Climate Quick Tip: Digitally Declutter!

Take 10 minutes a day to delete old files and spam, curate or unfollow social media follows, and trash those crappy or duplicate photos. All this digital clutter sucks up energy in data centres — which have a fatter carbon footprint than the aircraft industry and require large amounts of water to keep the IT systems from overheating.

Digital clutter uses up excess energy in data centres and loads of water. Make your online — and offline — life better by using the search engine Ecosia, which plants a tree for every search.