The Memorandum "Sustainable Information Society"

Abstract

The working group “Sustainable Information Society” (GIANI) in the specialized committee “Umweltinformatik” of the German Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) wrote a memorandum on the "Sustainable Information Society" which appeared in summer 2004. The working group was founded during the 12 th symposium „Computer Science for Environmental Protection" held in Bonn in the year 2000. GIANI started to write the memorandum at the beginning of 2002 which is limited to civilian applications. On considering military applications, this would have gone beyond its scope. In an appendix some aspects of the memorandum — life-cycle of ICT infrastructure, the data world, computer and education, the precautionary principle in the Information Society, roadmapping — are deepened (Dompke et al. 2004, 41— 58). The memorandum is addressed to: • Scientists in computer science, in other disciplines concerned with ICT, and in the areas of Sustainable Development. • Teachers and students in the educational facilities of all stages. • The media, interested public, economists and the respective politicians.