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52 Ways To Lower Your Carbon Footprint In College | via Surgical Technician Schools

Joe Hutsko — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:21:25 +0000

From Carolyn Friedman, the below posting, which I found very interesting and worth passing on to others:

52 Ways To Lower Your Carbon Footprint In College

Because what you do now effects the future, going green in college can influence how you live the rest of your life. Everything from recycling, to using a laptop, to breaking out a caulk gun can literally save tons of carbon emissions. To do it right, check out the below 52 ways to lower your carbon footprint in college.

Read all about it at: Surgical Technician Schools » 52 Ways To Lower Your Carbon Footprint In College.

A Green Way to Dump Low-Tech Electronics – NYTimes.com | JOEyGADGET

Joe Hutsko — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:14:37 +0000

Excellent story in the New York Times about advances in making it easier to properly dispose of unwanted or hopelessly useless consumer electronics products.

Read the full story at: A Green Way to Dump Low-Tech Electronics – NYTimes.com.

via A Green Way to Dump Low-Tech Electronics – NYTimes.com | JOEyGADGET.

Standout Green-Gadget Story Alert: The Advent Eco PC vs. The Lightbulb

Joe Hutsko — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:49:44 +0000

Cnet UK’s Rory Reid reviews the Advent Eco PC, which its maker claims draws less power than a lightbulb.

In his informative (and at times hysterical) video review Rory notes the computer idles at around 25 watts and doubles to 50 watts when running an intensive process such as a benchmarking program – which is on par with a 50 watt bulb on a dimmer switch.

By comparison, the MSI Wind ultra-portable netbook is powerful enough to do most day to day things yet sips only 11 watts when idling and 17 watts when running full steam ahead.

Rory’s conclusion? It would take you 75 years before you’d earn back your £600 investment in the Eco PC.

Crave TV: Is the Advent Eco PC more efficient than a light bulb? – Technology Videos from Crave at CNET.co.uk.

Standout Green-Tech Story Alert: Rebecca Day’s “Why Internet Downloads Will Save the Planet”

Joe Hutsko — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:09:28 +0000

Kudos to Rebecca Day over at Electronic House for her excellent story Green Technology: Why Internet Downloads Will Save the Planet.

Here’s an excerpt: If I’m feeling especially green, I can download “near-DVD-quality” movies from Netflix rather than going the snail mail route. I can use TiVo as a window to Amazon’s Unbox video collection. New releases typically run $4 per rental and $15 for purchase, but when I buy a title for playback on my PC or TiVo, I get a smaller file, too, for playback on a portable.

Great work, Rebecca!