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foto: Buzia
Experiment overview
A 24-hour collective internet abstinence event hosted at King Poniatowski’s palace near Warsaw, designed to reduce participants’ digital environmental footprint while creating meaningful alternatives to online engagement.
The location was strategically selected for bicycle accessibility, eliminating the need for navigation apps and reinforcing the event’s commitment to reduced technology dependence.
Main objectives
The project approached digital detox through:
Environmental awareness: highlighting the ecological impact of digital consumption through tangible demonstration of amount of data generation in dedicated Tiny Publication
Community building: creating meaningful offline connections through shared activities and collaborative exploration tours
Educational engagement: transforming technology components into learning opportunities through a scavenger hunt and group discussion about hardware life cycle
Achieved results
The event created a technology-free environment where participants experienced alternative forms of connection and entertainment.
The involvement of children from a local orphanage added meaningful social impact while enhancing the community-building aspect.
The combination of outdoor activities, educational components, and artistic performances demonstrated that digital abstinence need not create a void but can instead open space for enriching experiences.
Main reflection
Participants departed feeling refreshed and inspired rather than deprived, validating the principle that “nature abhors a vacuum” - when we remove digital consumption from our lives, we must intentionally fill that space with equally engaging experiences.
The event demonstrated that reducing our digital environmental footprint need not feel like sacrifice when replaced with rich human connections, artistic experiences, and engagement with the natural world.