Yeah, I know. You’re shaking your head looking at my October Pink site color and wondering what all this Green Web Designer stuff is about.
Well, it’s about Green as in Climate Change, and trying like hell not to take more from the earth than I put back into it. I’ve still got a ways to […]

If you really want to know about the impact Humans are having on this planet, then take a hop over to the New York Inquirer’s article about the 7 New Wonders of the World. This article isn’t for the faint of heart, nor is it for (most) Republicans, who continue to wear Rose Colored Oakleys […]

Just in from the Google Blog– Google is Solarizing their Mountain View Office Campus. The blogpost says, “Soon we plan to begin installation of 1.6 megawatts of solar photovoltaic panels at our Mountain View campus. This project will be the largest solar installation on any corporate campus in the U.S., and we think it’s one […]

I just read an article on the NYT website (free subscription needed. ugh.) about the recent e coli issue with bagged spinach. It made some really good points about the problems in our food chain and what causes them. Most of the problems are directly attributed to Economics and the tendency to come up […]

Dell has instituted a very aggressive Computer Recycling Program. They will schedule pickup of any unwanted Dell computer regardless of whether you’re upgrading or not. You can schedule pickup through their website. This is VERY good news, since computers and other electronics leech out mercury, cadmium and other nasties into our groundwater supply, not to […]

It’s bad enough that whistleblower protections have been gutted in the wake of 9/11, but now King Bush has decreed that Federal Employees of the Environmental Protection Agency have no recourse and cannot recover for lost wages or regain their jobs if they bring irregularities in cleanup bids to the attention of the powers that […]

The $100 laptops that are rolling out of MIT are powered by crank or foot pedal. Now there’s a project that will wifi network these laptops using solar power. This is the brainchild of some ex-Sun Microsystems engineers and MIT.This technology will make the internet readily available in remote areas using off the shelf components. […]

/. has a link to a Wired News story and the usual entertaining and thought provoking comments about test driving the Tesla Roadster, an electric car that can achieve 0-60 mph in around 3 seconds? Wow. And designed by Barney Hatt of Lotus Design in England? Double WOW.
I’ve just gotta wonder about the 6,831 rechargeable […]

Jimmy Carter delivered this televised speech on April 18, 1977, to talk about the Energy Crisis and what we, as Americans, should do about it, including alternative energy sources and developing extreme measures of fuel economy. I think we’ve gone backward rather than forward toward Jimmy’s vision.
I know a lot of people say he wasn’t […]

Ya mean being a total CHOCOHOLIC can be good for the environment? WOOHOO!
According to this entertaining post from Slashfood, University of Birmingham, UK, Microbiologist Lynne Mackaskie and her colleagues fed Escherichia coli bacteria a diluted chocolate waste from a chocolate plant. Upon consuming the sugary mixture, the bacteria produced hydrogen. The hydrogen was then used […]

While PA Representative Charles Dent votes away our natural heritage in Alaska so the fat cats can drive their SUVs, there is real research being done to turn bullshit into an alternative energy source. No, I’m not talking about that stuff spewing from the mouths of our politicians in Harrisburg and DC, I’m talking about […]

Way to go, Charlie. I’ll be sure to remember that next time you’re up for re-election.
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I haven’t talked much lately about Sustainability and my strong feelings about the environment. One of my “conflicts” in terms of working with computers is that throwing out old equipment is hazardous to the environment, leaching nasties such as cadmium, lead and mercury into the groundwater. Though PA has mandated electronics recycling, there are no […]

None of us who have close ties to NYC can help but remember the horror and sadness of 9-11, the anniversary of which is almost here. It’s a double whammy this year, with Katrina’s wrath and the relief effort going on there.
I don’t want to pull heartstrings or dump my own feelings here. I […]

I don’t know if my generation is blessed or cursed. We grew up with parents who had grown up during the Great Depression. We heard things like, “Shut the door, you think you live in a barn?” or “Eat all your string beans, the children in Africa are starving.” or “I walked six […]