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Digital Carbon Footprint 

A digital carbon footprint is the CO2 emissions resulting from the production, use and data transfer of digital devices and infrastructure.

Every minute spent scrolling, browsing the internet, streaming a video all contribute to our digital carbon footprint. Global email usage generates as much CO2 as having 7 million extra cars on the road. If each email user in the UK sent 1 less email per day, we could reduce emissions by 16,433 tonnes of CO2; the equivalent of 81,152 flights from London to Madrid.

 

Carbon Footprint Resources

https://www.myclimate.org/information/faq/faq-detail/what-is-a-digital-carbon-footprint/

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/12/digital-carbon-footprint-how-to-lower-electronics

https://sway.office.com/3x8WxQYr6Bl3HoSu?ref=Link

 

   

 

What can you do?

Turn your laptop screen brightness down

Turn your devices OFF not on standby or sleep mode

Purge (delete) your emails regularly 

Send less emails per day if you can

Try and spend less time aimlessly scrolling on Instagram, Tiktok and others (we know its addictive Loudly crying)

 

 

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