In an earlier post, we spoke about Provisioning and Providers, in our mental model for effecting change, if we want a lower carbon internet. In… Read More »Place, Policy, Procurement – more levers for a lower carbon internet
In this piece I’ll introduce you to a mental model you can use, if you are building digital products (like websites or apps), and you… Read More »Provisioning and Providers – two levers for a lower carbon internet
Sometimes at the Green Web Foundation, people ask us what’s important to consider when looking for a green hosting. provider. In this post we outline… Read More »How to choose a good green host
Over the last ten years, we’ve been recording which websites run on green power on the internet. We’ve tracked this, and its changed, to create… Read More »Trying an idea – carbon.txt
I joined the Green Web Foundation this month, and I’ve been funded til the end of August by the German Prototype Fund to work out… Read More »Plotting a path to a greener web with Wardley mapping
Over the last ten years, the Green Web Foundation has built the largest database to track the shift of the internet to green power in… Read More »Opening up the Green Web Foundation
Due to the serious numbers of daily checks against the Green Web database, the server was running out of disk space. After talking to several… Read More »Continued support from Leaseweb
The Internet’s usage of dirty energy is a growing concern. The Internet’s data centres alone may already have the same CO₂ footprint as global air… Read More »Bringing The Green Web to WordPress
The future of technology is low-carbon, and why companies should be paying attention. Messages, tweets, and streaming videos—the electricity needed to keep these and the… Read More »What your company needs to know about carbon and technology
The Green Web Foundation in Sweden has compiled a top 10 of countries that harbor the most green sites within the Alexa top one million:… Read More »Germany has the most green hosted domains within the top 1m sites
Last year saw the introduction of many new Top Level Domains (TLD’s). A special class are the city TLD’s, like ‘.amsterdam’, ‘.rio’ or ‘.tokyo’. It… Read More ».Koeln is the greenest city domain!
As you know, we have compiled a list of hosting companies that run on renewable energy. Others do not have that option, but make sure their operations are at least carbon neutral. Most hosting companies however, simply do not care much about the environmental impact of their activities, and they think that you will never find out anyway.
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