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Could Ecosia Be the World's Greenest Search Engine?
"Ecosia's special green edge is that it promises to donate 80% of all the proceeds made on searches to WWF's rainforest protection projects in Brazil's Amazonas region. Their angle is that by using Ecosia as your search engine, you're actively participating in preserving rainforests and therefore keeping our planet cooler and protecting vital biodiversity. You can also track how much rainforest you've "saved" by searching after Ecosia is installed as your default search engine.
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The New Sputnik
Most people would assume that 20 years from now when historians look back at 2008-09, they will conclude that the most important thing to happen in this period was the Great Recession. I'd hold off on that. If we can continue stumbling out of this economic crisis, I believe future historians may well conclude that the most important thing to happen in the last 18 months was that Red China decided to become Green China.
Better world: Global green heroes - environment - 28 September 2009 - New Scientist
It is no secret that the environment is facing some major challenges. Yet despite all the gloom there are some corners of the world where things are changing for the better. Here are a few examples to prove that when communities, city officials and governments put their minds to it they can move environmental mountains. Now all we need is more of the same, and fast...
Why Aren’t Banks More Grateful to Washington? | Newsweek Voices - Daniel Gross | Newsweek.com
I spent the first part of this week hanging out in New York, talking to the glum-faced denizens of Wall Street, observing the anniversary of the Lehman Bros.debacle, and gauging reaction to President Obama's speech. And I spent Wednesday at the Always On: Going Green Conference in greater San Francisco, a gathering of venture capitalists, start-up companies, and large corporations at a Sausalito, Calif., resort. In one place, the big shots were surly, somewhat clueless, and resentful of the government hand that's feeding them. In the other, the big shots were friendly, clued-in, and generally pleased with the way things are going in Washington. Can you guess which is which?
Labor Day, 2029: When the global Ponzi scheme collapses, the only jobs left will be green — but what should you study now to be employable then? « Climate Progress
I’m spending a few days in Elizabethtown College next week as a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow. One of the talks I’ve proposed is “Job Security in a Globally Warmed World: What you need to study to be employable in 2020 and 2040.”
Perhaps the talk title should be “What Color is Your Parachute? It better be some shade of green.”
IBM Launches First Two-Year Green Data Center Degree | GreenBiz.com
A new, two-year associate's degree from the Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Neb., is being touted as the first of its kind to give students an intensive focus on designing and managing green data centers.
The program was launched today in cooperation with IBM, and will offer students coursework on virtualization and server consolidation, energy efficiency, security and compliance skills
Interactive: How to green your home | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Looking to give your home an eco-renovation? Click through our low-carbon house below to see how the Guardian's Green your home bloggers cut their energy bills with solar panels, insulation, wood-burning stoves and more
Samsung Investing $4.3 Billion Towards Greener Gadgets : TreeHugger
In its Eco-Management 2013 report, the South Korean company Samsung says it is investing $4.3 billion in greening its gadgets and its facilities by, you guessed it, 2013. That's a whole lot of pocket change to be thrown into positive change.
Zerocarbonista - Viva the next industrial revolution
Green Britain day comes to us courtesy of EDF. That’s Electricite de France to give them their full name. EDF is a French, state owned nuclear power company. They are also the world’s biggest corporate producer of nuclear waste, and one of it’s biggest traders and burners of coal – with a tiny tiny fleet of windmills (0.7% of their generation). And to promote this campaign they’ve ‘borrowed’ (as Fred Pearce gently puts it in this week’s Guardian) someone else’s logo – the green union jack. This flag symbolises two things, Green and British. EDF are of course neither.
Emerald Isle plots green revolution | Business | guardian.co.uk
Of all the world's developed nations, Ireland is the one that is closest to a depression. The banking system is shot, the housing market has collapsed, unemployment is expected to rise to more than one in six of the population. The deterioration in the public finances – and this is saying something – has been even more acute than in Britain. The Irish economy is expected to contract this year by just under 10%.
The good news is that Ireland's predicament makes it a prime candidate for a "green new deal" – policies aimed not just at helping the economy through a difficult time but also to make it better able to face the twin challenges of a world where fossil fuels are dwindling and the temperature is rising.
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Emerald Isle plots green revolution
Ireland seems ready to lead the way as Europe gears up for the low-carbon future
Of all the world's developed nations, Ireland is the one that is closest to a depression. The banking system is shot, the housing market has collapsed, unemployment is expected to rise to more than one in six of the population. The deterioration in the public finances – and this is saying something – has been even more
Sony Ericsson unveils 'green' handsets that cut carbon footprint by 15% | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Mobile phone company Sony Ericsson has two "green" handsets with a carbon footprint 15% lower than current models. By cutting packaging, using recycled plastics and reducing the use of solvents in the paints, the electronics company claims to have made the handsets more environmentally friendly.
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Ranchers driving wind revolution
Texan cattle rancher Mike Baca seems an unlikely evangelist for the American green revolution.
When he voices a visceral dislike of the "Washington liberals" there seems to be little hint of the environmentalist beneath the cowboy hat and saucer-sized belt-buckle.
But Mike is proof that renewable energy now unites the partisan debate on climate change.
100 Ways to Make Your Library a Little Greener - Learn-gasm
Librarians need to be on the constant cutting edge in terms of technology, researching, web tools and even architecture and design. But libraries are also a great place to educate the public and your students about the environment, from eco-friendly lifestyle choices to organizations that promote green causes. Here are 100 ways to make your library a little greener.
Green homes a growing trend - CNN.com
The bathroom tiles are recycled wine bottles. The hardwood floors are sustainable bamboo. And the sprawling garden gets sprinkled with rainwater collected in 300-gallon (1,135-liter) barrels.
IBM Press room - 2008-07-24 Green 500 List Puts IBM Supercomputers at the Top - United States
No fewer than the top 15 positions in the ranking of energy efficiency are held by supercomputers built on IBM high performance computing technology.
The list includes supercomputers from across the globe being used for a variety of applications such as astronomy, climate prediction and pharmaceutical research.
Old Data Centers as Green as New | EcoGeek
Got an old data center. Making it more efficient can make it as Green as a new Green build according to a study by Accenture
R.I.P. to the S.U.V. - Editorial - NYTimes.com
The times are a'changing and people's attitudes to SUVs are shifting radically.
Playstation 3 consumes more power than a medium sized fridge
Unbelievably the Sony Playstation 3 is not only black in colour but also in its environmental colours. It uses 10x the power of a Wii and 5x the power of a fridge!
Linux captures the 'green' flag, beats Windows 2008 power-saving measures - Network World
Linux beats Windows 2008 in tests to determine which is the most Green server OS
Forget food miles - go veggie to go green
Being vegetarian would appear to be far more the Green option than buying locally produced food!
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