Simon Weckert (@dlvr@tldr.nettime.org)
tldr.nettime.org
Attached: 4 images "We tend to hoard data and are largely unaware of our resource wastage." Emission of the Cloud by Simon Weckert. more info: https://www.simonweckert.com/emissionofthecloud.html

The online activities of just one German town, Chemnitz, burn 450 kg of C02 per hour. Most of this is from Data-Centres supporting cloud infrastructures.

“Smoke builds a staircase for you to ascend …” (Laurie Anderson, Home of the Brave)

Instead of climbing a staircase of thin air, use Simon Weckert’s project as inspiration to find local, lower emission alternatives to using data-centres for digital activity.