10: Behind the scenes

AUG 28, 202555 MIN

10: Behind the scenes

AUG 28, 202555 MIN

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In this bonus episode of the <a href="https://www.codegreen.asia/">Code Green</a> podcast, team members Dona, Meredith & Tammanna reflect on the season. They discuss the project's origins & their experiences of curating the podcast & newsletter. Their key takeaways include the need for nuance in discussions about AI's environmental impact, & questioning the focus on hyper-growth & efficiency. They emphasise the importance of situated understanding, participatory methods, & addressing the underexplored lens of abandoned technology infrastructure. Looking ahead, they express interest in exploring critical minerals & AI in India, & the intersection of AI & conservation. SpeakersDona Mathew is a lawyer with experience in public policy research & legislative drafting. At Digital Futures Lab, her work focuses on the ethical dimensions of data & AI, particularly at the nexus of climate action & legal institutions. She has been part of DFL’s <a href="https://www.climateai.asia/">AI & Climate Futures in Asia</a> work with The Rockefeller Foundation. Since 2024, she has been leading research & coordinating efforts for the <a href="https://www.codegreen.asia/">Code Green</a> series. Meredith Stinger is a qualitative researcher & curator. As a consultant with Quicksand, she has worked on projects exploring the social dimensions of technology design & implementation. As a 2023 Fulbright-Nehru Student Research Fellow, she conducted ten months of ethnographic fieldwork in India, examining the social & political implications of the Aadhaar digital identity system. Her research has focused on exploring the materiality of digital systems & what these practices reveal about power, access & belonging in the digital age. She is particularly interested in the intersection between official technology policy discourse & lived experiences, focusing on how communities adapt to & navigate emerging digital systems. Tammanna Aurora is a lawyer, researcher, & curator interested in spaces where questions of art, law, policy, climate, & technology meet. Her work explores the role of qualitative data, stories, & lived experience in decision-making within formal legal & scientific frameworks. She currently works on When The Earth Testifies with Agami, leads a fellowship for law students called SOCH, & is building temp.mag, an interdisciplinary research + media studio. You can read the transcript for this episode <a href="https://cdn.sanity.io/files/urj6jz1n/production/887c277c9524be99bd800fefe9294bc3896755ef.pdf">⁠here</a>. Show Notes<a href="https://aiforgood.itu.int/about-us/ai-for-climate-action-innovation-factory/">AI for Climate Action Innovation Factory</a><a href="https://aiforclimateandnature.org/">AI-for-climate grand challenge</a><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/texas-ai-data-centers-water-usage-texas-ai-centers-guzzle-463-million-gallons-now-residents-are-asked-to-cut-back-on-showers-ai-news/articleshow/122983253.cms?from=mdr">Texas residents urged to take shorter showers</a><a href="https://mistral.ai/news/our-contribution-to-a-global-environmental-standard-for-ai">Mistral AI’s lifecycle analysis of AI models</a><a href="https://www.undp.org/asia-pacific/press-releases/undp-asia-and-pacific-launches-una-worlds-first-ai-environment-champion">UNDP in Asia & the Pacific launches ‘Una’</a><a href="https://pressroom.icrisat.org/icrisat-and-partners-launch-ai-powered-climate-advisory-initiative-to-boost-farmer-resilience">ICRISAT & Partners launch AI-powered climate advisory initiative to boost farmer resilience</a><a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/press/68006/artificial-intelligence-supply-chain-threatens-climate-progress-in-east-asia/">AI supply chain threatens climate progress in East Asia</a><a href="https://oecd.ai/en/wonk/documents/responsible-ai-strategy-for-the-environment">Responsible AI Strategy for the Environment</a><a href="https://oecd.ai/en/wonk/a-responsible-ai-strategy-for-climate-action">Climate Change & AI: Recommendations for Government</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/20/three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-reopen-microsoft">Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor to restart to power Microsoft AI operations</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1pGWwrCufGqCvzg3LTjfVv">Episode 06: Material AI & the mineral supply chain with Tom & Tamara</a><a href="https://codegreenasia.substack.com/p/issue-01">Issue 01: The State of (power) Play</a><a href="https://codegreenasia.substack.com/p/issue-05-gluttonai">Hungry thirsty data centres</a><a href="https://codegreenasia.substack.com/p/issue-03-geoai-meets-climate-action">GeoAI meets Climate Action</a><a href="https://iwaponline.com/jh/article/26/1/20/99437">Izni’s paper on modelling public social values of flood-prone land use using the GIS application SolVES</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3iEOk3qX3uzuRjq0icAmz8">Ep 04: AI & biodiversity conservation in Asia with Eleanor & Robin</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3d2llrIntxOffowrWd6kWs">Ep 03: Cutting through the hype of AI for climate action with Cindy & Sherif</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6bZPJM1IMl3vtqSWxkShCQ">Ep 05: AI & energy transitions in Asia with John & Priya</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rB2sIAbVcvhs7UvjKrETW">Ep 08: Locating sust(AI)nability in the smart city with ChengHe & Raj</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/36MmnjzTUpkMowYINdzEbQ">Ep 02: Agriculture 4.0 & the future of Asia’s farmers with Anubha & Neth</a><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-73539-w?fromPaywallRec=false#Sec1">Agriculture & weather forecasting case study</a>“<a href="https://reddmonitor.substack.com/p/we-must-say-no-to-this-green-economy?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1442627&post_id=163775672&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=21c1n0&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email">No more false solutions</a>!”<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4FSpG3JDdt297kIJwEcf2L">Episode 09: Funding&framing Asia’s climate futures with Hanyuan & Luis Felipe</a><a href="https://www.ube.ac.uk/whats-happening/articles/ghost-cities/">What’s going on with China’s ghost cities?</a><a href="https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships">The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat</a><a href="https://www.ecoportal.net/en/solar-panels-mojave-desert/1684/">Abandoned solar farms</a><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv2t46r84?turn_away=true">Just good enough data</a> CreditsAudio Editing: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/creatorstudiogoa/">Creator Studio Goa by Winfluence Media</a>Production Support: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivranjanarathore/">Shivranjana Rathore</a> & <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dona-mathew-026179197/">Dona Mathew</a> AttributionsIntro & Outro:<a href="https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-retro-sounds-145816/"> ⁠⁠Retro Sounds⁠⁠</a>,<a href="https://pixabay.com/users/alban_gogh-28413822/"> ⁠⁠Alban_Gogh⁠⁠</a>Transitions -<a href="https://pixabay.com/music/beats-meditative-background-music-for-short-vlog-videos-30-seconds-155717/"> ⁠⁠Meditative Background Music⁠⁠</a>,<a href="https://pixabay.com/users/white_records-32584949/"> ⁠⁠white_records⁠</a>