My partner and I both know our constant upgrade cycle is wasteful but when one of us tries to use their old phone for another year the other gets frustrated with slow responses to texts and we end up replacing everything anyway. We've had this same conversation about being more mindful consumers but we keep caving to convenience.
More people experience this than they realize.
The gap between shared environmental values and the friction of living them together creates a cycle of compromise that satisfies neither principle nor practice.
“Where Are You with Environmental cost of technology?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.