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Online Retailers: Help Your Customers Offset Their Carbon Emissions May 1st, 2009
Studies have shown that shopping online is, on average, greener than driving around and shopping at a bunch of retail stores. But even shopping online creates carbon emissions, and many people feel guitly about buying...more
Are You Willing to Pay More for Greener Electronics? April 28th, 2009
If you had the choice between two products, and one was greener but cost 10% more, which would you buy? According to a new survey conducted by Retrevo, a service that matches people with electronics, 35%...more
Save Paper, Save Money by Downloading Coupons to your iPhone or iPod April 21st, 2009
CouponSherpa App Free Until Earth Day
Looking for a way to save money but trying to avoid using all of those annoying paper coupons? Try CouponSherpa, a new app for the iPhone or iPod Touch that downloads coupons to your device. Once...more
Another Way to Recycle Electronics: Radio Shack April 16th, 2009
New Trade-In Program Offers Gift Cards for Old Electronics
Great news -- yet another retailer is jumping into the "we'll recycle your old electronics for you" bandwagon. This time it's RadioShack, one of the most ubiquitous electronics chains in the country. Through The Shack's new...more
What is a Smart Grid? March 19th, 2009
New Technology Could Create Efficiencies and Save Energy
President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan includes US$4.5 billion to create a "smart grid" electrical transmission system. But many people still ask, what exactly is a smart grid? Basically, a "smart grid" really is just that...more
Assess the Benefits of Green IT with Free Online Tool from Redemtech February 26th, 2009
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...more
Share Your Ideas on the Environmental Defense Fund's Innovation Exchange February 12th, 2009
Does your company have a unique method of saving energy or acting in an eco-friendly manner? If you answered yes, then share your idea! The Environmental Defense Fund has created a forum where you can do...more
Cell Phone Industry Hangs Up On Vampire Power December 5th, 2008
New Rating System to Rank Most Efficient Chargers
As we've written here before, cellphone chargers are not the most efficient devices in the world. Even when they are done charging your phone, they continue to suck energy out of the wall. That energy...more
Greenpeace Grades the Electronics Makers on Climate Leadership December 4th, 2008
Nintendo and Microsoft Rank at the Bottom
For the tenth time in the last two years, Greenpeace has ranked electronics manufactuers according to their policies and manufacturing procedures to come up with a list of the "greenest" electronics makers, but also to...more
A Real TV Star: New ENERGY STAR Rules for TV Efficiency November 11th, 2008
How many hours a day do you use your TV? One? Two? Five? More? Okay, let's ask a more important question: is your TV energy efficent? Don't know the answer? That's okay, because until now it...more
