{"id":12916,"date":"2024-05-21T09:32:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T08:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/?p=12916"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:05:21","slug":"6-ways-to-reduce-your-online-carbon-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-reduce-your-online-carbon-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"6 ways to reduce your online carbon footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Without hesitation, we are able to send messages, download music, stream videos, and receive images. However, many of us don\u2019t consider how our actions online effect the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environmental sustainability is becoming increasingly important within the tech industry, and for good reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The internet is responsible for around 3.7% (around 1 billion tonnes) of global greenhouse gas emissions<\/a> each year, that\u2019s similar to the amount produced by the global airline industry!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some great green resources to help reduce your carbon footprint online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green Hosting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How green is your website? Check if your website is powered by green hosting using The Green Web Foundation<\/a> search tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With our green hosting<\/a>, you can be assured that your websites are stored on servers that avoid contributing to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have partnered with renewable energy suppliers and cloud partners ensuring web hosting<\/a> is powered by 100% renewable energy, providing the fastest hosting available, without harming the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Green Search Engine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ecosia<\/a> is a search engine that uses 100% of their profits for climate action, collaborating with local communities across the world to plant 200 million trees (and counting!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their solar panels produce enough energy to power your searches twice over, leading to renewables, and ultimately less fossil fuels, within the energy grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another option is OceanHero.<\/a> They make your internet browsing easy with a Google Chrome extension. For every five searches you do, you recover on average one plastic bottle, helping to clean up our oceans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their mission is to harness the power of the web to create a simple way for people to join the fight against ocean pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Green Web Analytics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cabin<\/a> is a privacy-first, carbon-aware web analytics service. Their sustainable cloud infrastructure allows 100% of their electricity consumption to be matched with renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cabin also highlights high energy-consuming pages and provide insights and improvements to be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Green Broadband<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Offering home and business broadband including SoGEA \u2013 FTTC, Ethernet, Ultra Fast FTTP and more; GreenISP<\/a> is an environmentally guided, non-profit internet service provider, with an aim to run their operations solely on renewable sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Green Email<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EcoSend<\/a>‘s mission is to eliminate the carbon emissions of email marketing by reducing the emissions of every email campaign sent through them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They provide all the functionality you need to send email campaigns and newsletters, but at a reduced cost to the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sustainable Laptops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, consider the environmental impact of your laptop. The most sustainable solution for a laptop is to take care of the one you already have and repair it when needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, if you do need a new laptop, here’s a guide from LeafScore<\/a> that will help you to find the best sustainable laptops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our green survey results<\/a> have shown just how important sustainability is to consumers when making purchasing decisions, with 61% calling it a key priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your go-to green services? Leave a comment and let us know!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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