April 2007
Both cars ready for biodiesel now (30 April 2007)
Having run one car on biodiesel we've now traded in the other car for a diesel one to help reduce our impact further.
My Green Little Bird? (29 April 2007)
Is Linux eco-friendly? Let's see. Most of Asia has switched, as least in part, to Open Source Software (OSS); some countries, such as Indonesia, also think that Linux changes scofflaws into legit users. Cuba has reported a 500 percent increase...
Biodiesel selling well (23 April 2007)
Having been one of Enfuels' first customers, it's great to see demand growing fast and an increasing number of motorists turning to biodiesel.
The Internet, It's Junk (21 April 2007)
Apparently after four decades of getting the existing Internet moving, researchers have decided it's junk, and we need to build a new one. it seems a little ominous - according to the article "Industry is playing a bigger role this...
Droid May Kill Ape (21 April 2007)
Apparently it's more than my coffee maker than wants a certain amount of freedom, now the US military have proposed a new set of rules for having robots engage in combat. Bottom line - they can kill other robots, but...
Early planting a success (21 April 2007)
The first shoots of this yar's vegetable crop are out, but while potatoes are thriving, the beans are struggling in the home-made compost.
Earn cash from mobile phone recycling (18 April 2007)
Earn money from those old unwanted phones that would otherwise end up in the landfill sites.
Got any old Gizmos you don't need? (15 April 2007)
Support International Earth Day and donate all your old computer gadgetry.
Prisoners Smash Computers (11 April 2007)
Did you know that inmates in the US are being afforded the opportunity to recycle eWaste? The program has been running since 1994, through an arm of the government-run corporation UNICOR which opened its first eWaste 'business' in Florida. Since...
Save Your Watts With Emergy-C (10 April 2007)
Many electronic devices, such as cathode ray tubes, plasma screens, and OLEDs consume more energy when displaying certain colors. These devices use the three primary colors of light - red, green, and blue - and turn them on at varying...
A second compost bin ( 8 April 2007)
Our first bin-load of compost has worked so well we've added a second next to it, giving mulch for summer and another batch later in the year.
Google gets on it's bike ( 3 April 2007)
Google employees outside the US are being offered free bicycles to keep them fit and reduce their impact on the environment.
Five Things You Might Have a Hand In ( 1 April 2007)
When it comes to implementing sustainable computing solutions, most IT departments are now getting down to action items. The biggest drivers right now are energy consumption, and proper disposal of used equipment. To some extent, the solutions to these issues...
Vegetable patch planting ( 1 April 2007)
Most of the crops for this year are now planted or potted, all using homegrown compost.
