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The government is planning to lead the way in green IT by launching a national strategy to cut computer-related carbon emissions. Government Chief Information Officer John Suffolk announced the Green IT Strategy, saying it would be scrutinised by ministers over the next eight weeks ahead of its launch. Continue reading...
Commuters walking behind Westminster City Hall this morning could be forgiven for thinking something highly mysterious was going on, as a group of around 25 people -- some in suits and heels -- were staring at and photographing what bore an uncanny resemblance to two high-tech parking metres. These two "pieces of elegant kit", as Councillor Alan Bradley described them, were in fact two new electric vehicle charging points. Continue reading...
Britain is drowning in rubbish. In 2006, 20.9m tonnes of garbage found its way into landfill, a measly one per cent reduction on 2005. With binding obligations to the EU Landfill Directive, the UK has to reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste sent to landfill in 2010 to 75 per cent of that produced in 1995, and by 2013 to 50 per cent. Continue reading...
The Sanrio Empire may have seemed unusually subdued of late, but its campaign for world domination is still very much in high gear. In fact, the threat is more severe than ever, as it continues to target our natural resources. But acknowledging the green trend's growing momentum, Hello Kitty is going solar. Continue reading...
Software plays a key role in the clean tech world, whether helping consumers size up their carbon footprints and crunch the costs of solar panels, or aiding manufacturers in reducing toxicity throughout the supply chain. Last month, Autodesk unveiled an add-in to enable designers using prototyping software Inventor to calculate the carbon emissions of an array of products. Continue reading...
We've been bombarded with great news today and these are the best snippets, from Unilever's decision to use sustainable palm oil to designer clothes at Oxfam. Continue reading...
Think of it as the future of today's paper. The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and parent company Xerox are experimenting with a type of paper and a complimentary printer that would produce documents that fade away after 16 to 24 hours. Yep -- disappearing ink. Continue reading...
Networking giant Cisco is rather proudly trumpeting the sale of its 500th telepresence room, with the promise that it is revolutionising corporate travel by completely avoiding it. For those out of the loop, telepresence is the supercharged offspring of the long-derided videoconferencing technology. Continue reading...
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