So, you’re ethical – you bike to work a few days a week, compost your leftovers, contribute regularly to your local foodbank. Your business has a great recycling program, you turn your monitors off at night and use all-natural cleaning products. All-in-all, you feel pretty good about your footprint — as well you should! But there’s one more thing you may not have thought about; your web hosting!

A great many folks aren’t actually aware that such a thing as green web hosting is possible. And for those that are, the benefits of green hosting might be a bit of a mystery. This article aims to answer the question of why green web hosting is relevant to you, your website and the planet.

As you search for a web hosting company, there are several bits of information that might help you separate the wheat from the chaffe. All business types have marketing “gimmicks” and web hosting is no exception.  Below is information that can help you become an educated hosting consumer. We’ll try to be as objective as possible. ;)