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Michael J. Oghia is a Belgrade-based consultant, editor, researcher, speaker, and ICT sustainability advocate working within the digital policy & infrastructure, Internet governance, and media development ecosystems. He is a third culture kid (TCK) and a connector at heart with more than a decade of professional experience in conflict resolution, journalism & media, policy, and development across five countries: The United States, Lebanon, India, Turkey, and Serbia. Michael also loathes referring to himself in third person.
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A critical pillar of a sustainable digital economy is circularity. A circular digital economy will entail a production and consumption model for IT hardware that minimises the amount of resources used while maximising life cycle longevity. But one of the greatest obstacles to realising circularity …
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With hardware cycles slowing and calls for greater sustainability growing, switching to a circular business model is a must. For operators and other RIPE community members, one way to do that is to prioritise refurbished hardware. I teamed up with Lisa Berendse from the Amsterdam-based refurbisher …
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Over the summer, we – the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (SDIA) – published a three-part series introducing our manifesto for a sustainable European cloud, one that’s open-source, fair, and creates economic opportunities for all. Such digital infrastructure will reflect European values…
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Last month, the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (SDIA) announced our Open Data Hub, a resource that's meant to boost transparency, trust, and data availability to help researchers, industry, and society realise a sustainable digital economy. It is essentially our answer to the challenge…
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ClimateAction.tech invites you to join us for our #LetsGreenTheWeb campaign – a focused, 5-day Twitter campaign to measure the carbon emissions of websites, share tweets highlighting the results, and encourage developers to reduce website emissions. The campaign will run on Twitter from 15-19 Febru…
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The RIPE community can contribute to a more sustainable Internet in multiple ways, but one of the most immediate and impactful among these involves decisions regarding buying hardware and sourcing services. We take a closer look at the issues surrounding procurement, the resources available, and ex…
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If Europe is going to realise its vision for a greener ICT ecosystem and a sustainable future, support from the RIPE community is imperative. But what can you do - as a network operator and as a user - to work towards a sustainable Internet?
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In recent weeks, I’ve attended two events, SEE 6, hosted by the RIPE NCC in Budva, Montenegro, and the 10th European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) in Tallinn, Estonia. At both events, I had the opportunity to speak about the issue of sustainable access to the Internet.
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Thanks for this, Hisham! I especially liked that OKR table, linking the goals to the programme objectives.
Great initiative @Alun!
Thank you for mentioning sustainability Mirjam! Indeed, I'd love to see a more formal way to address that topic within the RIPE community.
Thanks for this Chris! Running the risk of sounding like a broken record, I'd love to see the RIPE community pushing for sustainability principles as well, i.e., within software or IT operations.
Thanks for this write-up Alun! I just joined the DisNOG – such a good idea. Also, if it's helpful to you and @Vesna, over the years I've worked to update the Wiki entry on NOGs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_network_operators%27_group Maybe it'll be helpful as well! Lastly, one thing that could help is if there was a better understanding of which NOG corresponds to which place. Sometimes it's obvious like UKNOF, but not always.
Thank you so much for including SDIA's event in the update Mirjam! It's always a pleasure to see your name pop up.
Excellent summary, thank you so much Geri!
In my haste to compliment the site, I didn't thank you for highlighting my contributions as well. Thank you so much! It's really my pleasure.
“Congratulations to the new RIPE Labs layout! Looks fresh and modern.”
Couldn't agree more!
I just visibly uttered "Whoa!" Well done Alun and the whole team, this is brilliant!
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