http://www.greenitblog.com Blogging about sustainable information technology. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:51:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en         In response to the above posting from Information Week (click on logo to read): Mr. Evans, I realize that strong opinions and language are what gets attention these days, particularly on the web. But, it doesn’t really do much to help us understand or solve problems. Given the opinions you apparently hold, I don’t ... http://www.greenitblog.com/?p=47 The green label is everywhere: Green buildings, green cars, green cleaning supplies and, of course, green computers. It’s great, except that “green” doesn’t mean anything. At least “organic” has a reasonable definition built around actual farming practices. Green is just a general concept about being good to the environment. At the moment ... http://www.greenitblog.com/?p=35   The recent Wall Street Journal article  “Green Goal of 'Carbon Neutrality' Hits Limit”  was described by one of the green newsletters as “slamming” Dell for its claims to be carbon neutral.    That’s not what I got from the article.  What the author quite rightly does is assess what Dell and others are ... http://www.greenitblog.com/?p=20 Luggage for family holiday holiday travel includes 3 cell phones, 3 MP3 players, 2 Gameboys, 2 digital cameras, 1 Portable DVD player, 1 video camcorder, and a laptop … each with its own unique AC/DC power adapter. In the U.S. there are more than 1.5 Billion of these wall-warts in use, ... http://www.greenitblog.com/?p=11 A recent report from the Carbon Trust says only 1% of Enterprises in England know their carbon footprint. That brought to mind a presentation at the London Carbonfootprint-IT Summit which made the point that even if an organization knows its overall carbon footprint, reducing it requires detailed knowledge of operations ... http://www.greenitblog.com/?p=6 IT product manufacturers and distributors need to look down the track and see what’s headed toward them … Carbon Labeling on products. Some data points … EnvironmentalLeader.com recently posted Supply Chain Leaders Should Prepare For Carbon Labeling from MIT. A Carbon Trust survey reports “43 per cent of all ... http://www.greenitblog.com/?p=5 A very interesting presentation on carbon Life-Cycle Assessment from the CITRIS Research Exchange at UC Berkeley is available on-line. The talk is on how to send the right signals to consumers and drive environmentally sustainable purchasing. A major take-away is how little analytical work has been on tools for environmental ... http://www.greenitblog.com/?p=4 This blog will cover news and updates with all things related to GreenIT. Visit our company site at http://www.greenit.net for more details! http://www.greenitblog.com/?p=1