The Automated Society · Impacts of Computing

Environmental Impact of Tech

Assessing the ecological footprint of hardware manufacturing, energy consumption, and electronic waste.

Key Questions

  1. 1What is the environmental cost of mining materials for a smartphone?
  2. 2How can we design software to be more energy efficient?
  3. 3Whose responsibility is it to manage the global e-waste crisis?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9DT10K01
Year: Year 10
Subject: Technologies
Unit: The Automated Society
Period: Impacts of Computing

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