• Make it a priority to reduce your website's carbon footprint. In 2007 carbon emissions due to information and communication technologies surpassed that of the aviation industry. (Gartner, 2008)
• Host your site on a server that uses renewable energy or purchases Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). Brunch at Noon partners with iPower in the US. There are many other great green hosting services to choose from as well, like SuperGreen Hosting in the UK.
• Include printer-friendly versions of web pages that may need to be printed. This will eliminate the frustration of printing extraneous blank pages.
• Add Online Leaf's standby engine to your website. This free product puts your site into standby mode while open in a browser window but not being used.
• Ask that your website's code be written efficiently to reduce your site's energy cost and to speed up download times. Or sign up with CO2Stats to learn how to make your site more energy-efficient.
• And as a user of websites: remember to turn your computer off or put it in sleep mode when you're not using it.