There's an excellent post on the TechSoup blog about why you should choose a greener computer and a pointer to an online tool called The Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) ― a project of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Green Electronics Council ― that can help you evaluate the environmental friendliness of more than 500 models of computers. (I wrote about this tool and an excellent how to purchase a green computer back on Earth Day in April)
There's a follow up discussion on the TechSoup discussion forums about nonprofits and green computing policies. It's here.
This gives me a good opportunity to do a green geekery dump of some links I've collected ...
What other resources are there?
Blogs
Ryann Is Hungry - Green Geeks
EcoGeek
NpTech EcoGeek: Jonathon Coleman
Hardware
Zonbu
Mr. Zonbu's Blog
Cell Phone Recycling
Exphone
Web Hosts
Green Web Host
Beth, just to add with the green theme October 15th is being celebrated all over as an environment theme day
Posted by: Design for MySpace | August 22, 2007 at 10:13 AM
Hi Beth,
Greenpeace's GreenMyApple campaign website -- imo as smart and successful an advocacy2.0 effort as I've seen anywhere -- is the first thing comes to mind when you say "green geek." (How many advocacy campaigns actually get to say "mission accomplished"?)
And though they're on the whole more policy-wonk than tech-geek (same genus, different species), NRDC's new Switchboard blog "planet" is bristling with scribes who thrill to the sounds of conversation about cellulosic ethanol, the burgeoning cleantech industry, energy efficiency standards, carbon footprints (and on and on....)
Horn tootin' disclosure: Switchboard is my baby (I'm the architect of NRDC's blogging/social web initiative).
Posted by: Ian Wilker | August 22, 2007 at 12:35 PM
Hi Beth,
Furthermore than the "Green my Apple", Greenpeace is running a broader campaign (of which "green my apple" was only a step). They are also publishing a Guide to Greener electronics which is now on its fourth version.
Posted by: koyan | August 22, 2007 at 12:47 PM
Hi Beth,
Thanks for this post! I also wanted to add that we've been very happy with AISO, a 100% solar-powered hosting company. Their customer service is great, and we have had no problems with any of the ~10 sites we've hosted there so far.
Posted by: Margaux O'Malley | August 22, 2007 at 11:05 PM
Beth, this was such a great resource I did an entire post about it on Shaping Youth, here: http://www.shapingyouth.org/blog/?p=584
and then added about a dozen of our own eco-links to other "green" related media and content...From other types of 'green machines' (Tesla Motors) to Digital Earth's Global Symposium and some great eco-friendly kiddie sites to 'teach sustainability' from the get go.
Thanks for these links, very timely with my laptop on the fritz! Best, Amy
Posted by: Shaping Youth | August 23, 2007 at 08:40 PM
Thanks for this great post on green computing and general green geekiness, Beth.
Long live the EcoGeeks! :)
Posted by: Jonathon D. Colman | August 28, 2007 at 04:14 AM