Sustainable UX

Creating low-carbon images for the web

Images are the most popular resource type. The tendency is that more and more images are used on websites, and hence they are becoming heavier.

The Unreasonable Ecological Cost of #CryptoArt

The Low Impact Website | Organic Basics

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"Please consider the environment before printing this email". You have probably seen this line at the bottom of an email before. By now it's widely known that you should pay attention to what you print to reduce your carbon footprint. But how much does it cost sending this email in the first place?

Frank Chimero · The Web's Grain

Can I play something for you? Trust me: it's worth it. Oh, and while you're listening, pay attention to your chest. You may feel a growing warmth, kind of like the firey trickle after a shot of whiskey. All right, here we go: Wasn't that great?

LAX → CDG = 3.5tCO₂e

The emissions for a plane seat flying to CDG from LAX will be tons of CO₂. Resulting in the loss of m² of arctic summer ice. Explore how this trip compares to the efforts you make to reduce your carbon footprint.

Sustainable Web Manifesto

Sign the manifesto and declare your commitment to create a greener web!

Your Netflix binging isn't killing the planet-yet

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Design Is the Problem - Rosenfeld Media

Nathan Shedroff is the executive director of Seed Vault Ltd, a Singapore-based platform building an independent, trusted bot economy on the blockchain. He manages a cadre of experienced bot enthusiasts and technologists developing new ways to ensure user privacy, shepherd the shift to this new paradigm, create ways for people to profit from their creative work, and save the business sector from its most critical threat ever.

Opinion: Fintech should be eco-friendly

Emerging financial technologies promise to redefine not just everyday banking, but the nature of money itself. They could provide banking services to the two billion adults worldwide who are currently "unbanked" and contribute to the eradication of extreme poverty by 2030.

The Most Important Feature Amazon is Not Launching

Recently, a friend of mine posted on Facebook warning others not to buy a particular brand of headphones, since his pair just broke. Another friend commented saying that he had the same model and his broke after just 1 year. Two other people chimed in to say that theirs only worked for 3 months.

Website Response Times

Users really care about speed in interaction design. In 1997, I wrote a column called " The Need for Speed," pointing out how much users hated slow-loading web pages. Back then, big images were the main cause of response-time delays, and our guideline recommended that you keep images small.

How liking something on Facebook can damage the planet

The amount of energy consumed by the world's data centres - the repositories for billions of gigabytes of information - will treble in the next decade, putting an enormous strain on energy supplies and dealing a hefty blow to efforts to contain global warming, experts say.

New Features on Kickstarter Encourage Creators to Think Green

Here at Kickstarter we're in a unique position when it comes to environmental awareness. Our creators may have a vision for a new piece of technology or design, but they may not know a lot about manufacturing, much less environmentally responsible manufacturing. We can help get them thinking about sustainability at exactly the right time.