Dive Into Digital Sobriety with the Empreinte numérique Podcast!

Reading time:

4 min. Digital sobriety means moderating the way we consume and use digital tools in order toreducetheir impact on theenvironment and on mental and physical health.

Episode 5 of season

2 of the Empreinte numérique podcast, hosted by Douaa Kachache and Tom-Eliot Girard and produced by Printemps numérique, explores why this issue matters in an

increasingly connected world. The article discusses the environmental footprint of devices, data centres, energy use and electronic waste, and

highlights the importance of recycling equipment and buying second-hand when possible. Claudine Auger St-Onge of

Lab22 shares practical tips

that help young people adopt more responsible digitalhabits. The text invites audiences tolisten to

the podcast episode and to consult resources

from Mois NumériqueJeunesse to learn more about digitalsobriety.