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GreenMonk Energy and Sustainability post for 22nd Feb

by Tom Raftery on February 22, 2010 · 2 comments

in GreenMonkTV, video

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We had a great Energy and Sustainability show today – in case you were unable to make it, I recorded the video (above) and the chatstream (below):

Tom Raftery :
Kicking off the show in a sec
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100219123517.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/18/worlds-top-firms-environmental-damage
http://greenmonk.net/do-risk-and-compliance-have-a-part-to-play-in-reducing-pollution/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/17/amazon-hydrocarbon-boom
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L2ZT20100222
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/22/jonathan-safran-foer-cows-beef
http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver.html?awesm=on.ted.com_886s
http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/02/seriously-where-does-our-food-come-from/
http://www.dukeorganic.co.uk/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/7236011/UN-global-warming-data-skewed-by-heat-from-planes-and-buildings.html
http://www.smallbusinesseurope.org/en/news1610.html
http://www.smartmeters.com/the-news/823-meters-and-more-looks-to-create-global-standards.html
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-02-19-all-electric-plug-in-project-seeks-to-make-the-family-car-a-cash/
http://www.greenenergyscheme.org/index.php?page=suppliers/tariffs
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100219/NEWS02/2190351/1006/NEWS
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/02/17/nike-starbucks-lead-push-in-oregon-for-clean-energy-economy/
http://www.fastcompany.com/1552709/a-facebook-petition-to-stop-facebook-from-powering-its-data-center-with-coal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100222/sc_afp/uncitesspeciestunajapan
http://www.marcgunther.com/2010/02/21/nukes-why-small-is-beautiful/
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L1WB20100222
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/02/18/j-p-morgan-develops-guide-for-a-paperless-treasury-operation/
http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/02/government-aid-to-flow-into-great-lakes-helping-fight-asian-carp/
http://www.avaaz.org/en/robin_hood/
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cgarvey :
Cheers Tom .. I’m still stuck back at the smart meters link .. loads of [...]

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Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 02/12/2010

by Tom Raftery on February 12, 2010 · 4 comments

in GreenNumbers

Photo credit Unhindered by Talent
Here is this Friday’s Green Numbers round-up:

Iberdrola Renovables Buys Spain’s Largest Wind Park (Update1) – BusinessWeek
Iberdrola Renovables SA, the world’s largest operator of wind parks, agreed to buy Spain’s largest wind farm from Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica SA.
Renovables, based in Valencia, paid Gamesa 320 million euros ($441 million) for 244 megawatts [...]

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I see Google have published an article o…

by Tom Raftery on May 7, 2009 · 5 comments

in Uncategorized

I see Google have published an article on their ambitions to achieve carbon neutrailty . It is not a bad piece (if you ignore the strong emphasis on offsets).
However, what is supremely disappointing is Google’s complete lack of any attempt at Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting. Most significant IT companies have a CSR site with [...]

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Corporate Social Responsibility – tech companies reviewed!

by Tom Raftery on January 27, 2009 · 4 comments

in Uncategorized, sustainability

Original photo by ATIS547
According to its Wikipedia definition, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
is a concept whereby organizations consider the interests of society by taking responsibility for the impact of their activities on customers, suppliers, employees, shareholders, communities and other stakeholders, as well as the environment. This obligation is seen to extend beyond the statutory obligation [...]

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Scratched DVDs soon to be a thing of the past?

by Tom Raftery on January 9, 2009 · 0 comments

in Dematerialization

Photo credit Fred
I have two little boys. One is five, the other is two. DVDs have a short life in our house. It is almost impossible to keep them out of little hands. What happens to when the boys find them, esp. when the two year old handles them, is not pretty! So, if [...]

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How Green is Cloud Computing?

by Tom Raftery on December 17, 2008 · 8 comments

in IT

This is a graph of traffic to the website of the Australian Open tennis championship. As you can see, the traffic spikes in January every year and then all but disappears for the other 11 months of the year. It is also important to note that the height of the traffic spike is increasing year [...]

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