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WHAT WE DO
DATASET
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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 8: Finding Beauty in the Imperfect. A collaboration with Wholegrain Digital.
Estimating Digital Carbon Emissions
An online, hands-on workshop on digital carbon emissions measurement.
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
- Meet us at the 6th International Open Search Symposium in Munich in October
In earlier posts, we’ve written about our work with NGI Search on carbon.txt – a project to make sustainability data that will come into the… Meet us at the 6th International Open Search Symposium in Munich in October - Outlining our process for archiving green hosting providersSince 2006, we’ve been building the world’s largest database tracking which parts of the internet run on renewable power – the Green Web Dataset. The… Outlining our process for archiving green hosting providers
- Critical Dependencies: power consolidation of digital infrastructuresWe’re proud to share our report Critical Dependencies: How power consolidation of digital infrastructures threatens democracies—and what we can do about it. It’s written to… Critical Dependencies: power consolidation of digital infrastructures
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)