Web Design and Development

Web design seems pretty harmless; there's no physical materials created. However, web sites still need electricity to run, and the majority of power is used by the servers.

You always have the option to host you web site with any hosting company, but I always recommend hosting with a "green" host—a company that uses green energy to power their data centre, like HostPapa.ca, a very good hosting company powered by clean energy.

Where possible, I also use high-quality, certified carbon offset credits to offset your personal power usage.

Print Design

I use multiple strategies to cut down on waste and environmental impact:

  • Where possible, I use FSC-certified and/or 100% post-consumer waste paper
  • Where possible, I specify the use of vegetable-based inks
  • I try to design around not using bleed or non-standard size paper so that there's no trimming and wasted paper
  • I try not to use designs that use a lot of ink—I try to design around full-flood printing
  • I am constantly researching new techniques and technologies to minimize our impact