As you've undoubtedly gathered by Alex Goldman's coverage of Freedom to Connect this year (here, here and here), green was a definite theme. And in keeping with the spirit of the conference, founder David Isenberg not only called on movers, shakers and even average netizens like us to do our part to cut carbon emissions, but also employ an open internet as a platform for societal change.

ISP Planet sums up his talk.

So I believe—and I put this forward as a hypothesis—I believe that we can use the Internet to conserve more atmospheric carbon than its infrastructure generates. Furthermore, I believe we can use the Internet for global participation that transcends tribalism and nationalism to end war . . . for discussion!

Be sure to read the rest. He doesn't mice words.