Mike Heavers Mike Heavers Design Technologist @ Mozilla

Tech. Climate. Culture.

I’m a Design Technologist at Mozilla focused on humans’ relationship to technology and the natural world. My goal is to contribute to impactful solutions that address the climate crisis in ways that foster a healthier relationship between our devices, our surroundings, and each other. This site serves as a way to document and share that progress with others.

Feb 29, 2024

Cliff Notes - Where the Water Goes 💧

Understanding The Colorado River's Legacy will help us prepare for the Global future of diminished water access. Author David Owen follows the river from beginning to end to unveil a multitude of complex issues.

Jan 26, 2024

General Intelligence is not Human Intelligence 🧠

AGI is attempting to reduce us to our language - here's a few reasons why there's more to intelligence than meets the (grey) matter

Jan 14, 2024

Keeping the (idiosyncratic) human in the loop

The most transformational ideas begin in individual human hearts ❤️.

Dec 11, 2023

Can AI learn cultural transmission? 💬

Cultural transmission is arguably the fastest human intelligence generating process. Can AI learn it?

Nov 9, 2023

Cliff Notes - Ways of Being 🌲

How can we incorporate nature into an 'ecology of technology'?

Oct 22, 2023

We choose the speed at which we live. ⏳

Amidst our audiovisual overload, a sense we might be neglecting is the attunement to change through the passage of time.

Sep 19, 2023

Understand openAI energy use and cost ⚡

Using the Firefox Energy Profiler and other tools to understand the energy usage and cost of AI inference with services like OpenAI.

Aug 14, 2023

AI Sustainability First Steps

Where to start on building efficient AI applications 🪫

Jun 18, 2023

Climate Farm School 👩‍🌾

What if there were a mandatory prerequisite course on food systems, climate resilience, and the future of food?

Jun 5, 2023

Highlights from the State of Green Software 🔋

Opportunities, gaps, and the growing need for green software