This is a carbon neutral website: it runs on hosting powered by renewable energy, the emissions it still produces are offset, and when it was tested it came out cleaner than 67% of websites globally.
The website was the easy part. I’m Osvaldo Di Pietrantonio. I photograph portraits, proposals and events in Venice, and most of what follows happens at home and in my studio, where no client will ever see it. I’ve kept this page short and specific on purpose: it lists what I do, not what I mean to do.
What makes this a carbon neutral website?
Three things, in this order.
- Hosting on renewable energy. This site runs on Hostinger, and I picked it for how openly it documents the way it operates: its sustainability page is public.
- Offset emissions. The carbon the site still generates is offset.
- A light site. Measured against other websites globally, this one came out cleaner than 67% of them.
What do I actually do at home and in the studio?
A clean website is the visible part, and it is the smallest one. These are the habits that touch every working day.
- Certified renewable electricity. My electricity supplier is certified to source from renewables only.
- Low-consumption LED lighting everywhere I work.
- No paper. I have cut paper out of my office work completely.
- No plastic bottles. What I drink, I drink plastic-free.
- No disposable plates or cutlery.
- Waste separated for recycling, every day.
None of this is dramatic. It is ordinary and repeatable, which is why it is on this list instead of in a pledge for next year.
How many trees do I plant, and where?
At least two new trees every year, on top of the hosting: you can visit my Pixelpine Grove on Treedom.net and see it grow. I have also set myself a target tied to the work: one tree for every ten photography sessions booked. The more I shoot, the more the grove grows.
What have I not done yet?
Two things are still open, and I would rather list them as goals than as results. The first is trimming the footprint of my digital workflow further. The second is printed albums: I want them made from recycled and sustainable materials.
If this matters to you when you choose a photographer in Venice, that is the whole picture — what I have done, and what is still unfinished.
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