Donate Your Old Computer Equipment to A Good Cause

Why Recycle When You Can Re-Use?

Got any old computer equipment lying around? You could recycle it (see the Green Tech archives for plenty of stories about how), or you could put it in the hands of someone who will get some good use out of it.

That's the idea behind Computers With Causes, a charity that accepts old computers from individuals and businesses, refurbishes them, and gives them to people or organizations who need them.

This reduces e-waste, cuts down on clutter, and puts perfectly good electronics back to work where they can help change the world for the people or groups who receive them.

According to their...

 

Support Green Charities by Buying or Selling on eBay

Giving Works Program Supports the Charities of Your Choice

Looking for a way to support a green charity, but you don't have much cash on hand? Try selling something on eBay and donating the proceeds to the enviro-charity of your choice.

eBay's Giving Works program lets any seller choose to donate 10-100% of the proceeds of their sales to any of 14,000 charities. 

Green charities registered for Giving Works include all of the biggies: the World Wildlife Fund, Nature Conservancy, Greenpeace,...

 

Learn the Basics of Solar and Wind Power with Free eBook

Do you want to know more about solar power, but don't know where to start? Well Real Goods Solar has an offer for you: a free ebook containing everything you need to know about getting started with solar power.

This 70-page eBook exerpts the “Renewable Energy 101—Solar, Wind, and Hydro Electric" section from Real Goods' Solar Living Sourcebook. This massive tome -- now in its 30th anniversary edition -- that covers...

 

Upgrading Your Cell Phone? Go Green with Refurbished Phones

Why Buy New When You Can Buy Used?

How often do you replace your cell phone? Every two years? Every year? More often than that? How many cell phones have you gone through in your life so far?

Think about all of those old phones you used to own. What happened to them? Did they end up being recycled, or did they become electronic waste that is poisoning our land and water?

Or... did they get refurbished and resold to...

 

Save Paper and Ink with Free Ecofont

A few weeks ago, I wrote about GreenPrint's EverGreen font, a typeface designed to maintain readablity while using thinner letters, so printed documents use less paper.

A similar idea comes from Ecofont, a free typeface that prints using less ink. Each letter printed in Ecofont actually contains dozens of tiny, ink-free dots (like the big version of the font you see illustrating this article). They're invisible to the naked eye, but...

 

One Month Until Earth Hour

Turn Your LIghts Off March 28th To Fight Global Warming

One month from now, people around the world will turn off their lights for one hour to show their support in the fight against climate change.

The Earth Hour event takes place March 28th, and encourages everyone who signs up to turn off every light in their homes from 8:30-9:30 pm (local time). 

Earth Hour started two years ago, when 2.2 million people participated. This year, sponsor WWF is trying to...

 

Assess the Benefits of Green IT with Free Online Tool from Redemtech

Would your company benefit from greener IT practices? A free online tool from Redemtech can help you find the answer.

The Sustainable Computing Assessment allows you to discover how your IT lifecycle management and disposal policies stack up against industry best practices. By plugging in information about your company policies and processes, the Assessment tool:

Explores the policy, practice and governance issues essential for establishing a truly sustainable IT asset management...