Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Digital Media and Environmental Sustainability
- E-waste - left
over components of electronic devices
- Often dumped in
developing countries
such as Ghana and India
- Traders take advantage
of a lack of regulation
- Traders forced to accept scrap
along with computer shipments
- Corporations continue to develop
products containing toxic chemicals
- Informal "recycling" process used to extract
metals is a major cause of pollution
- Raising Awareness with Social Media
- Social media platforms such as
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have proven to
be effective campaigning tools
- The USA's Environmental Protection Agency
regularly uploads YouTube videos to raise
awareness of issues it deems to be important
- YouTube is an important part of Greenpeace's
Save the Arctic campaign, targeting companies
and brands over unethical activities
- The group also used social media to
convince Nestle to remove products
resulting from rainforest destruction