Did you know that if the Internet were a country,
it would be the world’s fourth most polluting state after China, the United States and India?
We spend an average of 2 hours and 24 minutes per day on social media:
one person pollutes the atmosphere with an average of 165.6 grams of CO2 each day...
that’s the equivalent of a mile driven by a small car!
Incredible, isn’t it?
It also adds up to 60 kg of CO2 per year per person,
so what does that equate to?
On average, to a car travelling 535 km.
Or to 1% of the total pollution caused by a resident of Europe.
So, does this mean we shouldn’t use the Internet?
Of course not!
But there are many small things we can do:
choose to download rather than viewing online,
use Wi-Fi when possible instead of 4G,
try to set yourself a time limit for using social media,
and if you could decrease your photo and video sharing a little ...
i.e. post less, just post the things that your followers will like the most!
And when you’re not online and you need to get around,
use electric vehicles!
1km on an electric scooter leads to just 126 g of CO2 emissions!
And you can download maps rather than using the GPS.
With a little bit of what's called “digital sobriety”
and by using vehicles that utilize renewable sources,
we can do so much for the environment and the planet...
and still stay connected!