A guest post by Roger Bayless of gardeny.org. It’s easy to feel like a drop in the bucket when staring down a crisis as sprawling as climate change. Between the policy gridlocks, corporate greenwashing, and sobering news cycles, individual action… Read More »Local Roots, Global Reach: How You Can Amplify Climate Action Right Where You Are
In today’s “What if Wednesday” post, we will explore what a Usonian inspired website might look like. The Usonian style was an effort by Frank Lloyd Wright to produce affordable and sustainable houses in his classic style and represented his… Read More »Designing an Attractive Sustainable Usonian Style Website
The internet, with its countless servers and devices, is a massive energy consumer, contributing significantly to global carbon emissions. Your website, whether large or small, contributes to the total sum. However, you can minimize your impact by using green web… Read More »Using Green Web Design for an Affordable and Environmental Web Presence
The internet has a lot of digital smog that is leaving a massive carbon footprint. Every action on the internet, from a click to a video consumes energy and adds to the carbon emitted. Add to this the electronic devices… Read More »Best Practices and 3 Principles for Sustainable UI Design
Imagine a world that is choked by digital pollution. Servers humming relentlessly, devouring energy and spewing out heat, contributing to climate crisis that threatens our very existence. It may sound dramatic, but it is pretty close to reality right now.… Read More »Sustainable Web Design, 4 Ways to Keep Your Website From Killing the Planet and Your Business.
Butterflies or Lepidoptera are distinguished by their coloration and the life stages they go through in becoming a fully fledged butterfly. Known for their attractive coloration and patterns, they can be used as inspiration for the design of a website.… Read More »What if a Website was Inspired by an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly?
Have you ever landed on a website, only to be instantly overwhelmed by a wall of tiny, indecipherable text? Your eyes strain, your head throbs, and you click away in frustration. We have all been there. In the fast-paced digital… Read More »The 9 Best Web Fonts for Readability: Your Guide to a User-Friendly Experience
Is your Website a Silent Polluter? The Hidden Cost of E-commerce The digital world seems, on its face, to reduce carbon emissions when compared to transportation emissions. However, with every click, every page load, every product viewed on your e-commerce… Read More »3 Actionable Case Studies: Sustainable Design for E-commerce Websites
Have you ever stopped to consider the environmental impact of your daily internet searches? With billions of queries processed every day, our collective reliance on search engines has grown exponentially and along with it their carbon footprints.
While the internet may save a lot of paper and as a result helps us to save the world’s forests, it does hold a dirty secret. It may be quietly sacrificing not only the forests, but also the rest of the ecosystems.