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Electronics

Green Speed Links for September 27, 2009

September 28, 2009

Photo by Fernando de Sousa.
Here is some of green speed link finds of the week. Some are via my email and others are from various reads on the web:
Power Management Project May Save Indiana University $500K a Year via Greener Computing:
IU invented software that puts some of its computers into deep sleep after a designated [...]

Interesting, huh? Read on.

Could Obsessive Cell Phone Talking Be Bad for your Health?

September 16, 2009

Photo by D. Sharon Pruitt.
People are obsessed with their cells phones. They have to have the newest and the latest with all the bells and whistles. They always seem to be on them. You can’t even have a civil conversation with some people since they are constantly checking their emails and texting. But could all [...]

Interesting, huh? Read on.

You’ve Got Green Mail, June 9, 2009 Round-up

June 9, 2009

Photo by Cavin B.
This week’ s roundup is an eclectic mix of green news form the state of green marketing to IBM’s big splash into water management:
Financial Incentives Could Spur Green Roof Installations

“The Clean Energy Stimulus and Investment Assurance Act of 2009 (S.320) introduced by Sen. Maria E. Cantwell (D-Wash.) intends to create green-collar jobs [...]

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MRM Establishes Nationwide Electronic Recycling Program

January 10, 2009

On February 17, 2009, all United States broadcasting stations will stop broadcasting in analog airwaves and convert to digital broadcasting. Thus, all analog TVs that are not hooked up to a converter box will no longer work. For more information to see if you are affected, click here. Given the economy, it is questionable how many [...]

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“You’ve Got Green Mail” January 4, 2008 Round-up

January 5, 2009

Photo by permission of Shira Gal

2009 is going to be an amazing green year. My bones can feel it and they are never wrong. In the green mail box this week is an eclectic mix of topics ranging from the old stand-by of green building articles, kiddies’ green TV to greening your business’ IT (information [...]

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60 Minutes Reveals The Ugly Side of Recycling

November 11, 2008

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Remember when you were a kid, and your mother always told you before you went out to make sure you wore clean underwear without any holes? Why, you would ask thinking that who would know . Her response was always, “you never know if you would end in the hospital and you [...]

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The Ovum Factor, Nonfiction Eco-Novel: A Race to Save Mankind

April 8, 2008

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The Ovum Factor is a new novel by author, businessman, and publisher, Marvin L. Zimmerman, in which he depicts the inevitable consequences if we do not change to halt our destructive ways towards the Planet. The back cover reveals the following plot:
“Destruction of Earth’s ecology [...]

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GreenPrint: Free Software, Saves Trees, Sign Me Up!

February 16, 2008

Photo courtesy of GreenPrint

Free Software, printing green, and saving trees and a few bucks too? For a frugal tree hugger like me, I have died and gone to heaven. Where do I sign up? (Thanks, Jason for this tip from your site, Scream to Be Green.)

Let’s start at the beginning. [...]

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Is Your Electronic Waste Being Dumped in Third World Countries?

January 30, 2008

Photo by permission of Daniel R. Blume
As technology advances, I have seen more monitors, computers, televisions, and other electronic equipment left at the end of driveways or in trash cans waiting to hitch a ride to the nearest landfill. According to the EPA, only twelve percent of electronic equipment is recycled.
The sad part is [...]

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Zonbu: The Update On Affordable Eco-Computing

January 22, 2008

Photo by permission of Zonbu

After I posted my article on the Zonbu Desktop Mini and Notebook, I received an email from Grégoire Gentil, CEO of Zonbu, about some questions that I still had.

Just to give a short recap, the Zonbu Mini and Notebook are energy efficient, green, and affordable. The Desktop Mini is priced [...]