{"id":1529,"date":"2026-06-15T16:11:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/?p=1529"},"modified":"2026-06-16T17:50:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:50:58","slug":"the-many-possibilities-for-artificial-intelligence-to-advance-sustainability-and-environmental-friendliness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/?p=1529","title":{"rendered":"AI and Tech for Sustainability and the Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1550\" src=\"http:\/\/leapvision.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/smart-sustainable-city3-300x173.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/smart-sustainable-city3-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/leapvision.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/smart-sustainable-city3-1024x591.png 1024w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ocean-Wildlife-Conservation-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/leapvision.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ocean-Wildlife-Conservation-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/leapvision.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ocean-Wildlife-Conservation-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/leapvision.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ocean-Wildlife-Conservation-1000x667.png 1000w, https:\/\/leapvision.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ocean-Wildlife-Conservation-230x153.png 230w, https:\/\/leapvision.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ocean-Wildlife-Conservation-350x233.png 350w, https:\/\/leapvision.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ocean-Wildlife-Conservation-480x320.png 480w, https:\/\/leapvision.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ocean-Wildlife-Conservation-272x182.png 272w, https:\/\/leapvision.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ocean-Wildlife-Conservation.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a freelance researcher who is a big fan of tech and innovation, but who also treasures the environment, I\u2019m on a mission to <strong>better understand the perspectives of consumers, businesses, policy makers, innovators etc. on tech, AI and sustainability<\/strong> <strong>and the environment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Especially, I want to explore how we can switch the conversation from doom-saying (and doom-scrolling) to <strong>highlighting the many ways<\/strong> <strong>AI and tech are having positive impacts on sustainability and environmentally friendly goals and initiatives<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>potential benefits are many and varied<\/strong>\u00a0and with the list below I\u2019m just scratching the surface of what is being done and what could potentially be done:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Optimization of <strong>resource management<\/strong>, including electricity, water, gas, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Smarter cities<\/strong> and more effective urban planning for transport, mobility, and better recycling and waste management systems<\/li>\n<li>Better <strong>building management systems (BMS)<\/strong> for more efficient energy and resource management<\/li>\n<li>More accurate and transparent c<strong>arbon footprint tracking and reporting<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Discovery and design of <strong>new sustainable, recyclable or biodegradable materials, industrial equipment and processes<\/strong> for better management over the whole product lifecycle<\/li>\n<li><strong>Better models for forecasting the environmental impact<\/strong> of business activities, real estate developments, and public projects, as well as <strong>better models for valuing natural assets<\/strong> and ensuring that this value (or loss of) is factored into financial forecasts and investment decisions<\/li>\n<li><strong>Better models for valuing real estate<\/strong> which take more adequately into account climate risk, climate-related resiliency, and a whole array of risks ranging from ESG reputational to insurance underwriting<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optimization of electricity grids<\/strong>, including location of renewables and the timing of their collections, storage and distribution activities<\/li>\n<li>More efficient <strong>supply chain management (SCM)<\/strong> and better tracking to ensure sustainable practices along the whole supply chain<\/li>\n<li>Better understanding of ecosystems, facilitating the spread of <strong>regenerative agriculture and agroforestry systems<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>More effective irrigation system<\/strong>s that conserve water while improving soil health, and <strong>better soil management systems<\/strong> that help reduce the need for fertilizer, pesticide and herbicide<\/li>\n<li>Analysis of <strong>satellite data to track and analyze deforestation, unauthorized industrial activities, pollution, water quality<\/strong> and the impacts of climate change<\/li>\n<li>Better systems for tracking and understanding <strong>wildlife migration patterns<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019m going to dive deeper into the above areas in the coming weeks while also including examples and citing sources, and I\u2019ll also be <strong>exploring key concerns relevant to consumers, businesses, NGOs, associations, public entities, agencies, consultants<\/strong>, etc. such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How can we use <strong>AI in conjunction with our own human intelligence for advancing sustainability and benefiting the environment?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>How can we <strong>better understand what customers and audiences worry about<\/strong> regarding the negative impacts of AI on the environment?<\/li>\n<li>How to <strong>educate consumers on how to best identify which products and services are more sustainable<\/strong>, as well as <strong>how to most sustainably use and recycle products<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<li>How companies, organizations, government entities and trade bodies can <strong>communicate effectively and honestly their initiatives and generate buy-in<\/strong> from stakeholders, employees and consumers?<\/li>\n<li>How can we <strong>create and program tech and AI that will naturally seek to optimize the well-being of social and natural systems<\/strong>, instilling in their very nature the inclination to create positive outcomes and minimize detrimental ones?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please feel free to get in touch with me to discuss, provide feedback, offer suggestions, examples, etc. via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brianloeb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> or emailing <a href=\"mailto:brian@leapvision.com\">brian@leapvision.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* Notes: The leading image was made with Copilot (I requested several and chose the ones I liked best &#8211; some were creepy like the planet Earth in a robot&#8217;s hand!), but the overall content was researched and the text written by myself. I did ask Copilot to write an article on the same topic and incorporated a phrase here and there, but I\u2019m happy to report that overall mine was more complete and better written (at least to my taste). That said, it took me a few days and it took Copilot a few seconds!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a freelance researcher who is a big fan of tech and innovation, but who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,32,1],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-1529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary","category-sticky","category-uncategorized","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1529"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1552,"href":"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions\/1552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leapvision.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}