[STS-Africa] Community Call: “A Fossil-Free Internet and Other Solarpunk Futures"

[SEEKCommons Project]

Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the SEEKCommons Project, we would like to invite you to our 
next community call:
Friday, April 25
6:00 p.m. CET / 12:00 p.m. EST / 9:00 a.m. PST
Via Zoom


In SEEKCommons, we work in a distributed network of STS researchers, OS 
practitioners, and socio-environmental researchers to promote science 
and technology commons for participative socio-environmental research. 
Our call series offers an opportunity to discuss the possibilities of 
the commons as a governance framework, with speakers presenting on its 
challenges, benefits, lessons learned, and the uncharted possibilities 
for “open technologies.”

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FRI 25 APR 2025 - 6:00 PM (CET) / 12:00 PM (EST) / 9:00 AM (PST)
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This month’s Community Call topic:
“A Fossil-Free Internet and Other Solarpunk Futures" with Michelle 
Thorne

The immense possibilities of today’s internet services, data centres, 
artificial intelligence and rendered computer graphics have been made 
possible by a large supply of cheap energy sources: fossil fuels. The 
promises of yet another generation of artificial intelligence and the 
rise of the metaverse and cryptocurrencies and more are unthinkable 
without the endless extraction and flow of fossil energy. Many are 
already talking about ‘data warming’ as one of the strongly growing 
drivers of global warming. This talk invites participants to reflect 
upon the possibilities of a fossil-free internet based on ecological 
ethics and regenerative principles and seek inspiration from the solar 
punk movement.


The series is open to public participation, and registration is 
required: https://bit.ly/4ceRqay
Complete details can be found in our April Community Call Flyer: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vVFCtCNWRStLbooMzpKOFxYY2vb_oxg6/view


For more info about the series, visit: 
https://seekcommons.org/community-calls.html
We hope you can join us!

Warm regards,
The SEEKCommons Project
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