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This is a guest post by Kim Woodbridge, a Freelance Technical Consultant, who writes about WordPress Customizations and other Internet Tools at (Anti) Social Development.
I’m not a green blogger but I do blog and I try to live in an environmentally sound manner. When Sommer asked me to guest post while she is off making an awesome documentary, I started thinking about tools that bloggers could use to make blogging greener.
Before we get started, you might want to hop over to the Sierra Club and take a quick quiz to test your knowledge about how your PC affects the environment. (I didn’t get a perfect score, I got an 85%).
- If your blog is self hosted or if you are thinking of moving to a self hosted solution, why not go for a webhost who’s servers are solar powered. Here is a list of green web hosts. Green & Clean Mom is hosted by AISO, which is 100% solar powered.
- Have you heard of Flock? Flock is a web browser with an emphasis on social networking and media. Twitter, facebook, flickr, and delicious, as well as other accounts, are built right in. It’s pretty cool to check your friend’s photos or facebook status from the sidebar and not have to leave what you are working on. Flock is built on Mozilla Firefox’s technology so many of the features that you love about Firefox are also available in Flock. Flock has an environmental version that has a green theme and integrated feeds about the environment in it’s built in feed reader. But the best part is that when you use the search bar, 10% of the revenue generated from the search is donated to environmental causes. Flock makes money when you search the browser and they are going to pay part of that forward.
- Do you use a wireless router in your house? Most of us seem to nowadays. If you need a new router, take a look at the Netgear WNR2000, which comes with an On/Off switch. This makes it easier to turn off the router when not in use (although if you’re like me it’s always in use) and reduce phantom energy use. In addition, 80% of the packing is made from recycled materials.
- When you’re looking to purchase your next laptop, take a look at a Dell. All of Dell’s laptops will use energy saving light emitting backlights by 2010 and desktops will follow shortly after. What does one of these backlights do? Well, it uses 43% less power at maximum brightness, which will save 20 million dollars and 200 million killowatt hours. Dell has also committed to going carbon neutral and is rapidly becoming the greenest computer company in the world.
Does anyone else have any suggestions about how we can blog greener? If so, I would love to hear about them.
photo credit: larskflem
