Tips to reduce your internet carbon footprint. 減少互聯網碳足蹟的提示 。
This time, in this article, we will tackle our carbon footprint from internet consumption. To give you an idea, if the internet was a country, it would be the 6th largest consumer of electricity in the world. To make you an eco-responsible consumer of the internet here are some tips:
這次我們的文章為如何減少網路消費的碳足跡。 試著想像，當網路是一個國家，那將會是世界上第6大耗電的來源。 或許下面的幾個方法讓您成為一個對環境出一份力的使用者：
First, you can change your search engine. 一、嘗試換一個瀏覽器。
Today, Google has 63% of the market share. However, it has 100% free and more responsible alternatives to Google. For example, the Ecosia search engine uses its profits to plant trees and runs on 100% renewable energy. As a bonus: Ecosia anonymises all search queries after four days, which means that it is impossible for the company to link behaviour to a specific user after this period. Click here for a full list of alternatives for your search engine.
Google到目前為止，為63％的網路使用者首選。 但是，還有其他絕對免費且更友善環境的的替代方案。 例如，Ecosia將藉由瀏覽器所獲的利潤用於植樹，並致力於將可能源的重複利用率達到100%。 此外：Ecosia匿名所有搜索查詢，這意味著該公司不會將使用者的行為賣給商業以利廣告。 了解更多
Clean your mailbox and unsubscribe from spam. 整理郵箱並取消訂閱廣告及封鎖垃圾郵件
Remember that 12 billion emails are sent every hour and that takes a lot of energy to send and to store. The solution is Clean Fox, a French start-up that offers a free service to clean up your mailbox. All you have to do is create an account and enter your email address.
全世界的人每小時發送120億封電子郵件，並為消耗了大量的資源來發送並存儲。 Clean Fox是一個法國的新創事業，提供免費服務來幫助我們清理信箱。 我們需要做的就是創建一個帳戶並輸入您的信箱帳號。
Think twice before sending documents as attachments. 考慮清楚後再將附件送出。
An email with an attached document is the energy equivalent of a light bulb burning for 1 hour. So try to think before you send a document as an attachment, ask yourself if it is really necessary or reduce the size of the document with an online compressor (which does not even change the quality of your documents). 附檔的信件和使用1小時燈泡的耗能是一樣的。 所以當我們在寄送附件前，可以先嘗試盡量壓縮檔案。
STOCKAGE 浮水印
STREAMING 網路串流影音
Downloading instead of streaming video. 將影片下載下來以減少長時間使用網路雲端資源。
60% of all internet traffic worldwide comes from video streaming. So prefer downloading your favourite movies or listening to podcasts to streaming platforms like Netflix, HBO. Otherwise simply reduce the quality of the video, this will limit your impact. 全球網路的流量有60％來自影音。 我們可以先下載自己喜歡的電影或聆聽播客，Netflix、HBO、Podcast都具有這樣的功能。
