Website hosting is filed alongside self-assessment tax returns and freehold declarations of trust in my List of Boring But Very Important Things. If you've got a site, though, it needs someone to stick it online and that someone has an office somewhere that's pumping CO2 in the atmosphere. Enter, stage left, an eco-minded host such as Green WebHost.
It's powered mostly by its own solar panels and offsets the rest of its emissions by tree-planting with Treesponsibility. The packages, which start at £4.50 a month, aren't bad value either, and it offers everything from domain name registration to e-commerce, web space and email. [Thanks to Leonora at Treehugger for the tip] [Previous Green ISP story on Hippyshopper] [Photo credit: Nothing]
I'm with Green Webhosting for my eco-blog, How to Save the World for Free. It seemed like the right thing to do.
Posted by: Ian | July 17, 2006 at 05:12 PM
Another great website I've come across is http://www.thecaringhost.com they are US based but offer 130% wind powered hosting and they also give money to charity for each customer they get ($1-2 per customer, per month!) and they have a fair hosting guarantee - only 100 websites per server, great! :)
Posted by: Williamvicary | August 24, 2010 at 02:52 PM