数字信息服务的环境可持续发展:思考与期待

Environmental Sustainability of Digital Information Services:Reflections and Expectations

许多研究已经间接涉及了数字信息服务的经济和社会可持续发展形式,就环境维度而言,国内外在数字信息服务低碳节能方面的关注和研究较少,忽略了数字信息服务对环境造成的不利影响,很少研究意识到广泛利用的ICTs对环境造成的污染和破坏,包括大气污染、电磁污染和重金属污染等。文章详细分析了数字信息服务对环境的影响,表明数字信息产业和信息服务机构不是环境可持续的,提出了适当应用和改进ICT、绿色信息行为和低碳节能指标集成到信息服务机构评估体系中等举措来减少数字信息服务对环境的不利影响,实现数字信息服务既满足当代用户日益增长的多元文化信息和知识需求,又不损害后代人满足其自身需求的能力。

The economic and social sustainability of digital information services(DIS)has been well studied.However,low-carbon and energy saving aspects are less concerned,few studies are aware of the irreparable environmental harm due to the widespread use of Information and Communication Technologies(ICTs)for information lifecycle,which ignore that the DIS causes the adverse environment effects.This study analyzes the ecological impact of DIS,and the results show that the digital information industry and information services is not environmentally sustainable.Some practical suggestions are proposed,which include appropriate utilization and improved ICTs,strengthening the green information behaviors,integrating low-carbon and energy saving indicators into the present information service institution evaluation system initiatives and so on,to reduce the environmental impact of DIS,and achieve the economic,social and environmental sustainability of information services,which meet the information needs of present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.52 refs.