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An online, carbon-aware magazine written by and for people who dream of a sustainable and just internet for all.
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Blog
- Branch Issue 5: Critical Carbon Computing
We’re thrilled to publish a special issue of Branch Magazine in collaboration with the Critical Carbon Computing Collective. Learn about how computers are used to … Read more - WordPress, sustainability and learning in the openAn Interview with Nahuai Badiola, one of our Green Web Fellows 2023. Katrin: Nahuai, how has your Green Web fellowship experience been so far? Nahuai: … Read more
- Fictions and frictions: identifying bridges, tensions and possible coalitions towards environmental justice and digital rightsFictions and frictions: a project funded by the Green Screen Coalition to explore environmental justice and digital rights with a focus on Abya Yala (Latin America)
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)