In this broad, informative, and surprisingly searing look into smart systems, Maxwell and Miller make a compelling case for rethinking and redesigning digital technologies. Devra Davis, author of Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation
Rigorously researched and acutely argued, this provocative book promises to take readers beyond their comfort zones, into the domain of environmental justice and sustainable development. Jack Qiu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
How green is your phone? Encourage us to look at mobile phones from a new perspective, and also have important reference significance for thinking about the impact of daily life technology on the environment. China Media Research The strength of How Green Is Your Smartphone? is its critical examination of a wide range of issues generated through smartphone production and consumption. ... certainly left me thinking about the global impact generated by my own smartphone use. Media International Australia
In How Green is your Smartphone?, the various issues around labour, environment and political economy are distilled clearly and concisely with a sharp focus. For teaching purposes, this is the book I have been waiting for. In the spirit of a manifesto, Maxwell and Miller deploy snappy, no-nonsense language to alert us to the urgency of their call to action, namely the creation of a greener communication system. Prometheus
