Resources
| Resource | Summary | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
The Unreasonable Ecological Cost of #CryptoArt by Memo Akten (December 2021) | Examines the impact of crypto art on the environment from ‘one perspective’ | EnvironmentCriticismNews | |
A Bitcoin Mining Operation in the Finger Lakes Runs Up Against New York’s Climate Law, by Rosemay Misdary, Gohamist (February 2022) | Article on the Finger Lake’s bitcoin mining operation which faces challenges to New York’s climate leadership and community protection act. | NewsEnvironmentCriticism | |
Blockchain, climate damage, and death: Policy interventions to reduce the carbon emissions, mortality, and net-zero implications of non-fungible tokens and Bitcoin by Jon Truby, Rafael Brown, Andrew Dahdal & Imad Ibraham (2022) | Paper investigating the impact of blockchain on carbon emissions, offers interesting correlation between gas usage and deaths | EnvironmentCriticismNews | |
Clean NFTs | CleanNFTs is a phrase that a community of over 2000 artists from around the world use to describe NFTs from platforms offering Proof of Stake cryptocurrencies | EnvironmentNFTsNews | |
EndGame Podcast with Vitalik Buterin | Podcast with guest Vitalik Buterin, one of the founders on Ethereum discussing the future of Ethereum | EnvironmentNews | |
Episode V. Toward a New Ecology of Crypto Art: A Hybrid Manifesto by Memo Akten, Alice Bucknell, Geert Lovink, Primavera De Filippi, Jason Bailey, Chloe Diamond, Casey Reas, Fanny Lakoubay, Beth Jochim & Alex Estorick | A response to the environmental cost of crypto art by artists, activists and theorists | CriticismEnvironmentBackground | |
Impact Tokens: A blockchain-based solution for impact investing report by David Uzsoki and Patrick Guerdat, International Institute for Sustainable Development (April 2019) | This paper looks at some of the key characteristics of impact tokens; how they can be applied
in sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, education or energy; how they can provide verified proof
of impact for investors; and ultimately how they can address each of the five barriers to upscaling impact investing. | NewsEnvironment | |
Is Bitcoin Really That Bad for the Environment? by Martin Leo Rivers, Forbes (April 2022). | This article discusses the environmental impact of Bitcoin and argues that Bitcoin should not be disregarded purely for its environmental impact. | NewsEnvironment | |
NFTs, Cryptocurrency, and Museum Practice, Elizabeth Merritt, AAM (March 2022) | Reflections on NFTs, where crypto democratises art and wealth, and considers the environmental impact of blockchain | NewsNFTsFundraisingBackgroundCriticismEnvironment | |
Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake: The Ecological Footprint by Tezos, Medium (March 2021) | An short blog comparing Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tezos in terms of energy consumption | EnvironmentNews | |
Tezos Life Cycle Assessment Report | PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory SAS analyses the actual carbon footprint of nodes on the Tezos network | EnvironmentNews | |
The British Museum’s NFT Project has Sent its Carbon Footprint Soaring, by Bendor Grosvenor, The Arts Newspaper (April 2022) | Discusses the impact of the BM’s NFT project in relation to its sustainability policy. | Museum ExampleCriticismNFTsNewsEnvironment | |
The Carbon Footprint of Creating and Selling an NFT Artwork, by Erin Davis, Quartz (March 2021) | Details on the carbon emissions of NFTs compared to a print | EnvironmentNewsCriticismNFTs | |
The Problem of (Ethereum) Crypto Art by Joanie Lemercier (February 2021) | Covers the impact of energy consumption for an artist drop on Niftygateway | EnvironmentCriticismNews | |
What Art NFTs Anyway? by Wassim Alsindi, Right Click Save (February 2022) | Article providing an overview of NFTs | NewsNFTsGetting StartedBackgroundEnvironment |