An awesome list of sites/books/tools/podcasts about green IT and sustainable software engineering. Because ecology matters!
The necessity of changing our habits:
- World Scientists' Warning to Humanity (2017)
- The Shift Project - Lean ICT: Towards Digital Sobriety - Research on ICT energy consumption and digital sobriety (2018-2024)
- The Shift Project - Deploying Digital Sobriety - Latest 2024 report on lean networks for resilient connected uses
- Digital Sustainability: Leveraging Digital Technology to Combat Climate Change - Open access book (Springer, 2024) on digital technology for climate action
- EcoDesign for Sustainable Products, Services and Social Systems - Comprehensive guide on circular economy and digital technologies (Springer, 2024)
- Eco-Conscious Software Development: A Comprehensive Guide for Sustainable Practices - Latest practices in sustainable software (Springer, 2024)
- 115+ bonnes pratiques d'éco-conception web - French book with 115+ good practices for web eco-design
- Designing for Sustainability - A guide to building greener digital products and services (O'Reilly)
- Green Patterns - Manuel d'éco-conception des logiciels
- Environment Variables - Weekly podcast by Green Software Foundation (100+ episodes, 2024-2025)
- Green IO Podcast - Bi-monthly podcast exploring how to reduce digital environmental impact (2024-2025)
- Techologie - French podcast linking technology and ecology
- Sustainable Tech Podcast - Stories from tech startups using technology for environmental and social change
- Green Tech Pulse - Emerging trends in green tech and renewable energy
- Green Software Foundation - Building a trusted ecosystem of people, standards, tooling and best practices (2024)
- The Shift Project - Carbon transition think tank focused on digital impacts
- Sustainable UX Network - Network promoting sustainable UX practices
- GreenIT.fr - The main French organization about green IT
- Green Code Lab - Association promoting eco-design
- Alliance Green IT
- GreenIT Monaco
- Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) Specification - ISO/IEC 21031:2024 standard for measuring software carbon intensity
- Green Software Practitioner Certification (LFC131) - Free training and certification from Linux Foundation (130,000+ developers certified)
- Greenhouse Gas Protocol - Corporate standard for measuring carbon emissions
- Website Carbon Calculator - Calculate your website's CO2 emissions
- Digital Carbon Online - Website carbon footprint calculator
- Cloud Carbon Footprint - Open source tool to measure cloud carbon emissions
- Green Metrics Tool - Impact Framework for measuring environmental impacts
- Google Cloud Carbon Footprint - Carbon Sense suite with BigQuery integration
- Microsoft Azure Carbon Optimization - Emissions Impact Dashboard with actionable optimization guidance
- AWS Customer Carbon Footprint Tool - Track and forecast AWS usage emissions
- Green Software Foundation Impact Framework - Framework for calculating environmental impacts
- Scaphandre - Energy consumption metrology agent
- CodeCarbon - Track and reduce CO2 emissions from your code
- Opquast Checklist - Écoconception Web - Web eco-design checklist
- Collectif GreenIT - Outils - Collection of green IT tools
- Sustainable Web Design - Principles and practices
- Green the Web - Green UX/UI design for websites and apps
- Energy-efficient languages (2024 research): C, C++, Rust are the most energy-efficient
- It's Not Easy Being Green: On the Energy Efficiency of Programming Languages - 2024 study on language efficiency
- SUX Network Resources - Sustainable UX Academy launched 2024
- Digital Sobriety Principles - Minimalist design, dark mode, lazy loading
- Awesome Green Software - Curated by Green Software Foundation
- GitHub Green Software Directory - GitHub's curated directory of green software tools
- Awesome Green AI - Resources for reducing AI environmental impacts
- Awesome Sustainable Technology - Open development for sustainable technology
- Awesome Low-tech - Similar curation list about low-tech approaches
- The 10 best tools to green your software - GitHub Blog
- Carbon Dashboards in 2025: AWS vs Google vs Azure - Reality check on cloud providers
- Sustainable Software Engineering: Green Practices in 2025
- De l'éco-conception logicielle
- OCTO Technology - Green IT Articles
- Impact écologique du numérique
- Carbon Footprint of the Internet
- Greenspector - Mobile and web app environmental impact measurement
- Climatiq - Carbon intelligence API for products and supply chains
- EcoGrader - Website eco-conception ranking
- Mightybytes - Sustainable web design and development
- Commown - Eco-responsible hardware rental (fanless computers, laptops, smartphones)
- GREENS Workshop - International Workshop on Green and Sustainable Software (annual, 2026 upcoming)
- HotCarbon - Computing and climate research conference