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Green home appliances: a buyer’s guide
Hannah Corr
24th January, 2012
Thinking of trading in your old fridge? We’ve got the lowdown on how to get hold of electricals that are genuinely greenmore...
Wired but tired: is modern life draining your energy?
Samantha Swift
1st July, 2011
Could ‘electrical pollution’ and EMFs have consequences for your health? Samantha Swift reports more...
How to combat the growing menace of e-waste
Anja ffrench
31st May,2011
More robust enforcement of laws designed to tackle the growing problem of e-waste is urgently needed, says Anja ffrench of Computer Aid, along with improved management of electrical waste by governments more...
Turning our Victorian terrace into an ecohome: part four - ecogadgets
Sue Wheat
13th August, 2010
Sue immerses herself in the addictive world of ecogadgetry, including water-powered alarm clocks and a crash course in cooking with blankets... more...
Hewlett-Packard = Hazardous Products, says Greenpeace
The US company has been singled out for its failure to remove dangerous chemicals from computers more...
Computer companies breaking promises on toxins
Ecologist
7th July, 2009
Greenpeace's most recent green electrics guide shows that PC manufacturers are still not meeting their obligations in terms of phasing out toxic substances more...
The dangers of e-waste
Dr. Keith Baker
4th June, 2009
In February 2009 the Environment Agency began its first prosecution against an individual for an e-waste crime, and claims to have prevented 33 shipments in the previous six months. more...
Global village idiots
Michael Bugeja
1st November, 2008
Information about information, ideas without place, facts without action… It’s time we got off the net, into the world and with the programme, says Michael Bugeja more...
Dark Clouds gathering
Jim Thomas
1st October, 2008
Do you know where your email is stored and what it costs the environment to store it there? more...
Manufactured Landscapes
Laura Sevier
1st May, 2008
Ever wondered where computers go when they die? Or what the endless expanse of a Chinese factory floor actually looks like? This film is a meditation on the consumer world more...
Time to green your PC
News
11th June, 2007
As awareness grows of the huge and swelling carbon footprint made by the world’s IT infrastructure, the government has launched a task-force to green our PCs. more...Electric Cabaret
Michael Bugeja
1st January, 2007
Most of us have a party in our pockets – those digital devices that promised a global village. We found that village, all right, and it is peopled with idiots. Plugged into iPods, chatting into palms, we are lost in techno-torpor enveloping us 24/7 from any locale. more...
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