Tag: Environmental Footprint - Page 10
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Are Netbooks Green? 6 Pros and Cons
Netbooks are those wonderfully tiny, ultra-portable computers that are all the rage right now, beating out notebook sales in 2008 and beating their own sales in the first quarter of 2009. They're stripped down versions
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Just How Many Trillions of Dollars Can Energy Efficiency Save Us?
Image via McKinsey Energy efficiency is always touted at the primary (and easiest) option for saving both money and the environment. Yet so many people are slow to latch on. Perhaps a new figure put out by the latest McKinsey Report will get people to
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HP Responds to Greenpeace's Rooftop Graffiti Stunt
Yesterday Greenpeace clambered atop HP global headquarter's roof and scrawled out "Hazardout Products" in giant letters in order to bring attention to their concern that HP is backtracking on its promise to eliminate toxic
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5 Super Cheap, Green Beach Resorts
Although going green doesn't have to mean spending a bundle, it's much easier to find a luxury eco-friendly resort than it is to find a cheap one. But we found five beach-centered resorts in areas all
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Post Office Plants 2.5 Acre Park With Green Roof
When the sun beats down there will be no tar up on this roof: the U.S. Postal Service created a 2.5 acre oasis in Manhattan this week with a green roof on its Morgan
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IBM Equates Water to Electricity, Wants Better Measures and Management
In June, we had a chance to sit down with Drew Clark, IBM's Venture Capital Group Director of Strategy. He let us know about some great ways IBM is filtering money into projects that go directly toward
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Get on the Bottle with SIGGskins Customizable Wraps
Image via SIGGskins A quality water bottle is a must for anyone striving (or even casually trying) to live lighter. With bottled water becoming a pariah, SIGG, the Swiss maker of classy, minimalist aluminum bottles, has teamed up with Original Wraps to
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Samsung Investing $4.3 Billion Towards Greener Gadgets
Now there's the kind of commitment we like hearing from a gadget company. In its Eco-Management 2013 report, the South Korean company Samsung says it is investing $4.3 billion in greening its gadgets and its facilities
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AAA to Launch Eco Icon in TourBook Guides
You're on a road trip when you take a detour and decide to make an unexpected stop for the night. Do you think about whether there's a green hotel, motel, B&B; or other eco-friendly lodging
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See Pollution From UK Power Plants in Real Time with New Website
We know the fossil fueled power plants are big polluters. And we know putting renewable energy into the mix helps in cutting down carbon emissions. But when you can't really see the difference it's making, it's tougher to convince people
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Artificial Turf Versus Real Grass: Which is Greener?
Could TreeHuggers soon find themselves hugging a fake tree or idly philosophizing in meadows of artificial grass? More than 225 million square feet of Astroturf have been manufactured since the plastic carpeting made
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Feel Guilty Every Time You Press "Print"? So Does Everyone Else.
Last week Lexmark let loose a report looking at the state of printing, which included a survey of over 10,000 people in 21 countries. The results? Most people feel guilty about wasteful printing habits, but
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What It Looks Like When the Water Crisis Slaps You In The Face - Less Food
We talk about drought in California, rainwater capture issues in Colorado, and fresh water troubles in the South East. But, as water expert Peter Gleick
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IT Leaders in Britain's Public Sector Pessimistic About Green Tech Goals
Ask public sector IT professionals in Britain how they feel about the goals put in place to reach the government's Green ITC strategy - a goal of having a carbon-neutral IT sector by 2012 - and you're going to get
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Does Recycling Waste Precious Water?
Photo credit: jcheng @ Flickr
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How to Automate Any House with Twitter
Image: Flickr, Between a Rock Twitter House aka Twitter Cottage Prepare for a case of job-title envy. Engineer Andy Stanford-Clark works on the kind of projects that usually appear first in advertisements that anecdotally demonstrate a company's forward
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A TreeHugger's Dilemma: Is 'Doing Something' Doing Enough?
Nice electric mower, but why the lawn? Image credit: Sami Environmentalists Could Always Do More, But Should They? When I wrote about Coke's giant recycling sculpture on Monday, a commenter (rightly) took me to task for misrepresenting the debate
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Green Challenge Puts Up Major Money for Your Top Green Ideas
It's time again. Green Challenge is on the prowl for the best ideas to solve climate change through products or services that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and that are ready or close-to-ready to launch in the market place. Last
