Have you ever wondered why wind farms are built where they are? No? I didn't either. I just assumed, naively perhaps, that they looked for spots that were really windy. Apparently though, there are a lot of variables to consider. Wind patterns follow trends. Some trends last for days ... keep reading
Written by John P. last month, about Clean Technologies, Computing, Green energy, Solar, Weather
Editor's Note: This post by Trish Smith comes to us from Green Student U, a blog-style site that introduces today's students to a wide variety of global environmental issues by recognizing college campus green initiatives and personal success stories, as well as how the world is being shaped ... keep reading
Written by Green Student U last month, about Air Quality, Clean Technologies, Computing, Consumerism, Design, Energy Saving, Recycling (1 comment)
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins You have to hand it to the folks at R&R Partners. They’re the clever advertising agency that made its name luring legions of suckers to Las Vegas with an ad campaign built on the slogan “What happens here, stays here.” But ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts last month, about Carbon Sequestration, Coal & Oil, Computing
At the Corporate ECOforum, Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave a talk that looks well worth hearing. Schmidt began his talk with a Google Earth heavy discussion "of rising temperatures and government policies that are either speeding up or slowing down climate change." There's a total failure of political leadership ... keep reading
Written by A. Siegel in September, about Clean Technologies, Computing, Economics, Energy Saving, Green energy, Industry, Solar
It's Friday again and that means the Friday Linkfest is here! Let's see what's been happening to the environment this week. Good News Hundreds of new and rare marine species have been discovered in Australia's Grand Barrier Reef. The new edition of Greenpeace's Guide to ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova in September, about Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Computing, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Health, Politics, Pollution
Guiyu in China and Chennai in India are already well-publicized representations of the global neighbourhood's most ghastly e-waste dump sites - where young and old stake a paltry living out of decomposing remnants of the developed world's obsolete digital dreams, with dire health and environmental consequences. But guess who ... keep reading
Written by Shom Teoh in September, about Computing, Consumerism, Environmental Disasters, Health, Industry, Pollution, Recycling
Some would argue that there is no greater symbol of the computer age than the PC or Personal Computer. Splintered today into the desktop, laptop, palmtop, etc., we use it to store our intimate data, communicate with our colleagues and family, and perform the most mundane of everyday tasks; from ... keep reading
Written by John P. in August, about Clean Technologies, Computing, Economics, Energy Saving, Industry (2 comments)
Editor's Note: With this post we welcome Scott Boutwell of AEC and CleanTech Trends to the Celsias writing team. Scott writes about the engineering design and sustainability sectors. He starts us off with what seems to be a good case for the Celsias blog and action site! Over the ... keep reading
Written by Scott Boutwell in August, about Computing, Education, Media (2 comments)
A computer dump in Asia A few months back I had to get rid of an all-in-one office printer, VCR (yes I still had it), and a laptop computer. When I couldn’t find anyone to take these non-working items I stealthily dropped them off at a random charity’s ... keep reading
Written by Raegan Payne in June, about Computing, Recycling
In what may seem like a silly undertaking, Sun Microsystems is setting out to quantify the carbon footprint of e-mail. It seems obvious, the carbon footprint of e-mail as long as it’s not printed out (if you haven’t already done so, add this tag to the bottom of ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant in May, about Computing
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