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Information Environmentalism

Abhijeet Chavan
Tue, 05/11/2004 - 16:00
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An article in the Christian Science Monitor looks at the information environmentalism movement in an article titled "E-serenity, now!" [May 10, 2004].

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"The newest polluters are not chemical manufacturers leaking toxins into the air. Neither are they logging conglomerates clearing ancient forests nor avaricious developers turning wetlands into strip malls. The newest polluters are in your pocket, atop your desk, or clogging your telephone lines with streams of digital effluent."


"Information overload is a problem, not only because people get so much information, but because they get it out of context."


How do you cope with information overload?
Abhijeet Chavan is co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of Planetizen.
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What the Census will not include is the long-form questions that have, since 1940, asked one-sixth of American households to reveal fine details about their lives. The long form was scrapped following the 2000 Census, so planners who are accustomed to relying on detailed, nuanced Census data to analyze and plan their communities may not get the detail that they expect.
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