Digital Ecological Citizenship for Sustainability

The authors propose integrating ecological citizenship (EC) principles—including stewardship, accountability, and environmental justice—into digital governance and education to mitigate the environmental consequences of digital innovation.

• Ecological citizenship (EC) is a practical framework rather than an abstraction, as demonstrated by three case studies where its principles were applied to concrete scenarios to improve human and planetary wellbeing.
• To embed EC into digital governance, the authors suggest implementing policy incentives for sustainable practices, requiring mandated reporting that includes lifecycle assessments for digital technologies and infrastructure, and increasing public participation in technology investment decisions.
• The education sector is identified as the most effective long-term method for fostering EC values and integrating them into the culture of a sustainable digital society.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2025). Digital Ecological Citizenship for Sustainability. https://www.sei.org/publications/digital-ecological-citizenship-sustainability/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Digital Ecological Citizenship for Sustainability. 2025. https://www.sei.org/publications/digital-ecological-citizenship-sustainability/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Digital Ecological Citizenship for Sustainability |date=2 October 2025 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/digital-ecological-citizenship-sustainability/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2025digital, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Digital Ecological Citizenship for Sustainability}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/digital-ecological-citizenship-sustainability/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }