U.S., Australia has giant carbon footprints

According to research performed by Australian and Singapore researchers, the countries of Australia and the United States are among the top ten worst countries in the world with respect to their global environmental impact. Big shoes leave large areas environmentally vulnerable.
 

Recycled toilet paper may wipe out energy concerns

Toilet paper that is made from new wood uses much more energy to produce than toilet paper made from recycled paper. However, your bottom will lose out in the battle for softness. Find out just how green is your toilet paper.
 

The twisted tale of Telstra's carbon reduction plans

Telstra has unveiled a plan setting out how it intends to reduce its carbon footprint over the next six years, but the reported, and impossible, target of 10 percent for every dollar earned is not part of it.
 

We eat our own cooking, says Symantec CIO

Symantec believes IT can be used to meet business objectives, and "we eat our own cooking" to prove it to customers, group president and CIO, Symantec Services Group, David Thompson has told iTWire.
 

The greening of training

EXCOM Education and Connection Research are claiming an Australian first with the launch today of a range of green IT training courses in Australia, with an immediate follow-up expansion into the international market.
 

Is the Internet becoming uncool for greenies?

A leading analyst believes that the Internet is in danger of becoming a target for green groups and anti-global warming organisations because of the massive power consumption of data centres. Is it possible that the greenies may soon target the Internet industry as environmental vandals?
 

Pennsylvania students go green with wet bras and undies

College students at Allegheny College, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, are hanging their undergarments (bras, socks,  undies) out to dry as part of 350 Project—an international campaign to make  people aware that 350 parts per million is the highest level of carbon emissions that Earth’s atmosphere can tolerate before irreversible damage occurs.
 

Video game consoles waste $1 billion in energy, not!

A report has been released blaming gamers for a US1$billion waste in electricity via their beloved consoles.  But checking out the report further highlights a gross assumption.
 

Carbon emissions reporting software launched in Australia

In what is claimed to be a first, a new reporting software product, aimed at simplifying carbon emissions reporting across Australia’s business community, has been launched.
 

How much would you pay to sit on a PlayStation 2?

In what it claims as a world first, a UK company has announced a chair made from 100 percent recycled plastic from a single source. Oh yes, that source happens to be the Sony PlayStation 2 games console...