Designing Websites for Sustainability
The internet currently produces around 3.8% of global carbon emissions.
What methods can we use to reduce our impact on the planet when designing and building digital products? In this talk, Lizzie Hamblin will walk you through her team’s journey to design and build a more eco-friendly website for her digital agency, Drum Studio.
This talk about building an internal eco-friendly website will cover:
Design and development decisions
Tools used to measure the environmental impact
How sustainable design is also great UX
About Lizzie
Lizzie Hamblin is the Lead UI Designer at Drum Studios, a digital and motion agency with a focus on sustainable and accessible digital marketing.
Lizzie’s Linkedin
About The Guild of Working Designers
The Guild of Working Designers is a monthly meetup and Slack group of designers working in the field. The Guild offers an opportunity to support, commiserate and activate one another. Designers in the guild build things for the real world. We turn ideas into reality. We don't just make things look pretty, we solve real problems.
Sustainable Design Tools
Calculator tools
https://www.websitecarbon.com/
https://ecograder.com/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/beacon/bflpbnopaodpkggmcehmpdneahmnckek?hl=en-GB
Learning resources
https://sustainablewebdesign.org/
Dark Mode
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh?hl=en
Blogs
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200305-why-your-internet-habits-are-not-as-clean-as-you-think
https://wearedrum.com/thinking/making-digital-waste-visible
https://wearedrum.com/thinking/fast-doesnt-always-mean-furious