Reading essentials on climate action 📚
We asked our Green Web Fellows and the participants of the Open Climate Fellowship about their recommended readings on climate action — this is what… Reading essentials on climate action 📚
Tips & resources
Release guide: CO2.js v0.13
CO2.js v0.13.0 brings the latest average grid intensity data from Ember into the library, as well as expands the number of countries for which average grid intensity data is available.
Reference and guide: data sources for calculating digital emissions
A complation of data sources which can be used to compare and assess the carbon emissions arising from different digital activities.
A beginners guide to performing a website carbon audit – Part 1: Hosting
This post is the first in a series exploring how to start auditing the sustainability of a website. This post focuses on addressing the carbon emissions of website hosting.
The Green Web Library: A collection of resources about a just and sustainable internet
How can we work towards a just and sustainable internet in a more holistic way? And how can we gather and curate knowledge about these… The Green Web Library: A collection of resources about a just and sustainable internet
Release guide: CO2.js v0.11
The v0.11.0 release of CO2.js introduces a change to the default carbon estimation model, as well as including global average and marginal intensity data for the first time.
Three levers for change as a technologist: Consumption, Intensity, and Direction
This post presents a simple model to talk about the levers available to you as a technologist, and how you might embed an awareness of climate in your work.
Understanding trends at the layer below the internet stack
We need a fossil free internet by 2030 – it will save lives, save gigatonnes of carbon being emitted into the sky, and it will… Understanding trends at the layer below the internet stack
A way to think about the environmental impact of streaming services like Netflix
Because we’ve been talking about sustainability and the internet for while, every so often, we get people asking us about the environmental impact of streaming… A way to think about the environmental impact of streaming services like Netflix
Automating tree planting with an API
In this guest post from Jonathan Villiard of DigitalHumani.com, he outlines his project, Rainforest as a Service, as one way to account for the carbon emitted by daily activity that drives the climate crisis.
Starting a funding garden
At the Green Web Foundation, we’re funded by a combination of supporters through out partnership program, and grant funding for specific projects. These kind of… Starting a funding garden
Place, Policy, Procurement – more levers for a lower carbon internet
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… Place, Policy, Procurement – more levers for a lower carbon internet