Eco-Tips for reducing your digital trace
Device Maintenance
- Buy Conscientiously & Consume Selectively
- buy energy-saver devices
- buy repairable devices
- buy used and refurbished devices
- buy only what you need
- buy only when you must
- Optimize Charging
- use solar chargers if possible (here’s a $5.oo DIY solar charger)
- do not overcharge as over-charging can diminish the lifetime of your battery
- Optimize Device Life
- treat your devices with care
- Repair, Reuse, Re-make, and only then Recycle
- check out iFixit, Instructables, and YouTube for DIY repair instructions
- be sure you recycle responsibly using a reputable electronics recycling center
Online Activity
- Reduce Streaming
- Save Selectively: by reducing the amount of data you save, you reduce your carbon footprint
- delete unnecessary data
- save only what is needed
- reduce over-redundant saving
- Use Green Web Hosts
- Design Low-Carbon Websites
- reduce the load on your website (with carefully-chosen colors, lower-resolution images, deliberately-designed typefaces, and reduced interactivity) and you reduce the energy it consumes
- Use Carbon-Neutral Search Engines like Ecosia (Ecosia also donates trees each time you search)
- Try Tab for a Cause to make your tab-opening activities work toward making positive change
- Try GoodBlock ad blocker, “the ad blocker with a purpose”
