Information and Communication Technologies are usually presented as neutral in environmental terms, highlighting their benefits in comparison with other energy sources very frequently. However, its material impact increases due to the exponential growth observed both in the populations incorporated to its daily consumption and in the intensity with which they are used. This article departs from this fact aiming to identify and analyze various experiences that, from the fields of Education and Communication, try to counteract the negative and invisible effects of its wide generalization. To achieve this, more than twenty projects, with different depth and territorial scope, were identified to present good practices and solutions to face our current crossroads. With this purpose, a case study focused on the GreenTIC project is also completed. Findings show the excessive dispersion and the scarce coordination between initiatives that are developed autonomously to deal with a common problem.

The hidden face of the information society: the environmental impact of production, consumption and technological waste A face oculta da sociedade da informação: o impacto ambiental da produção, do consumo e do desperdício tecnológico -Fernando TUCHO FERNÁNDEZ

This study explores the interaction between journalists’ discourses on values and practices and the regulations affecting them in the shape of public statements, which are considered to be an influential variable in journalistic practice. However, the process of producing such statements requires further attention, in particular the role of newsroom discourses. The case of the Spanish public service broadcaster RTVE illustrates this tendency in relation to the regulations governing it and their impact on newsroom routines and news-making. Over the past fifteen years, RTVE has been subject to contradictory reforms, during which the discourses of TVE journalists have taken the shape of public statements issued by several professional associations calling for a reduction in RTVE’s traditional political dependence. Accordingly, the focus is placed here on the evolution of those discourses from 2006 to 2019, as to (1) the way in which they were transformed into public statements in persuasive campaigns with an influence on regulation, particularly as to the election of the executive board and chairperson of RTVE by public competition, and (2) the interaction and influence of core values such as professional independence and diversity on shaping newsroom discourses and public statements.

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Las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) tienden a ser presentadas como neutrales en términos medioambientales a pesar del importante impacto material que generan. La creciente digitalización de la sociedad y el consiguiente uso intensivo de esta tecnología demandan reflexiones críticas sobre su consumo para promover prácticas mediáticas sostenibles acordes con la crisis climática global. A través de una extensa búsqueda documental desde bases de datos en internet, revisión de la literatura científica, entrevistas exploratorias y muestreo en forma de bola de nieve, en este artículo se identifican y analizan diversas experiencias que, desde el campo de la Educación y la Comunicación, intentan revertir los efectos nocivos e invisibilizados del uso de dispositivos TIC. De este modo, se han seleccionado veinticinco proyectos de carácter internacional para exponer buenas prácticas y propuestas que promuevan un uso sostenible de las TIC. Los resultados evidencian la escasez de proyectos educativos y comunicacionales vinculados a esta temática y pone en relieve la urgencia de intensificar el desarrollo de iniciativas que aborden el impacto medioambiental de las TIC, al considerar la sostenibilidad en el consumo como un componente ineludible de la competencia mediática de la ciudadanía del siglo XXI.