Green Web Hosting
Here is our Green Web Hosting List, in no particular order, all of the companies are great, recommended services with stellar customer service.
Hostgator recently went green, which means you can now get web hosting from one of the most universally praised (for their customer service) web hosting companies guilt-free, as they don’t just cover their energy use with renewable energy, but exceed it, paying for 130% of whatever energy they use via REC, renewable energy credits.
DreamHost also recently switched to become a green web host as well. DreamHost has been aiming for a more personable and friendly environment, rather than the cold professionalism of others.
ThinkHost might be the winner for the greenest web hosting service of them all. ThinkHost not only uses renewable energy, but will actually plant a tree for every single customer that signs up with their service. Also, there is no polluting corporate fat cat leeching off of their profits. Other web hosting companies often owe debts to venture capitalists who run polluting companies or else divide the profits among shareholders whose interests are not coinciding with good environmental stewardship. ThinkHost divides the profits among the group of employees who founded it together and the rest they give to a large variety of charitable organizations they support.
