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What Happens When a Website Goes Dark on Purpose?

by EcoStreetEcoTech, Energy Saving, The Environment and BusinessPosted on Comments are Disabled

We’re used to treating the internet like an infinite resource. Pages load in milliseconds, high-definition videos auto-play, and servers sit in sprawling, climate-controlled data centers guzzling massive amounts of grid electricity 24/7/365. Low-tech Magazine turned that model upside down. Instead of hosting their publication on cloud servers powered by invisible fossil fuels, they built a …

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The Invisible Waste: How to Shrink Your Digital Carbon Footprint

by EcoStreetEcoGadgets, EcoTech, Shop Green, Sustainable Lifestyle, Toxic WorldPosted on No Comments

When we talk about living sustainably, our minds usually jump to canvas tote bags, recycling bins, or skipping plastic straws. We rarely think about our overflowing photo libraries, thousands of unread emails, or late-night video marathons. Because digital data lives in the “cloud,” it feels weightless. In reality, that cloud relies on massive, physical data …

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The Artifical Leaf

by EcoStreetEcoArt, EcoEnergy, EcoTech, Sustainable LifestylePosted on Comments are Disabled

‘The Artificial Leaf’, by Jared P. Scott & Kelly Nyks, is a short film with a big idea… a simple formula to save the planet: sunlight + water = energy for the world. Dan Nocera tells us how. ‘The Artificial Leaf’ is is one of 20 finalists in the Focus Forward Filmmaker Competition who are all vying …

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Top Eco Tech to Reduce your Company’s Carbon Footprint

by EcoStreetEcoTech, The Environment and BusinessPosted on Comments are Disabled

Energy efficient computers Computers contain some of the most difficult materials to recycle, toxic chemicals and circuit boards are harmful to the environment when dumped and energy consumption by powerful machines can often be astronomical. Now that performance and design don’t differ massively companies are competing on greener grounds of sustainability. How economical and energy …

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3 Amazing Eco Laptops

by EcoStreetEcoReview, EcoTech, Energy SavingPosted on 6 Comments

Committed green warriors pride themselves on limiting their negative impact on the environment, but they often forget about the damage that power-hungry laptop PCs can do to the Earth. We all use computers daily and those machines tend to suck up a lot of juice. In addition, toxic chemicals and elements are often used in …

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Turn your mobile phone green

by EcoStreetEcoTech, The Environment and BusinessPosted on Comments are Disabled

Newsflash! There’s a UK mobile service provider who cares more about the environment than making massive profits. Green Mobile has some great packages that give something back to the environment. Firstly, they encourage you to keep your current phone rather than upgrade when you switch to them. They offer refurbished phones with contracts as well …

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Low-energy bulbs like you’ve never seen them before

by EcoStreetEcoArt, EcoTechPosted on 14 Comments

London based boutique electronics company, Hulger, is searching for a producer for their latest design project, the Plumen low-energy light bulb. They were designed to counter the ugliness of CFLs that are currently available, and are objects d’art in their own right. No need to hide these babies under a bushel lampshade. [via: dezeen]

Win one of 5 cool bamboo USB drives

by Tracy StokesCompetitions, EcoTechPosted on 4 Comments

We have 5 bamboo USB drives on key chains to give away, courtesty of Farfromboring.com eco-friendly promotional products. More eco-friendly than plastic, bamboo is proving a popular alternative in the making of PCs and their accessories. These drives are sold as eco-friendly corporate promotional products by Farfromboring.com. To win one of the three 256 Mb …

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EcoReview: Biocare bathroom cleaner

by Tracy StokesEcoTechPosted on 7 Comments

I’ve been using Biocare bathroom cleaner for around six months. It’s the best eco-friendly bathroom cleaner in my opinion (I’ve tried a few) and certainly one that handles limescale without fail, which was where I feel that some products that I’ve tried in the past have fallen down. It contains tea tree oil for germ-busting …

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