Green Options

If you are in the market for a new computer, an Energy Star-rated laptop is the most energy efficient choice. A laptop uses at least a fifth of the energy of a desktop computer. In addition, the smaller size of laptops means less packaging and more versability for your computer.

A typical laptop computer uses 15 watts of electricity, and it powers down often when not in use. A typical

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Editor’s note: While I highlighted the group sessions and activities in my coverage of the Symi Symposium in Paros, Greece, last month, I also had the great pleasure of meeting a number of people engaged in important and interesting work on environmental protection and restoration. One of those individuals was Gerd Leipold, the executive director of Greenpeace International. Gerd and I were originally going to do a

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Gaining green credentials is of utmost importance to those in the consumer electronics industry. As the demand rises, each company is developing their own labeling system to tote their own personalized green flag. But with so many sets of criteria how do we evaluate the concentration of the green credentials solution?

Philips Electronics recently announced a new consumer product label that will mark simply that the electronic is more environmentally friendly and healthier

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Are you a Facebook user (or even junkie)? Are you tracking your carbon emissions at MakeMeSustainable? Or, are you a lensmaster or frequest visitor to Squidoo? If so, come by, say "Hi," and join our groups and efforts at these popular sites!

The GO Facebook group is open to all members of the GO community. Join us, and add your comments to our wall, or your ideas to

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Being environmentally conscious at the workplace can be a challenge, especially if your employer is resistant or doesn’t readily see the economic benefits of going green. However, on the flip side, many employees aren’t doing all they can either. By taking a few simple steps each day, everyone in the office can do their part to help the company become more eco-friendly.

A recent survey found that 73% of people believe it [...]

Editor’s note: A few technical glitches kept us from getting EcoGeek of the Week up on time this week — we apologize for that. We didn’t want to skip this one, as the featured EcoGeek is a good friend to all of us in the green web.

Jonathon D. Colman is the Senior Manager of Digital Marketing at The Nature Conservancy. As such, it’s kinda his job to understand the wild

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The Geek Squad is partnering with IdeaFestival to promote a contest for ideas that help with e-waste, power conservation, and untapped resources. The Geek Squad is a national 24-hour computer support service that is offered by Best Buy stores around the nation.

The Idea Festival is a 3 day event from September 13-15, 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky, that gathers together leaders and thinkers across the nation to explore and celebrate innovations and ideas.

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Panduit Corp released a new Net-Access Server Cabinet System that features IBM’s Rear Door Heat Exchanger Water-Cooling Technology. It uses a five-inch deep cooling door that uses chilled water to dissipate heat generated from the servers. It does not utilize any other cooling system and can reduce server heat output by up to 55%.

Water cooling has existed for desktops for a while now, but has not been used in the server environment.

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Google Earth recently launched their Outreach program to raise awareness about various issues. Outreach is intended to give non-profits "the resources, tools, and inspiration that they need to leverage the power of Google Earth for their cause."

There are many groups which are harnessing this visual power. Having already reached many through the visually powerful mountain-top removal through the Appalachian Voices and mapping the destruction that has raged

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A movement of underground restaurants has taken off in recent years, with private dinner parties among strangers being hosted world wide. This phenomena is surely the result of online communication, the same world-changing action that has made the environmental and social justice movements advance with unprecedented momentum in the last decade. Cook the Vote unites the community building of a private supper club with what is, or should be, on most [...]

Western Digital launched a new line of environmentally conscious hard drives on monday that can use 40% less energy. The GreenPower drives can save more than $10 per drive per year in electricity costs. WD estimates that for a datacenter with 10,000 hard drives, this can add up to $100,000 in annual energy costs and reduce CO2 emissions by 600 metric tons. Obviously, a datacenter of that size would not switch out all

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