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Use the Power of the Internet this Weekend to Help Count the Country's Birds February 13th, 2009
Participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count
One of the highlights of my day is watching the dozens of birds that gather in my backyard every morning. This weekend, I'll be watching those birds, then turning to my computer to talk about...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
Get Green Inspiration in 140-characterDoses February 10th, 2009
Check Out These Green Feeds on Twitter
Okay, I'll admit it. I've recently become a Twitter convert. I use this great social-networking tool to promote my latest articles, to call for subjects to write about, and to get the latest eco-friendly news...more
A Blow to Cell Phone Recycling? Recycled Phones Found to Still Have Your Data February 3rd, 2009
Follow These Tips to Wipe Your Data Clean Before Donating Your Old Phones
Hundreds of thousands of new cell phones are sold every year. Most of them go to replace older phones, which can end up being donated, refurbished and resold, thereby keeping them out of landfills and...more
Got a Blog or Web Page? Make it Greener with the Eco-Safe Merit Badge January 30th, 2009
Plus, Get Free Apple iTunes Downloads for Installing Eco-Safe!
If you have a blog or a web site, you can now help people use it in a greener manner by installing the Eco-Safe Merit Badge. This free widget encourages your site visitors to not...more
Fight Global Warming While You Surf the Web January 29th, 2009
How many times do you search the Internet every day? Five? Ten? Twenty? Two hundred? What if every time you searched, you could do a little bit of good for the environment? Does that sound...more
When is a Lightbulb Worth $120? When It Lasts for 10 Years January 9th, 2009
GeoBulb LED Uses Just 8 Watts of Power
First came CFLs, and they were declared good. Then came LEDs, and they were declared better. Now comes GeoBulb, a super-efficient LED lightbulb that manufacturer C. Crane Company says will last for ten years. GeoGulb (which...more
HP Announces Long-Life Laptop Batteries December 30th, 2008
New Batteries Good for 1,000 Charges
HP will soon start offering a new laptop battery that will have a longer lifespan than just about any other laptop battery on the market. The new Enviro Series batteries, manufactured by Boston-Power, can be...more
Survey Shows Consumer Electronics Industry Thinks 25% of Consumers Don't Want Green December 26th, 2008
The consumer electronics industry isn't quite embracing going green. That's the lesson learned from a poll in a recent issue of CEA Smartbrief, a newsletter of the Consumer Electronics Association. According to poll respondents, 25.82% believe...more
Design Competition Offering $5k for Greener Gadgets December 16th, 2008
Designers, students and electronics enthusiasts worldwide are eligible to enter the 2nd annual Greener Gadgets Design Competition, sponsored by Core77 and Inhabitat. Organized in conjunction with the Greener Gadgets Conference (itself organized by the Consumer Electronics...more
