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Contemporary permaculture is founded on three core ethics: Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share. These ethics serve as a guiding compass for its design principles, co-creating a holistic framework for regenerative living. Similarly, permacomputing is built upon 10 principles that encourage and raise awareness about more sustainable digital practices.
Whether you are a tech specialist, someone who uses a computer for daily tasks, or deals with technology only occasion, there are steps that you or the group you are involved in can take to reduce the environmental and socio-economic impact of your digital activities. The following section explores the permacomputing principles, showing how and where to start.
Each principle is illustrated through:
Issue/background
What can YOU do? Strategies and interventions for all, from techie to casual user, or something in between
Strategies and interventions for all, from techie to casual user, or something in between Principle in action & examples Further reading, tools for deeper engagement, and examples of implementation
The community of permacomputing promotes a comprehensive approach to the design of human technology, taking into account social and ecological issues, encouraging resilience and supporting a fair coexistence. These design principles are meant to not to be just technical guidelines but rather represent strategies for positive changes.
That said, permacomputing is not prescriptive; it instead favors situatedness and an awareness of contextual diversity. We, the Permacomputing working group, hope these design principles can serve both as a guide for practice in specific situations and as a tool for identifying systemic issues in the relationship between computer technology and ecology.
Furthermore, the Permacomputing community is more than this site! It is inspired by—and builds upon—a diverse range of initiatives, research, projects, and bodies of knowledge. And just like we learn and expand concepts of permacomputing further, these principles will also continually be developed and refined. The text below is meant to serve as a starting point. :)
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