From the course: Digital Sustainability: How to Reduce Your Digital Footprint

The impact of digital assets on the carbon footprint

From the course: Digital Sustainability: How to Reduce Your Digital Footprint

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The impact of digital assets on the carbon footprint

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- Sending and receiving emails, messages, photos and digital documents all produce carbon dioxide. One of the main greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. If each of us who uses the internet commit to sending less and deleting emails, photos, and files, especially the heavy ones like music and movies, we will be helping to reduce emissions of harmful gases. Here are some of the best practices you can implement. Think before sending an email or file. Is it worth sending? Can it be replaced by an SMS, a call without video or a face-to-face conversation that is not stored anywhere? Can it be uploaded to an online collaboration tool instead of sending emails to one or more people? Reduce or compress the size of attachments or use hyperlinks or links instead of attachments. Delete photos and document that are no longer used on your devices or share spaces on the cloud. Unsubscribe from all emails or newsletters that no longer interest you. Save your favorite webpages that you visit regularly so you don't have to look for them every time. Uninstall mobile applications and programs that you no longer use. In short, send fewer documents and delete all digital files that you can. Now think about this. How many emails, photos and files are you going to delete today?

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