Everything we do has an ecological impact, and using the internet is no different. But like there are usually more ethical and sustainable choices we can make to improve the activities we do.
I recently made a pledge at work to look into sustainable web design, with the aim of getting it into our content strategy (maybe even digital product strategy).
Here are some resources I’ve found so far.
Information and guidelines
Website carbon calculators
- Ecograder – with report on areas you can improve
- Website carbon – estimates emissions of your website
Books
- World wide waste by Gerry McGovern
- Sustainable web design by Tom Greenwood
- Sustainable web design in 20 lessons by Michael Anderson
Groups
- W3C Sustainable web interest group
- Climate designers – all designers, not only those doing digital work
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