I’ve written a number of articles and blog posts about sustainable digital tech. Below are some my favourites.
You can also hop over to Green Web Foundation’s website for the blogs I’ve authored there.
2025
Digital sustainability in WordPress – LinkedIn post 10/01/2025
2024
An experience report using the Tech Carbon Standard – Green Web Foundation and Scott Logic collaboration, main author 09/2024
Thinking about using AI? Here’s what you can and (probably) can’t change about its environmental impact – Green Web Foundation, written with Chris Adams, 09/2024
Branch issue 8 – “Finding beauty in the imperfect” – Issue guest editor, co-edited with Marketa Benisek, 25/04/2024
2023
The problems with carbon-aware software that everyone’s ignoring – Climate Action Tech, 22/11/2023
Reflections from speaking at UX London – Green Web Foundation, 28/06/2023
Reference and guide: data sources for calculating digital emissions – Green Web Foundation, written with Fershad Irani, 22/03/2023
2022
Now we have a sustainability channel in Making WordPress Slack, what should we do? – Make WordPress blog, 01/11/2022
The birth of DoingTheDoughnut.tech – a holistic way of exploring sustainability in the digital tech sector – Green Web Foundation 01/09/2022
DoingtheDoughnut.tech – a collaboration with Alistair Alexander
How open source leads the way for sustainable technology – Open Source.com 08/05/2022
What people think building a sustainable internet involves vs what it might actually be – Green Web Foundation 08/03/2022
Figuring out a model for applying climate justice to websites – Green Web Foundation 16/02/2022
Reframing the #LetsGreenTheWeb campaign in a climate justice context – Green Web Foundation 08/01/2022
2021
Drawing a diagram to show the scope of climate justice – Green Web Foundation 07/12/2021
Opening my mind to a definition of climate justice – Green Web Foundation 25/11/2021
Reduce the carbon emissions of your website – ClimateAction Tech Feb 2020
Share the carbon impact of a website – ClimateAction Tech Feb 2020
How we improved our Website Carbon Calculator score from 59% to 84% – ClimateAction Tech 28/01/2021
2020
The hidden cost of our digital habits and easy ways to reduce our impact – Ethical Consumer 10/01/2020
2019
Sustainability and environmental considerations at #WCBRS – WordCamp Bristol 2019 02/05/2019