Part one - Why digital sustainability?

The first three chapters establish the theoretical groundwork for digital sustainability, providing a foundational overview essential for navigating this complex field. Key questions explored in this section include:

  1. What defines sustainability, and what makes it critically important in our current era?
  2. What core concepts are indispensable when embedding sustainability within digital systems?
  3. How does systems thinking serve as a unifying methodology for both digital and sustainable development?
  4. What is the current state of digitalization’s environmental and societal impacts?