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9 ways to make your office more environmentally friendly
People have started to go back to the office, and back into old routines. But things don't have to be exactly like before. In this article, we have gathered 9 things you can do to make your office more eco-friendly/sustainable/environmentally friendly.
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Development
The role of WebP in developing a sustainable WordPress site
WordPress is responsible for many websites, and with an increasing global average page weight, finding more sustainable practices is more important than ever. In this article, I talk about the role WebP has when developing a sustainable WordPress website.
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Development
The Role of Web Developers in Creating a Sustainable Future
It’s no secret that the world is currently facing a climate crisis. Now more than ever, it’s important that we take action to mitigate its effects. No role is too small when it comes to preserving the environment, and in this article, I talk about the role of web developers.
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Hosting
The carbon footprint of TOR (The Onion Router) network
The TOR (Onion Router Network) has been around for many years and it is an access door to the dark web. But do we know the carbon footprint and environmental impact of this network? This article is giving you an estimate to show just how big the dark web is.
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ContentAndMarketing
How to export images as WebP in Adobe Photoshop
WebP has been around since 2010, but it is first in recent years we have seen it become more popular. This tutorial will show you how you in older and newer versions of Adobe Photoshop can export photos as WebP.
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Development
Is low-code or no-code better for the environment?
Low-code and no-code have grown tremendously in popularity because it allows everyone to build websites with close to no previous experience. With low-code, you simply drag-and-drop coding blocks and functions, and with no-code, you visually build everything. But is it better for the environment? And does it have the potential for the future?
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Design
Sustainable web design reduces e-waste
One of the big problems we face today is the amount of e-waste we produce. The problem is getting bigger and we are still looking the other way while we pile on. We need to reduce our waste and the amount of materials we take from the earth. This is where sustainable web design can help.
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Hosting
Can we use sustainable web design to host more websites on a single server?
We already know the benefits sustainable web design has on the general carbon emissions coming from our website. But can sustainable web design also help data centers host more websites using fewer servers?
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Hosting
Cloudflare: What is it and why you should use it
Cloudflare has been around for many years now, but did you know that they are running on 100% renewable and are working together with The Green Web foundation? In this article, we explain what Cloudflare is and why you should use it.
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ContentAndMarketing
How to optimize images for the web in Adobe Photoshop
Optimizing is an important skill when working on a website, and in this tutorial, we will show you how to optimize your images for the web using the latest version of Adobe Photoshop.
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Development
Sustainable web design makes the internet more accessible
We all know that sustainable web design is better for the environment and causes less pollution, but did you also know that it makes the internet more accessible? Between 40-50% of the world's mobile users still use 2G and 3G. In this article you can see how slow loading a website on these connections will be and why sustainable web design is important.
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Design
What is the difference between green web design and sustainable web design
Many aren't aware of the difference between green web design and sustainable web design, but in this article, we shine a light on some of the big ones.
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Design
Why Sustainable Web Design Matters
Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important issue, and businesses are starting to realize that they need to take steps to become more environmentally friendly. But why does sustainable web design matter? Find the answer here!
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Design
Why environmentally friendly practices should be common sense in web design
Environmentally friendly web design is today being advertised as a service, but we think it should be common practice. Here are the benefits of sustainable web design, what you should do, how you can check your website's carbon footprint and how to get started with sustainable web design.
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Design
How to measure your websites carbon footprint
Measuring your website's carbon footprint is key to creating a more eco-friendly website, and in this article, we will show you two of the most popular tools.
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Design
Ethical web development: Here you can learn more
Learning ethical web development is an eye-opening process that will make you realize all the unethical things you face every single day. To make the learning process easier and faster we have gathered some of the greatest books, courses, and YouTube videos so that you can get started right away.
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Design
The ethical principles in web development
We as developers and designers are responsible for creating a great experience and a safe environment for our users. In this article, you will get introduced to ethical web development and you will learn the principles we use.
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Design
Ethical web design: An introduction to ethical and unethical practices
Ethical web design is a broad category covering many subjects, and in this article, we talk about some ethical examples and some that are unethical. You will learn to spot some unethical situations and you will learn how to turn them into ethical practices instead.
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ClientAndProjects
How to build a solar-powered Raspberry Pi with PiJuice
Solar power is great and Raspberry Pi's are super, but why not combine the two to create something amazing? In this project, we are building a Raspberry Pi that runs on solar energy 24/7 using the power management HAT from PiJuice and a 22w foldable solar panel.
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ClientAndProjects
13 tips to become more environmentally friendly at the office
We all want to become more environmentally friendly in general, but where do we start, and is it going to be hard? In this article, we have gathered 13 easy and fast tips that will make you more environmentally friendly at the office instantly.
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Development
Here is why a Raspberry Pi is good as a web server
Raspberry Pi has been around for many years now, but they are starting to become quite powerful. Here we have made an article about why a Raspberry Pi is a great web server to host your website from and given you a pros and cons list so you can choose for yourself.
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ContentAndMarketing
Improve your SEO ranking by making your website environmentally-friendly
Having a sustainable and environmentally friendly website is not only better for the environment and the visitors but also for your overall organic SEO (Search engine optimization) ranking. In this article, we talk about improvements you can make to better your rankings on search engines such as Google.
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ContentAndMarketing
Have you considered what happens after your website content dies?
There are tons of outdated content roaming around on the internet just waiting for people to read and interact with it. But is anyone ever going to? Have you thought about when your content should be considered dead and be removed from the internet? If you haven't and you are curious, then here we are talking about why it is important to remove outdated content and how you can make your own plan.
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Development
Do you write clean and reusable code?
Reusable code is a powerful tool when creating sustainable and environmentally friendly websites. You can write it with every programming language and in this article, we will explain what reusable code is and how you can write it yourself.
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ContentAndMarketing
Has your team set a page-weight budget? Here is how to
When trying to make your or other people's websites sustainable or environmentally friendly it is a great idea to use a page-weight budget that allows your team to say "stop, no more content on this particular page". In this article, you can read about why a page-weight budget is good and how you can set one with yourself or your team.
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Design
How to create environmentally friendly color palettes for your web design
Colors are widely used on websites and often they play an important role in brands as well, but did you know that you can make environmentally friendly color palettes? In this article, you will get an explanation of how LCDs, AMOLEDs, and OLED screens work, and we will also explain how you can create environmentally friendly color palettes.
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Design
10 ways to make your website more environmentally friendly in 2021
Are you wondering how you instantly can make your website more sustainable/environmentally friendly? In this article, we give you 10 great and easy ways you can make your website more sustainable!
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Development
5 inspiring videos about sustainable web design
Sustainable Web Design has been around for a long time, but even after this many years it isn't something designers and website owners use much in practice. This needs to change and the way to do it is to make all websites sustainable. Here we have gathered 5 inspiring YouTube videos that will get you started right away!
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Development
We are giving you a FREE Sustainable Web Design Checklist
Creating sustainable and environmentally friendly websites can be hard, and there are many things you need to remember. That is why we are giving you a FREE Sustainable Web Design Checklist. The checklist is available in English, French, Spanish, Hindi, and Danish.
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Design
Sustainable Web Design: An Environment-First Approach To Internet
Did you just discover sustainable web design or do you want to get a deeper understanding? In this article, we will talk about what sustainable web design is and what benefits it gives you, your website, and the environment.
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Design
This is how we can lower climate change with sustainable web design
It is not only cars, industry, and agriculture that cause climate change on earth, it is also websites on the internet. In this article, we will talk about why websites pollute and how we can make it better by using sustainable web design.
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Design
The 6 best books about sustainable web design
If you are looking for the best books about sustainable web design and development, then we have gathered the 6 best in one article. No matter if you are experienced or just started to learn about sustainable web design, then these books will be an eye-opener to you!
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Design
5 design principles that makes your website more sustainable
Making your website sustainable/environmentally friendly is hard. There are many things to think about, and therefore we have made this list with 5 things that instantly will make your website more sustainable.
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Design
5 most environmentally friendly WordPress themes to use in 2021
It can be hard to choose the right WordPress theme for your website. If you choose a bloated one your website will look good but it will be bloated and therefore slow. In this article, we will help you choose a minimalistic and environmentally friendly web design.
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Development
Speed up and make your Wordpress website more sustainable by decluttering
Slow Wordpress websites are very common since lots of stuff is happening on the backend side every time someone interact and visits the website. If you have tried everything and your website is still slow, then try to take a look at this decluttering article which points out a few ways to speed up your website drastically.
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ClientAndProjects
When to host virtual meetings and when to go in person
COVID-19 changed a lot for many of us and one thing it taught us was to use virtual meetings. Now that the dust seems to clear a bit it is time to make up your mind about when to use virtual meetings and when to show up in person. This article will help you choose that.
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ContentAndMarketing
Check if your website is environmental friendly with websitecarbon.com
First step when making your website sustainable / environmental friendly is to know approximately how much each page pollutes. With WebsiteCarbon.com you can easily check each of your pages so that you know what to fix.
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Design
How to check if your website is sustainable and environmental friendly with Ecograder
Making your website sustainable can be confusing at times, but with Ecograder you will be a step closer. Ecograder is fast and easy, and it provides you a ranking that tells you how sustainable your website is according to them. Get started right now and check how sustainable your website is!
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ContentAndMarketing
Ditch paper manuals and use digital manuals instead
For many years paper manuals big and small have been received together with all types of products, but are you aware that most people don't read them and that it is actually bad for the environment? In this article we look into how much wood a manual actually requires and what a more sustainable solution would be to this problem.
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Design
How to convert your images to WEBP or AVIF
A great way to optimise your website, speed up and make it more sustainable / environmental friendly is to convert your images to either WEBP or AVIF. Both of these formats lower the file size drastically without loosing the quality of your image. In this tutorial we teach you how to quickly convert your images to the WEBP or AVIF format online.
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Development
What is the AV1 / AVIF image and video format
The AV1 or AVIF image and video format is not finally supported on multiple devices and also in some of the major web browsers. Here we have put together an article talking about what the AVIF format is and why we should be using it on our websites.
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Development
What is WEBP image format
You might have heard about WEBP as an image or animation format before, but have you ever used it on your website? Here is an article talking about what WEBP is why you should use it on your website for displaying images and animations.
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Design
Sustainable Web Design by Tom Greenwood
Did you just hear about sustainable web design or maybe you would like to know how you can become better? If that's the case then take a look at "Sustainable Web Design" by Tom Greenwood. Sustainable Web Design is an inspiring book about the internet being a enormous polluter. The book is giving you the answers to how you easily can get started making sustainable websites and how we together can make the problem smaller.
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Design
How converting .TTF and .OTF fonts into .WOFF lowers file size
Font file types can be an enemy when trying to make your website more sustainable. File types such as .TTF and .OTF can easily be 200-500kb. But by converting them into .WOFF or .WOFF2 you can compress your fonts drastically and save tons of bandwidth. Here is a guide that shows you how to convert your fonts online in just 3 simple steps.
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ContentAndMarketing
The most sustainable social media companies to use in 2021
Many companies are using social media as an online presence to reach new potential clients / customers or to keep in touch with the ones they already have. But do you know if the social media companies you are using are big polluters or if they are sustainable and running on renewable energy. In this article you can see which ones you can use while becoming more sustainable.
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Development
Svelte vs. React vs. Angular - Why Svelte is more environmental friendly
Both Svelte, React and Angular has an impact on the environment, but why is Svelte the most efficient / environmental? Find out exactly how much CO2 each framework emits here and choose the most environmental for your projects!
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Hosting
What is green web hosting and why should you use it in 2021?
When choosing a web hosting company, we think about how good a service the company provides, how cheap their services are, how easy it is to set up but we often don’t think about the environmental impact a web hosting company can have. Find the answers to your questions here and get started with green web hosting right away!
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Design
5 design principles that instantly makes your website more sustainable.
Do you want a more sustainable and green website? Moving in the right direction doesn't require much. In this article we give you 5 easy things you can do right now to instantly help reducing the CO2 emission caused by the internet.
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Design
Dark-mode lowers power consumption on OLED devices
Using dark mode on OLED displays have an impact on power consumption, but does it make a difference? And does themes have other advantages? Read more in this article and find the answer to your question.