Identifying the environmental impacts of digital services: lessons from the 'Get air quality data’ service

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an aerial view of a farm and a road Data Centre in Coleraine

This is the second blog in a series on product managing the design of sustainable services written by Lucy Stewart and Katie Marcus, product managers working in air quality improvement at Defra. Digital services have environmental impact. Every search query, …

How we are building a more connected content community at Defra

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colleagues at the wellbeing session taking part in guided meditation, stretch,

Lauren Stewart, Lead Content Designer, Farming, on behalf of the content design community and wellbeing working group. The Defra content design community wants to be a welcoming, inclusive, and fun place to work. A community that knows and supports each …

Using AI sustainably: how Defra’s Action Finder tool has shown a net positive impact is possible

Two Defra product managers talk about a recent project exploring sustainable AI development and its potential to reduce the impact our digital services have on the world around us.

Building our product management community: from sceptics to superfans

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A group of product managers at a community away day

James Corbett is a Product Manager for Delivering Sustainable Futures at Defra and Helen McMullan is a Lead Product Manager for Regulatory Services at Defra. In this blog they reflect on how formalising a product community has unleashed the power of shared ownership, collective growth, and fostered sense of belonging