How Everyday Technology Can Be Used to Help the Climate • Jessica Greene • GOTO 2019

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Berlin 2019. #GOTOcon #GOTOber http://gotober.com Jessica Greene - Software Engineer at Ecosia ORIGINAL TALK TITLE Making Greener Choices: Connecting People to their Impact on the Climate through Technology ABSTRACT Ecosia like Google is a search engine, however we use our profits to plant trees world wide. This year we celebrated our users contributing to over 50 Million trees being planted in 15 countries from Ghana to Colombia, achieved through working with 22 individual partner projects. When the goal is to use the majority of profits to plant trees, engineering decisions need to connect the user directly to that purpose. Ecosia provides a platform that fits the users needs while allowing them to make sustainable choices and bring awareness with the tech they use. This talk will discuss how Ecosia develops features that create a connection between users and the tree planting projects they fund, allowing them to feel that personal sense of achievement and participation. Let's delve into how we can build tech solutions [...] Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotober.com/2019/sessions/1108/making-greener-choices-connecting-people-to-their-impact-on-the-climate-through-technology RECOMMENDED BOOKS Ioannis Kolaxis • 101 Green Software • https://www.kolaxis.dev/book-green-software Mehdi Khosrow-Pour • Green Computing Strategies for Competitive Advantage and Business Sustainability • https://amzn.to/2YXbI7j Lässig, Kersting & Morik • Computational Sustainability • https://amzn.to/3APBW8r Zbigniew H. Gontar • Smart Grid Analytics for Sustainability and Urbanization • https://amzn.to/3pkRVsS Katsoni & Segarra-Oña • Smart Tourism as a Driver for Culture and Sustainability • https://amzn.to/2YXfPQM Carola Lilienthal • Sustainable Software Architecture • https://amzn.to/3yFXxoS https://twitter.com/GOTOber https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Climate #SaveTheWorld #Ecosia #SearchEngine #HumanFactor Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO Conference near you! Get your ticket at http://gotocon.com SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1