutting edges. The temple and local god had to move, too – better get the deity’…
@kerstinsailer@sciences.socialCfP on transdisciplinary workplace research
Just a few more days until abstracts are due (14 Nov) for the 5th TWR (Transdisciplinary Workplace Research) conference, to be held in Zurich, 2-5 September 2026
Topics include physical and social workplace environments, sustainability, digital work, hybrid and new ways of working, occupational health, inclusion at work etc
More info and how to submit:
@relcfp@mastodon.socialJOURNAL> Journal of Global Buddhism v 26, n 1
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@jonippolito@digipres.clubWe've updated the What Uses More app to reflect last week's finding by Luccioni and Gamazaychikov that "reasoning" mode increases energy and water usage by 30x. The study casts doubt on the improved efficiency AI companies are claiming for newer models
https://www.
@arXiv_csSE_bot@mastoxiv.pageSEER: Sustainability Enhanced Engineering of Software Requirements
Mandira Roy, Novarun Deb, Nabendu Chaki, Agostino Cortesi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08981 https://
@arXiv_csLG_bot@mastoxiv.pageFuelCast: Benchmarking Tabular and Temporal Models for Ship Fuel Consumption
Justus Viga, Penelope Mueck, Alexander L\"oser, Torben Weis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08217 ht…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialEU member states agree a position on draft child protection legislation without forcing Big Tech to find and remove CSAM; states now negotiate with EU lawmakers (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/soc
@primonatura@mstdn.social"This Netflix holiday rom-com is secretly an environmentalist fantasy"
#Film #Media #Environment
@NFL@darktundra.xyzTravis Etienne, Jacory Croskey-Merritt and Javonte Williams for real? Plus, 2 trades fueling 1 contender https://www.nfl.com/news/travis-etienne-jacory-croskey-merritt-and-javonte-williams-for-real-plus-2-trades-fueling…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzThe Video Game Industry’s Existential Crisis (with Jason Schreier) https://www.404media.co/the-video-game-industrys-existential-crisis-with-jason-schreier/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA Spanish court orders Meta to pay €479M to 87 Spanish digital media outlets for unfair competition practices and infringement of EU data protection regulations (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA US judge decertifies a class action that accused Apple of monopolizing the market for iPhone apps, citing errors in the plaintiffs' damages model (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@brichapman@mastodon.social🌿 Oxford’s TIDE Centre launches the Nature’s Intelligence Studio at #COP30 — turning 3.4 billion years of evolution into solutions for today’s climate and energy challenges. Innovation inspired by the Amazon, for the planet. 🌍✨
@arXiv_csCR_bot@mastoxiv.pageAI-Driven Post-Quantum Cryptography for Cyber-Resilient V2X Communication in Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems
Akid Abrar, Sagar Dasgupta, Mizanur Rahman, Ahmad Alsharif
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08496
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca“The Belem deal launches a voluntary initiative to speed up climate action to help nations meet their existing pledges to reduce emissions, and calls for rich nations to at least triple the amount of money they provide to help developing countries adapt to a warming world by 2035.”
This is suicide. We can’t adapt forever. Our civilization is based on 10,000 years of relatively stable climate. That climate is now changing in ways we can only guess at.
Yes we will have to adapt to what we have already done… but continuing to pump emissions into the atmosphere means we will continue to adapt to worse and worse and worse conditions until we can’t adapt anymore. No amount of money changes that.
When you can’t adapt… you die.
Canada and every provincial government is part of the problem. They are killing us now and killing our future.
#extinction #climate #climatedisaster #climateadaptation #endfossilfuels
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/cop30-talks-grind-into-overtime-eu-objects-proposed-deal-2025-11-22/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChinese state media: China launches three VC funds of $7.1B each to back early-stage "hard technology" startups valued below ¥500M, or about $71M (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa…
@mia@hcommons.socialJoin me at two events at the British Library later this month:
https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/knowledge-is-human
On 20 October, the British Library is joining forces with Wikimedia UK and the Wikimedia Foundation to explore the impact of AI on ope…
@arXiv_csHC_bot@mastoxiv.pageA Meat-Summer Night's Dream: A Tangible Design Fiction Exploration of Eating Biohybrid Flying Robots
Ziming Wang, Yiqian Wu, Qingxiao Zheng, Shihan Zhang, Ned Barker, Morten Fjeld
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06507
@primonatura@mstdn.social"How to empower teachers and help students prepare for a sustainable future"
#Sustainability #Education
@arXiv_mathHO_bot@mastoxiv.pageThe Ethical and Sustainable Concerns Triangle: A Framework for Navigating Discourses in Mathematics and Its Education
Dennis M\"uller, Maurice Chiodo, Michael Meyer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11327
@arXiv_condmatsoft_bot@mastoxiv.pageAI-Assisted Physics-Informed Predictions of Degradation Behavior of Polymeric Anion Exchange Membranes
William Schertzer, Mohamed Al Otmi, Janani Sampath, Ryan P. Lively, Rampi Ramprasad
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12655
@cheryanne@aus.socialEco Radio
Eco Radio explores some of the strategies at the forefront of the move toward sustainability...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/eco-radio/
@Dragofix@veganism.socialPulp giant RGE admits possible deforestation breach in Bornean wildlife habitat https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/pulp-giant-rge-admits-possible-deforestation-breach-in-bornean-wildlife-habitat/
@gfriend@mas.toHeading to @SustainableBrands next week? It’s my favorite gathering for people reimagining business through purpose and profit.
Lately I’m hearing from execs who feel their sustainability work is plateauing—not for lack of heart, but because the system itself resists the kind of change we’re trying to create. What are _you_ noticing?
If that’s on your mind too, let’s grab 15 minutes at SB to trade notes. I promise you’ll walk away with at least one useful perspective you hadn’t c…
@YaleDivinitySchool@mstdn.socialYale University’s Bird-Friendly Building Initiative, a project that aims to accelerate the adoption of bird-friendly design in the built environment, has been recognized with a 2025 Excellence Award by the International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN).
https://
@relcfp@mastodon.socialJOURNAL> Journal of Global Buddhism v 26, n 1
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialCyprus's financial regulator grants a crypto license to Revolut, allowing the startup to offer crypto services across the EU under new regulations (Elizabeth Howcroft/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Will your clothes need a passport? EU targets fashion’s greenwashing with new rules"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Greenwashing
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialFiling: Meta axed research based on a Nielsen survey in 2020 that found evidence of social media harms, claiming the survey was tainted by the "media narrative" (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustain…
@arXiv_csLG_bot@mastoxiv.pagelm-Meter: Unveiling Runtime Inference Latency for On-Device Language Models
Haoxin Wang, Xiaolong Tu, Hongyu Ke, Huirong Chai, Dawei Chen, Kyungtae Han
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06126
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA Spanish court orders Meta to pay €479M to 87 Spanish digital media outlets for unfair competition practices and infringement of EU data protection regulations (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@primonatura@mstdn.social"How the 15-Minute Sustainable City Model Cuts Carbon by 98% While Growing Local Food"
#Sustainability
https://happyeconews.com/15-minute-sustainable-city/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA lawyer says 55 Chinese iPhone and iPad users filed an antitrust complaint in China alleging Apple abuses its market dominance by restricting app distribution (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialWikimedia Foundation names Bernadette Meehan, who was the US Ambassador to Chile from 2022 to 2025, as its new CEO (Deborah Mary Sophia/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regula…
@Dragofix@veganism.socialGlobal treaty to end subsidies for destructive fishing takes effect https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/global-treaty-to-end-subsidies-for-destructive-fishing-takes-effect/
@relcfp@mastodon.socialJOURNAL> Journal of Global Buddhism v 26, n 1 https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20136290/journal-journal-global-buddhism-v-26-n-1
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChegg plans to cut 388 roles, or about 45% of the workforce, citing the "new realities of AI", and says executive chairman Dan Rosensweig returns as CEO (Vallari Srivastava/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainab…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: the Netherlands took control of Nexperia over fears its ex-CEO Zhang Xuezheng was dismantling its European operations and moving production to China (Toby Sterling/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainabil…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialPoland's antitrust office UOKiK is probing whether Apple's ATT limits third-party data collection in mobile ads while giving Apple's own ads service an edge (Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sus…
@primonatura@mstdn.social @relcfp@mastodon.socialValue(s) in Practice: Impact and Sustainability in XR
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@primonatura@mstdn.social"Chemicals companies ‘omitting details on hazardous substances from sustainability reporting’"
#Chemicals #Environment
@Techmeme@techhub.socialItaly's antitrust authority orders Meta to suspend contractual terms that bar rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp; Meta calls the decision "fundamentally flawed" (Elvira Pollina/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/s…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFiling: Meta axed research based on a Nielsen survey in 2020 that found evidence of social media harms, claiming the survey was tainted by the "media narrative" (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustain…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDropbox says its CFO Timothy Regan will step down after five years in the role and will be succeeded by Avalara president Ross Tennenbaum; DBX drops 5% (Anhata Rooprai/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustai…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: the US is working on a settlement that could see ZTE pay $1B over alleged foreign bribery from 2018 and earlier; a deal would require China's approval (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/soc
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle is the first company to be designated with special status in the UK under new digital laws; the designation does not introduce any immediate requirements (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@Techmeme@techhub.socialWikimedia Foundation names Bernadette Meehan, who was the US Ambassador to Chile from 2022 to 2025, as its new CEO (Deborah Mary Sophia/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regula…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCrypto exchange Gemini launches an Australian arm, Gemini Intergalactic Australia, to offer its services in the country after registering with regulator AUSTRAC (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNew York City sues Meta, Alphabet, Snap, and ByteDance, accusing them of fueling a mental health crisis among children by addicting them to social media (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialItaly's competition authority closes its July 2024 probe into Google's alleged unfair practices over users' personal data after Google adopted remedies (Gianluca Semeraro/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTSMC reports a 16.9% rise in October sales, the slowest pace since February 2024, highlighting uncertainty over the AI boom's sustainability; TSMC is up 37% YTD (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Google is set to be hit with a potentially large EU fine in Q1 2026 if it does not do more to ensure Google Play complies with EU competition rules (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainabili…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFCC Chair Brendan Carr says major US online retailers have removed several million listings for prohibited Chinese electronics as part of the agency's crackdown (David Shepardson/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainab…
