This holiday, why not try giving more with less by dematerializing your gifts? Essentially, dematerialization is the digitization of items, mostly media like books, music and video games (that’s a hint of what to expect on this list). These works, now freed from physical media — at least on the consumer end since they still [...]
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by Pedro Hernandez on December 8, 2011
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Got a window? Then you can grow your own food. A group of driven, DIY-types from around the world are helping to bring hydroponic systems home. In her TED talk “A Garden in My Apartment” (below), Britta Riley of Windowfarms – vertical food gardens, if you will — shows how a socially-driven community of 24,000 hydroponics buffs [...]
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by Pedro Hernandez on November 29, 2011
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What does a former Apple exec that’s responsible for the iconic iPod do when the thermostats on the market are too lame for his new green home? He brings design and software savvy to bear on the problem. The result is the puck-like Nest, from Tony Fadell’s startup of the same name. It’s a learning, connected thermostat [...]
Read more Nest: The iPod of smart thermostats
by Pedro Hernandez on October 25, 2011
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A recent post in the Social Media Examiner examined the “9 Reasons Why Your Content Is Not Shared on Social Networks.” All good stuff , but one reason stood out because it touches on a couple of factors that shape how green technology companies do business and how they’re perceived online. The highlight for me [...]
Read more ecoSocial: Causes trump brands in social media?
by Pedro Hernandez on August 31, 2011
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Earlier today, I featured this story at CIO.com in the Top 10 about the Responsible Electronic Recycling Act, which places explicit restrictions on e-waste, closing loopholes that allows recyclers to pick off the choice parts from discarded electronics and ship off the rest. The hope is to stop the deplorable environmental and health conditions at [...]
Read more E-waste bills hit Capitol Hill
by Pedro Hernandez on June 24, 2011
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While watching The Daily Ticker yesterday, which featured the author of “The Next American Economy,” William J Holstein, the cover of his book flashed for a moment. Sure it’s nice, clean and modern — and a little spare and safe, to be completely honest — but if you look closely there’s a nice little twist [...]
Read more Cool design: The Next American Economy book cover
by Pedro Hernandez on June 10, 2011
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Where do your gadgets really come from? The folks behind Sourcemap, a crowdsourced, open source project, hope to answer that question by cataloging where the components that make up our devices originate. It’s an effort to provide a measure of supply chain transparency, according to project founder Leo Bonanni (see his Greener Gadgets 2010 talk [...]
Read more Sourcemap: Rattle (and tattle on) those supply chains
by Pedro Hernandez on May 24, 2011
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I hope your mouse wheel’s up to the task because this one’s a scroll-a-thon. (That up there is a mere sampling.) Peer-1 Hosting, which knows a thing or two about green data centers, has cooked up a spiffy, super-sized infographic of today’s most visited online destinations and the power it takes to keep their IT [...]
Read more Infographic of the Day: Peer-1′s top sites online
by Pedro Hernandez on April 26, 2011
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Now we’re getting somewhere. Apple and Intel should feel pretty jazzed about forcing the electronics industry to take conflict minerals seriously and lending their support to keep consumer electronics supply chains free of the “blood diamonds” of the technology world. Gadgets, gadgets everywhere The past few years has been a paradise for gadget lovers. An [...]
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by Pedro Hernandez on April 1, 2011
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Kickstarter’s hot, but not the only game in town. Mashable published a great profile on 33needs, a crowdfunding startup that specializes on projects that promote social good. In fact, it’s an outright requirement. Unlike Kickstarter, where any entrepreneur with a vision can solicit funds, 33needs strictly caters to projects and enterprises with strong social missions. [...]
Read more Kiva + Kickstarter = 33needs?
by Pedro Hernandez on February 16, 2011
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