02/20/2025

Call for stats: How much is your cloud emitting?

In my previous post, I introduced Silvan Earth, a new project focused on reducing our environmental impact as creators. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, developer, designer, or product owner, we all build things — and I believe we have a responsibility to minimize their footprint. This should be done effortlessly, automatically offsetting the emissions we can’t get rid of.

However, as I walked through the woods yesterday, I realized it might be too soon to define exactly what Silvan Earth will be. I have some ideas that would make it useful beyond the environmental impact, but before I go any further, I need more data. That’s where you come in.

If you’re running projects on a cloud platform (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, etc.), how much CO₂ are you emitting? You can check this in your cloud provider’s dashboard:

• AWS: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/what-is-ccft.html
• Google Cloud: https://cloud.google.com/carbon-footprint/docs/view-carbon-data#access
• Azure: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/carbon-optimization/view-emissions#view-emissions-data

The key questions I’d love to answer:

• How much CO₂ are we emitting?
• Which parts of the infrastructure contribute the most?
• Do you know how many active users this footprint covers?

You can contact me in any format you’d like. Whether it’s a screenshot, raw numbers, or even a quick screen share on a call, it all helps. While I plan to share aggregated insights publicly, I will never reveal or hint at your identity or product.

Let’s figure this out together, thanks in advance! 🙏🌍