The CO2Stats Project

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

The keen-eyed among you who have a tendency to scroll down the front page, at least from time to time, will notice there’s a new widget in the right-hand sidebar, courtesy of The CO2Stats Project. The widget is free, and will monitor CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions by calculating how much power site visitors consume whenever they drop by.

The CO2Stats Project will then purchase carbon offsets to benefit the environment for every pound of CO2 resulting from site traffic. It might take a while to even reach a pound of CO2 because The Spicy Cauldron is only on rare occasions a high-traffic website but, again, as always, every little helps.

I discovered the initiative while searching for a WordPress plugin and/or widget to help people calculate their carbon footprints or otherwise raise awareness of environmental issues, perhaps by offering tips and advice, and was sorely disappointed to find not a single one. Yet. I live in hope. As should every other blogger.

If you know a PHP guru (sadly, I am not and don’t know any) with an appetite for a meaningful challenge, why not ask her or him very nicely to see what they can come up with?

categories: all wired up, healthy planet