IoT for permaculture

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A niche of the software industry where systems may be relatively efficient and robust is hardware engineering -
a common reaction to get from them when mentioning web development is "I don't touch that stuff".

But even hardware often ends up wasting resources: drone photography, home assistants, smart cities, digital windows and other first-world problems.
Even the efficiency and robustness may be at risk with vibe-coded systems taking over "responsibility".

What IoT infrastructures are regenerative at home, on the land, at sea, or in space?
examples: solar panels, consumption monitoring, weather systems, remote sensing (LoRa mesh, LiDAR scanning, open access hyperspectral satellite imagery), &c.