3 Ways to Go Green for Earth Day
April 19th, 2007 : Carrie Downing
April 22nd marks the 35th Anniversary of Earth Day. Raise your awareness and Get Your Green On:
#1) Calculate your ecological footprint at Earth Day Network to find out how many planets it would take to sustain 6.5 billion clones of yourself.
Apparently I’m not doing so well:
IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.1 PLANETS.
#2) Learn about sustainability initiatives in the IT industry at the Green Grid:
“The Need for Datacenters to Go Green
Until recently, electiricy usage wasn’t a major IT concern. In fact, the electricity costs for running and cooling computers generally wasn’t even considered part of the IT budget. Servers didn’t draw much power and their density in datacenters wasn’t significant enough to create any concern. All that has changed with the nonstop growth of the Internet and the world’s businesses, governments, and other institutions filling up rack after rack with more powerful servers to keep up with the growth….”
Read the full article here (and watch out for typos).
#3) Stay current with green tech news and updates at the Green Technology Blog, like David Filo’s comments on Yahoo’s efforts to achieve carbon neutrality.
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April 19th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
3 + planets for me - it makes you think, great post.
We could improve some of the recycling in the office. We attempt to do it but could be better. Thoughts?
April 19th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
3 for me too. We have a tradition of cleaning up our neighborhood on Earth Day. Anyone interested in helping us clean up around Franklin/Nicollet?
Does anyone know what company picks up the trash? We should get a quote from that company. Otherwise there’s a list at http://greenguardian.com/business/rwmg_pickup.asp?printPage=true.
Watch this - http://www.themeatrix.com/ - a good reminder to support your local co-op. http://www.wedgeworldwide.coop/.
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:46 am
Just over two planets for me.
As for the office, I think setting up a better recycling center and making sure that everyone sorts his or her trash would be a small thing we could do to make a difference.
Would it be possible for us to go even more paperless? We throw away SO much paper.