With the importance that is being given to going green these days, this concept is infiltrating every aspect of our lives right from what we eat to how we live and so and so forth. When you come to think of it, the internet by itself is a very ‘green’ concept since it saves so much paper that would otherwise resulted in a lot more trees being cut down.
Now, websites and web-based companies such as Google among the largest IT companies are taking this further by not only making major investments in solar energy to power their data centers but are also making donations towards research that is dedicated to producing cleaner energy for the future.
While most of these companies have been often blamed for not ‘reducing their carbon footprint’, some of these measures are likely to alleviate these allegations as it is becoming more and more apparent that several green practices are applied to the way Google runs its businesses.
However, when it comes to much smaller web hosting companies that provide services such as web hosting, email and SSL certificates such as Online4Earth are also joining the bandwagon in making contributions to the subsidization of clean energy projects in their state despite the fact that they make a pittance compared to giants such as Qwest, Google and AT & T and so on and so forth.
So every time you buy one of these company’s products or services, you are actually investing in a company that is environmentally friendly from the get-go.