A chrome extension which tracks the carbon footprint of the user due to web browsing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy7KJe2FhZw
In terms of greenhouse gas emissions, internet use accounts for 3.7% of global emissions, i.e. the equivalent of all air traffic in the world. GWeb is a web extension which can be used by anyone and everyone as a means to support sustainable development. It helps us to know if a particular website uses “Green” servers (eco friendly) or not, with added features to track users’ data usage on a particular site for past one week. It also provides with a tip to keep in mind so that we always go green.
- Clone the repo
- Go to manage extensions and enable developer mode
- Click on load unpacked and navigate to the repo folder
- Enable the extension
- Awesome you are now set to go!!
- https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/6/1/117#abstract
- https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06610-y
- https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/
- https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-co2-status-report-2018
- https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/1811099.1811085
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/26167805
- https://www.websitecarbon.com/