It's now known that Data Centers where websites and other digital information is stored are the new big polluters rivaling airplane travel, car travel, or ocean shipping vessel pollution. And many, if not most businesses have websites.

On average it would take 67.5 trees a decade to remove one year's worth of CO2 produced by a conventional powered website server, a server that your website is likely hosted on! ( Sources: mid-range server power usage, EPA calculator )

The figures vary, but it can be found that anywhere from 3 to 6.5 million people die from air pollution every year.

If your web-host claims that they are, for example, 100% renewable energy power through wind or solar, read carefully how they do it and read the fine print.

• Do they mention that they are directly powered by on-site solar panels or wind turbines, or through hydro-power infrastructure?
• On their website, have you seen them boast at least one actual picture of their giant on-site solar panel array? Or how about their local wind turbines, or the local hydro-dam?

Most webhosts and webpage-builder companies that claim they're 100+% renewable energy or “green” powered, do so under the guise that it's from offsetting pollution & carbon by purchasing renewable energy certificate/credits (RECs), with no direct sustainable energy connection to their equipment or buildings.

If they just started with directly powering their equipment with renewable energy, then there would be no direct pollution being created and no need for energy credits to be purchased in the first place.

Currently (2017), there are only literally a handful of *small* web-hosts that are truly 100% renewable energy powered, usually wind or solar powered.

Aside from the piece of mind that you get knowing that your data is renewable energy powered, you get a marketing benefit too.

Putting a little message on your website (like in the bottom footer for example) and spreading the word that your website is solar powered can be meaningful to those customers that care (quite a lot do).

It can mean the difference between going with another competitor or you (who cares more about their environment).

This website is basically a free guide to those people who want to either start a new (DIY WordPress) website or move an existing website to a renewable-energy powered host, in this case, the solar-powered host we use. We also talk about other practical sustainable business practices. If you're not comfortable with making or moving your website, hire someone to do it for you and refer them to EarthPager.org.

Our Solar Powered WebHost

We have worked with our solar-powered webhost. web-hosting for many many years, have tried a large variety of their services, and most importantly, worked with their customer support. We'll attempt to guide you every step of the way.

Since we've used our web-host for so long and are very satisfied with their level of service, we are an affiliate for them. It mainly pay's our server costs and the time it takes to make and maintain this website.

To start, scroll down the page for more information or click one of the 3 buttons sections on our websites menu, "New Website Guide", "Move Website Guide", or "Other Sustainable Practices".

We also offer website moving services to help you pick a plan and we'll move your website for you if possible.