earth.txt

A .txt file for a Sustainable Internet.

“The Internet is the single biggest thing we’re going to build as a species. This is something if we build it the right way, with the right sources of energy, could really help power our transition to renewables. If we build it the wrong way, it could actually exacerbate the problem.”

— Gary Cook, Greenpeace

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earth.txt is a standard for a text file which allows websites to define environmental sustainability policies. The earth.txt file standard sets clear guidelines through which both environmental researchers and the general public can assess the environmental footprint of a certain website and of the entity that controls it.

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“The struggle to understand and steer the interaction between the bitsphere and the biosphere is the struggle for community in the broadest ecological context.”

— Ursula M. Franklin, The Real World of Technology (1989)

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earth.txt is an open-source project by the Scape Foundation.