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Puma Steps Into Mobile With Solar Powered Phone

Posted on Jul 27, 2010 by Scott James.

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Puma has decided to lace up their eco-shoes and step with both feet into the smartphone market- and their first offering is an eco-friendly one. The German Puma company, known well for their football gear and ties to old-school hip hop, launched their phone last week in partnership with Sagem Wireless of France. It even has its own website. Key green features will be an integrated solar cell on the back of the phone for charging and a built-in eco-metering function that will display how much energy the user is saving.
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Greenpeace Ranks IT Companies

Posted on May 05, 2010 by Zachary Shahan.

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Every company is claiming to be green in some way or another these days. For someone not versed in green matters, or even for many of us who think we are versed in it but actually may not be (at least on some issues), identifying who is truly green and who is not can be really difficult (or inaccurate).

As much as environmental issues can be complicated and confusing, environmental issues concerning technology can be even more so. Can you say which is a greener IT company, Dell or Google or HP? Probably not. Luckily, Greenpeace has decided to tackle this issue and rank IT companies according to how green they are.
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Greenpeace Says: Make I.T. Greener

Posted on Apr 09, 2010 by Scott James.

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Geeks, I know you’re excited about the iPad changing the game, but Greenpeace thinks it’s time we had a talk about how cloud computing and “quintessential cloud computing devices like the iPad” could be changing the climate. Greenpeace recently released a report called “Make IT Green: Cloud Computing” that zeros in on the growing technological carbon footprint.
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Incredible Sculptures Created from Recycled Circuit Boards

Posted on Apr 08, 2010 by Tom Davie.

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It’s incredible just what you can do with a few old printed circuit boards and a bit of imagination. Steven Rodrig has created these hauntingly beautiful pieces from the innards of dead computers, reprocessing their abandoned circuitry into animals and plants from the natural world. Chipsets, wires and ports become turtles, cacti and dragonflies. There’s even a pair of sexy high-heels in there too…
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Skeptical Science iPhone App: Overcoming Global Warming Deniers

Posted on Mar 09, 2010 by Scott James.

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We’ve all been out at the pub getting a seasonal pint, or down at the deli getting a tea and some salad, when you overhear someone next to you say, “I don’t know, I just don’t think that global warming thing is real. At least, it’s not our fault…” Or maybe it’s the friend you’re sitting with. Or maybe it’s someone in your family. Do you ever wish you had some science on hand that applied to their specific argument? Now you do. For all of us green geeks who are passionate about both environmental issues and new technology, there is the Skeptical Science iPhone app- a resource full of peer-reviewed science for nearly every skeptic’s argument.
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