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I haven’t been spending much time posting here. The majority of my focus has been on the weekly newsletter. If you want to keep up with my regularly scheduled thoughts on sustainable content — and often times, the bigger picture of how things are interconnected — I recommend signing up…

It was a long road to get here, but Sustainable Content: How to Measure and Mitigate the Carbon Footprint of Digital Data has finally arrived! Buy it online at Amazon or through Bookshop.org which supports independent booksellers. In spite of the serious subject matter, this isn’t a doom and gloom…

In September, I had the opportunity to present my work at the International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD), hosted at Columbia University in New York City. My paper, “Measuring the Impacts of Digital Initiatives: Are We Helping or Harming?” was honored with the Best Paper recognition for the category of…

When I give my presentations about the carbon emissions of digital content, I explain that you can use them to calculate the emissions impact of any digital product: websites, emails, videos, podcasts, social media, and more. You only need a few bits of information: I then proceed to walk them…

I’m pleased to announce that I’m a signatory and contributor to the Content Design Manifesto, released today. The Content Design Manifesto is intentionally brief, straightforward, and sets the groundwork for what to expect from good content and its collaborators. Understanding the elements of the Manifesto will help organizations maximize the…

When I was in middle school, my church was assigned a new minister. She was my first exposure to capital-F Feminism. “You can be anything you want,” she assured me, though I had the distinct impression that “anything” meant that the doors were open for women at the theological seminary.…