How Much Paper Have You Saved by Blogging?
Introducing the GreenExperience.net Green Widget!
So, chances are pretty good that if you’re reading this, you’re a fellow blogger. One thing that you may or may not be aware of is that by blogging on a regular basis, you’re actually helping the environment tremendously!
You see, blogs started out (and many still remain this way) as a way for people to electronically jot down thoughts, opinions, rants, reviews, and anything else they had on their mind. Instead of writing it on paper, or submitting it to traditional newspapers, blogs (technically, “weblogs”) allow pretty much anyone in the world to put the same stuff in a digital format, which did two things:
- Those thoughts, opinions, rants, etc… were now available for the world to see and comment on.
- It saved tons and tons of paper directly and indirectly.
By keeping notes, blog entries, and everything else in a digital format, the use of paper was cut back drastically, which is a movement you can definitely call “green”.
Perhaps you’re a blogger who deeply cares about the environment and current events in the energy world, or maybe you blog about something else altogether. Whatever it is you enjoy, we all have a common goal, and that is to preserve the Earth as best as we can, and show off our efforts in the process!
If you want to show off to the world how many pounds of paper you’ve saved by writing online, then you need to quickly download our cool “green” widget that will show exactly that. Depending on how many posts, comments, and pages you have on your wordpress powered blog, the GreenExperience.net green widget will calculate (based on technical research) how many pounds of actual paper you’ve saved. Pretty cool, right? We think so.
So without further delay, why don’t you download the latest and greatest in green widgets. When you think about all the trees being saved, which offset carbon emissions, it’s a staggering number (considering that there are an estimated 70 million bloggers in this world of ours).
Click the link below to download the plugin/widget:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/how-green-are-you/
Never knew you were a tree-hugger, huh? (or maybe you did…)
Contest Live
Thats pretty cool, but what about how much electricity etc you use by having the computer on? =p
October 1st, 2008 at 3:55 pmMr Green
But if you’re going to have your computer on anyway…. you might as well be using less paper then, eh? And how do you know i don’t get my energy from green sources anyway =)
October 1st, 2008 at 5:10 pmRyan
Exactly.
AND, it take very little electricity to run a computer - but over the course of a year or so, imagine the piles of paper you could possibly accumulate.
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:39 amAllyn
I’d much rather use up some wind generated electricity than kill a bunch of trees. Great concept with the green widget.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:04 pmAL
Terry
This is assuming that I was going going to get my ramblings published anyway.
If I was never going to get anything published, but I now spend 4 hours a day typing useless musings into the internets is that a win?
October 22nd, 2008 at 11:11 amRichard
I am trying to see what people think of this idea. What if instead of worrying about broken systems for the bailout we pour money into alternative ways to transport people and goods? Did this not help in the past when new highways were built? This could not only be a chance to get us out of our deficit but also go a bit green. I was reading this site and thought it was a great idea. Not necessarily that we should put tons of money here but here and things like this. http://www.petergreenberg.com/2008/10/27/tired-of-airplanes-how-about-a-zeppelin/
October 27th, 2008 at 1:44 pmtaglife
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Area 51 Aliens
I dont think I would have saved much so far. But give me a few months and it will be a significant amount.
December 9th, 2008 at 5:18 am