TOWARDS ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY OF AI
What do we know about it and what can we do?
FRIDAY 5.12.2025 at 10–13 • Paidia, Nokia arena
SEMINAR & WORKSHOP
MEDIA ECOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
Towards Ecological Sustainability of AI:
What Do We Know about It and What Can We Do
When: Friday 5.12.2025 10–13
Where: Paidia, Nokia Arena, Kansikatu 3, 33100 Tampere & Online
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Register here: Registration for Towards Ecological Sustainability of AI -event 5.12.2025
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About
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What are the promises of ‘green AI’? Can we use AI in ecologically sustainable way in our work and research?
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This seminar will address key questions of AI ecological sustainability, discuss the main environmental burdens and assess and explore ways in which individuals can practically foster AI sustainability in their work.
First, we’ll hear three presentations on different viewpoints of sustainability and artificial intelligence, and afterwards we’ll have a workshop in which we will come together to discuss challenges and solutions.
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For who?
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We welcome all the participants who want to understand the themes in ecologically sustainable AI more deeply and apply better AI practices to work or in daily life.
Speaker introductions:
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Janne Kalliola is the founder of Exove and chair of Code From Finland. He has deep knowledge in green IT and green code, and he is currently doing his PhD research on these subjects in Aalto University.
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Erkki Mervaala is a researcher at the Finnish environment institute Syke and on his way to finish his PhD on climate change and economic growth in the Finnish media for the University of Helsinki.
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Johanna Ahola-Launonen is an Academy Research Fellow and Principal Investigator of SUSTHOPE - Towards Sustainable Hope: Exploring the Harmful and Beneficial Effects of Techno-Optimism at Aalto University. She holds a PhD in Practical Philosophy, and her research lies at the intersection of philosophy, science and technology studies, and organization studies.
Program:
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10:00-10:15 – Breakfast + welcoming words
10:15-10:45 – Janne Kalliola: There Is No AI on a Dead Planet, or How to Make AI Use Greener
10:45-11:15 – Erkki Mervaala: GenAI explosion: Thoughts on systemic risks and sustainability
11:15-11:45 – Johanna Ahola-Launonen: The Politics of Technological Hope: Promises and Paradoxes of "Green" AI 
11:45-12:00 – Break
12:00-12:45 – Workshop and joint discussion
12:45-13:00 Concluding remarks
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This event is organised by the media ecology research group / TARU, Kampusklubi and Vastuullinen Tekoäly Ry.
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Welcome!
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For more information please contact:
Tarja Rautiainen-Keskustalo, Professor, tarja.rautiainen-keskustalo@tuni.fi
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Veera Kananen, Project Assistant, veera.kananen@tuni.fi
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