Going Digital and Green

This week’s Green Impact post will focus on the Green Action ELT guide to reducing your digital carbon footprint. Digital tech is responsible for over 7% of global electricity and contributes to more than 2% of global emissions. This might not sound like a lot, but small changes can have astronomical impacts on the environment. 

Here are some tips: 

• Repair tech wherever possible and buy refurbished products, not new ones. 
• Avoid unnecessarily ‘smart’ products (not everything needs wifi). 
• Switch to a green email provider, website host, and search engine when possible. 
• If you don’t need video, don’t use it, especially for calls and team meetings. 
• Download albums or playlists you listen to frequently rather than streaming.

Please email law-greenimpact@sheffield.ac.uk if you have any questions, and follow @uosgreenimpact on Instagram for updates on our projects and any sustainability events around campus.