Tag: environment
World Wildlife Fund sets up Conservation Island on Second Life
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has today set up a virtual island on Second Life, designed to allow residents to live in harmony with its friendly wild animal population.
“Conservation Island” includes Mr Tangee, an orangutan with an ice-cream van (exactly how wild is that supposed to be?), and guide pandas who show people around the wind-powered town.
“WWF set up the island as a way to help people learn about conservation issues and the need to live sustainably. We want to be able to show people that WWF has solutions to the real environmental issues affecting their ‘first life’,” said WWF’s David Cole.
Hippyshopper's top five best energy saving adapters
I think it’s safe to say that the demographic of this blog doesn’t do much to help save the environment, and I include myself in there, believe me. With our power-guzzling LCD tellies, games consoles constantly on standby, and more things generally plugged into sockets than anyone else, we can definitely improve on our eco-friendliness…
easyJet go green
They may be known for their garish orange but Stelios seems to fancy a colour change – his budget airline has unveiled a new fuel efficient plane, The Ecojet.
It’s not just a normal flyer with better fuel efficiency, this has two open rotor jet engines at the back of the airplane, which, according to the firm, improve the overall performance of the plane. The wings are swept forward to reduce drag and the body is made with lightweight carbon fibre to reduce the overall weight…
Carbon Hero – the personal carbon calculator
Don’t get too excited – you can’t buy one of these just yet, so you’ll have to carry on guessing how much impact heating up tonight’s Spicy Chicken McCain Micro-Pizza is having on the environment.
The Carbon Hero is, in fact, one of the winning entries from the 2007 BSI Sustainability Design Awards.
Opinion: Gadgets aren't a green issue
Jonathan Weinberg writes…
I’m green – but not in the way all those leftie liberals out there would like me to be. I’m green because I feel sick, sick because some nutters now think my Sony Bravia is responsible for global warming. Do I really need to apologise to the people of South Yorkshire for the damage my TV has done to their flooded homes? Water load of bilge!
Dell's goal: to become the greenest technology company on the planet
Dell has today launched a long-term, global effort to become the greenest technology company on Earth. It has set an ambitious Zero Carbon Initiative whereby it aims to maximise the energy efficiency of Dell products, and over time offset their carbon impact.
The company has also committed to reduce the carbon intensity of its global operations by 15% by 2012, as well as extending its “Plant a Tree for Me” programme into Europe. For £1 per notebook or £3 per desktop PC, customers can offset the emissions associated with the electricity their computer uses.
Manufacturers and users of technology products have to be responsible for their energy consumption
Andy Merrett writes…
So, the latest news is that many of our decrepit coal and nuclear power stations are coming to the end of their working lives, and something drastic needs to happen to ensure that Britain can generate enough power for our 21st century lives.
Whatever your view on nuclear power, fossil fuels, and greener alternatives, there’s no denying that we’re a power hungry nation.
We’re also lazy (but trying, of course.)
Green Technology Initiative forum launches to educate and assist UK businesses
Today sees the launch of the Green Technology Initiative (GTI) which aims to educate and help UK businesses to reduce the carbon emissions from energy used by their IT equipment.
Londoners: Donate your old IT equipment to help others and stay green
Next weekend, 21-22 April, Maxitech.biz is encouraging London residents to donate their unwanted computer equipment and other technology, helping children, cash-strapped organisations, and being green – all at once. In recognition of this year's International Earth Day, Londoners can drop…
Lenovo tops Greenpeace's latest eco-charts
The Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo has climbed to the top spot in Greenpeace's latest quarterly report on how environmentally friendly electronics firms are. Previously, the PC maker ranked low but in the first report of 2007 has succeeded Nokia, Sony…
