Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen people talk about “the cloud”, it sounds weightless, something almost magical floating in the sky. Except that it isn’t. It lives on the ground, in data centres filled with servers that store, process and move staggering amounts of information every second. These data centres consume energy, occupy land, use metals and minerals from global supply chains – and they need vast amounts of water for cooling.
Beyond borders: how the social economy goes international
Reading Time: 4 minutesIñigo Albizuri Landazabal discusses the internationalisation of co-operatives and how the social economy can have an impact both locally and internationally.
