Desktop 239: Carbon Currency

A blog post that one of my colleagues penned last year was the inspiration for this month’s column for Desktop magazine.

I’ve always been relatively conscious of minimizing the impact I make on the environment. My first girlfriend was heavily involved in organising environmental protests, clean-up days and the like, and I suspect that some of these philosophies rubbed off on me even after we parted ways.

Mostly though, being environmentally responsible just makes sense. So when my editor informed me that the June issue of Desktop would have a “green” theme, I jumped at the opportunity to not only shed some advice, but look inwards at what I could be doing better.

You know the drill: reduce, reuse, recycle; ride your bike or take public transport; install energy efficient light globes; grab a blanket or open the window instead of using the heater or air conditioner… most of that stuff is common sense. Instead I’ve come up with six ways in which web designers specifically can reduce the power they consume, thereby reducing their carbon emissions.

Read the full article online.

posted: 18.05. 2008, 22:58 (0)