Abstract
Keeping pace with the ever-changing global landscape in terms of energy usage, carbon footprint and resource extraction is critical for environmental education (EE). For most of modern human history, the standard behavior for every day, household or institutional use of electricity in appliances, vehicles and lighting has been ‘off until turned on’. 21<sup>st</sup> century use of electricity in information and communications technologies including AI, ‘smart’ appliances, computers or buildings has reversed this polarity. It is argued in this paper that the new polarity is “ON” and that this opaque phenomenon may be creating a mindset involving “inattentive blindness” and “culpable ignorance” in regard to digital pollution. Rather than promoting an ecologically conscious mindset that critically examines personal and community involvement, this new, anesthetized mindset is flowing in an uncritical direction. EE curriculum needs to provide a critical focus on digital pollution and digital sobriety.
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