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June 2007

Is it just me or does this sound daft? thumbnail

Is it just me or does this sound daft?

Some people call journalists a cynical bunch. But when you consider some of the stuff that’s sent our way, it’s easy to see why.
China marks 1800 gadgets for eco labels thumbnail

China marks 1800 gadgets for eco labels

In China, more than 1800 newly-produced electronic information products have to be marked with pollution control symbols before entering the market. This comes under
Wind-powered office, sir? thumbnail

Wind-powered office, sir?

Could you power your office with your own wind turbines? It might sound daft but IF wind technology becomes easier to install (planning
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Firms drag heels on IT CO2

There’s a lot of these green surveys flying around at the moment – partly because I suspect they’ve no news but people want put a point across and get their name out. My bet is that this situation will be very different in six months. Here’s the cut down version of the press release from the Green Technology Initiative. Nearly 70% of UK businesses have no target to reduce their carbon footprint research by the Green Technology Initiative reveals today, yet over 90% of respondents to the Green IT Awareness Survey think that tackling the carbon footprint of IT systems is core to an overall green strategy. Seventy nine percent do not link power costs to hardware spend or IT budgets. “What we are doing in IT today is not sustainable,” says Dan Sutherland, founder and acting chair of the Green Technology Initiative. “Systems efficiency is the cheapest and easiest way of reducing the carbon footprint of the work you do and delivered properly it has the benefit of bringing down costs across the board.”
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Small businesses make own power

Some 16 percent of small-business owners in the south west of England say their companies are adopting solar heating, and 11 percent said
PCs pump out same CO2 as planes thumbnail

PCs pump out same CO2 as planes

Some people wonder why so many IT companies are making such a noise about being green. Well, if you didn’t know this already, here’s
Clean tech in Taiwan to hit $4.65bn thumbnail

Clean tech in Taiwan to hit $4.65bn

Taiwan’s renewable energy industry is expected to reach $4.65bn by 2009. Economists of the country say the green energy sector grew by 40 per
Turn off the light, and go outside thumbnail

Turn off the light, and go outside

Went to a green activity in Beijing this weekend. In the Chinese lunar calendar, June 22nd is “Xia Zhi”, which means the arrival of
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Earn money from climate change

A fairly lengthy article in today’s Independent newspaper extols the virtues of putting your pounds into climate change investment portfolios. The author suggests “For
Google: “We’ll be zero carbon” thumbnail

Google: “We’ll be zero carbon”

Google has pledged it will be carbon neutral by the end of the year. The company’s press release said: Its data centres will “use

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