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The Green Web Foundation is an independent non-profit that tracks how much of the internet runs on green energy. Manage the environmental impact of your digital products. Apply best practices in digital sustainability. Advocate for a more sustainable and just internet.
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WHAT WE DO
DATASET
Check if a website runs on 100% green energy. View public evidence of claims. Download our open dataset or use our API.
CO2.js
Estimate the carbon emissions of apps, website and software with our open source Javascript library.
FELLOWSHIP
Green Web Fellows work at the intersection of digital rights and climate justice. They learn together about what powers control the internet, and what we can do about it.
Branch Magazine
A carbon-aware magazine written by and for people who dream of a sustainable and just internet for all.
Recipient of the Ars Electronica Award for Digital Humanity.
Latest issue: Issue 7: Gentle Dismantlings. A collaboration with SUPPERRR Lab.
Next issue: Issue 8 call for contributions open until Tues 27 Feb 2024. A collaboration with Wholegrain Digital.
Developer docs
Documentation on how to use our open source libraries and tools.
Green Web Library
Curated resources about digital sustainability and more.
Green Screen Coalition
Connecting digital rights and climate justice practitioners and funders.
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Blog
- (Digital) Safety as a Collective Practice and ProcessIn this blog post, I’ll be sharing insights from my fellowship work, where as a collective of (environmental) organisers we are connecting digital security to… (Digital) Safety as a Collective Practice and Process
- Starlink’s Amazonian Dilemma: More than Speed vs. Self-DeterminationIn Amazon’s unfolding saga of connectivity, the clash between internet speed and network self-determination emerges as a central theme, echoing the age-old tension between technological… Starlink’s Amazonian Dilemma: More than Speed vs. Self-Determination
- Google Season of Docs – CO2.js contributor pathwaysLast week, we were delighted to find out that we had been accepted into the 2024 Google Season of Docs (GSoD) cohort. This post covers… Google Season of Docs – CO2.js contributor pathways
Press
- Die Zeit: “Ist Surfen schmutziger als Fliegen?” (August 2023)
- Hosting Advice: The Green Web Foundation: Promoting a Fossil-Free Internet with Groundbreaking Green Initiatives (July 2023)
- Triple Pundit: It’s Time for the Internet to Become More Sustainable, Says New Coalition (April 2022)
- BBC Digital Planet: How Green Is Our Data? (November 2021)
- Zeit Online: “Ihr Cappuccino hat den gleichen CO₂-Fußabdruck wie zwei Stunden Zoom” (September 2021)
- Gizmodo: The Planet Needs a New Internet (August 2021)