#TIL about https://www.imagecarbon.com - a site that checks the images on your website, and gives estimates for their carbon emissions and suggestions for how to improve. Oh, and its open source: https://github.com/colbyfayock/imagecarbon

I'm always looking for ways to help make my websites more sustainable, but I'm definitely not an expert in image optimizations. This is a great way for me to learn more about #SustainableWebDesign and #GreenWeb practices

Im #newhere and look forward to meeting you :blobcatcoffee:

My Interests:
- #AlternativeMobility
- #BikeVacation
- #EthicalMarketing
- #SustainableWebdesign
- #Greenweb
- #Solarpunk
- #Zettelkasten + #Obsidian

Overlap between Gerry McGovern's #WorldWideWaste and Tom Greenwood's #SustainableWebDesign here.

Reading about the University of Minnesota Health Sciences Library website migration that reduced site from over 300 pages to less than 70. That's impressive. #UMLHSL #WorldWideWaste #ABookApart #SustainableWebDesign

Tom's point doesn't go on to be "Let's not make websites at all" but I think there is an argument that we should start by asking the question "Do we need to make this?"

The answer is probably "no" more often than we like to admit. #ABookApart #SustainableWebDesign

"For each metric, the ideal figure to minimize emissions would be zero" p30, Sustainable Web Design, Tom Greenwood. A Book Apart, 2021 #ABookApart #SustainableWebDesign

"Openness allows us to stand on each other's shoulders and move forward as a community, building on progress rather than starting from nothing" p9, Sustainable Web Design, Tom Greenwood. A Book Apart, 2021 #ABookApart #SustainableWebDesign