By Adam Clare + September 30th, 2008
Nasa and the JPL have created a climate time machine to quickly explain to policy makers the effects of climate change.
Because everybody is affected by the weather, it seems like everybody likes to improvise themselves a climate scientist. Amateur theories about global warming are a dime a dozen and, unfortunately, that can make it hard [...]
By Adam Clare + September 11th, 2008
OpenTrace is a brand new company that is looking for funding so they can create a website to help you figure out the carbon footprint of certain goods. The math behind the footprints will be open to anyone and the information can be used for anything.
In the video below they demo the website, just skip [...]
By Adam Clare + August 7th, 2008
Dell computers has achieved carbon neutrality as a company which will put pressure on other computer manufactures to do the same. Dell achieved this goal five months ahead of schedule. Greenpeace does a good job of tracking which electronics manufactures are kind to the environment and which are not at their guide to greener electronics. [...]
By Adam Clare + July 10th, 2008
Starting in April 2009 people living in the Canadian province of Ontario will start paying a levy on electronic products that are costly to recycle. These added fees will go to fund the expensive recycling procedures for electronics, while also expanding the program.
The fees will go to an arm’s-length organization established by Waste Diversion Ontario [...]
By Adam Clare + May 21st, 2008
Using paper cups for our coffee is absolutely ridiculous, a Canadian writer proposes we use some really awesome ceramic cups.
We have some amazing technology developing here in Canada. Homegrown high-tech whiz-bang — Nobel Prize material, really.
This system is too good to be true: it can provide fuel, or be easily processed into one of our [...]
By Adam Clare + April 21st, 2008
I tend to use computers daily and I like the environment, so I like to be as green as possible while on the ol’ computer machine. PC World has five tips for greener computing.
There’s also global shutdown day.
5. FIND A NEW HOME FOR YOUR OLD TECH
So you’re getting ready to upgrade to a [...]