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Cool IT leaders needed to tackle global warming

Posted by jossc — 28 May 2009 at 11:50am - Comments

If saving our climate was a game of poker and all the various stakeholders - our heads of state, the energy industry, environmentalists, etc - were players, there would be one player at the table who hasn't yet shown their cards. The hold-out in this particular game is the Information Technology (IT) Industry, a player who is sitting on a lot of chips in a high stakes game, despite holding a winning hand.

Article tagged as: climate change, co2 emissions, computers, IT, technology

E-Waste: the truth about Windows

Posted by jossc — 4 December 2007 at 3:27pm - Comments

Question: switching from a computer running on Windows to one running on Linux could slash computer-generated e-waste levels by 50 per cent. True or false?

And the answer is (cue long drawn-out tension building drumroll): TRUE!

Article tagged as: computers, e-waste, microsoft, open source, technology, toxics, windows

A greener Apple? The iPhone fails to bear green fruit

Posted by bex — 15 October 2007 at 4:19pm - Comments

You might be looking forward to the European launch of Apple's iPhone in November (we were certainly looking forward to the possibility that the iPhone would prove Steve Jobs' newfound commitment to the environment).

Unfortunately, the iPhone's beauty only runs skin deep. A team of scientists got hold of one, dismantled it and uncovered nasty stuff that other phone makers have already stopped using, including two types of hazardous substances:

Our international office has the full story - including a report (pdf) and a slideshow of high quality images.

Article tagged as: apple, blog action day, e-waste, greenmyapple, iphone, technology, toxics
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