Have you considered storing your data on a green cloud provider?
With 2.5 billion people connected to the Internet worldwide, the Internet’s energy and carbon footprint are estimated to exceed air travel. From manufacturing and shipping of computers to data use—the Internet is less green than you’d think.
This interesting and quirky article, The Carbon Footprint of the Internet alerts us all on how the internet is impacting the environment and what we can all do to lessen it’s harmful effects.
You can reduce your impact by choosing a green cloud provider that runs completely on renewable energy sources. Shut down your computer completely and unplug, powered down computers if still plugged in can draw up to 5 watts of energy. Change your email habits to reduce your internet carbon footprint. Limit ‘reply all’, unsubscribe from newsletters you’re no longer interested in and talk in person rather an over email.
