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FIELD NOTE
REV. 2026.05
Evan Connell  ·  Sustainable Technology Strategist

Most technology is replaced before it fails.

Rethinking technology lifecycle, infrastructure longevity, and digital sustainability.

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Sustainable technology — Evan Connell
OPERATIONAL UNIT FIG. 01 Y0 Y3 Y6 Y9 Y12+ EXTENDED LIFE RECLAIM CYCLE
№ 001 · LIFECYCLE OBSERVED
OPERATIONAL UNIT
§ Observation
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Mining companies maintain machinery for decades. Schools maintain buildings for generations. Yet working computers are discarded every day because software support changed.

"Obsolescence is rarely a property of the machine. It's a decision made somewhere else."
— Field Note 03
§ Principles
02 / 06

Extend life.
Reduce waste.
Empower people.

Five principles. One direction. Keep what works, working.
01

Sustainable
by design

02

Built for
longevity

03

Education
through systems

04

Repair
not replace

05

Impact
that lasts

FIG. 02    INFRASTRUCTURE / OBSERVED IN FIELD
§ Practice
03 / 06

Where the work lives.

Three sectors. One pattern. Replacement before failure.
01 / Mining

Mining

Lifecycle Strategy

Heavy machinery is maintained for decades. ICT rarely gets the same discipline. The maintenance culture already exists on site — it simply hasn't been pointed at the technology.

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02 / Education

Education

Equity & Sustainable Systems

Devices that serve students for years, not budget cycles. Software and systems that respect what schools can actually afford — and keep good hardware in classrooms longer.

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03 / Enterprise

Enterprise

ICT Replacement Reduction

Quiet infrastructure decisions with loud environmental returns. Audit what is actually obsolete versus what has only been declared so — then redeploy the difference.

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BUILDING TECHNOLOGY THAT LASTS SYSTEMS · EDUCATION · SUSTAINABILITY
Because the future shouldn't
require a new computer.
§ Perspective
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Evan Connell
Evan Connell
Field Note 01
Twenty-Five Years In

I spent more than two decades inside real infrastructure environments. One thing became impossible to ignore.

Most technology is not replaced because it failed. It's replaced because somebody decided it was time.

Usually somebody who has never had to repair it, redeploy it, or watch a working machine wheeled out the door because a support contract ran out.

— Evan Connell
§ Speaking
05 / 06

Talks on the quiet emergency in technology infrastructure.

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T / 01
Why Working Technology Gets Thrown Away
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T / 02
The Hidden ESG Cost of ICT
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T / 03
From E-Waste to Equity
45 MIN + Q&A
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"There is a quiet emergency happening inside every server room, every classroom, every loading dock. It's not loud yet."

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