Posts tagged green gear

Logitech has released the world’s first solar-powered wireless keyboard (model K750). It has a built-in light meter that shows whether there is enough light in the room. Why did it take this long? … Well, let’s not complain! This is an easy way, albeit a minor one, to invest in the future by using less energy. Seeing the solar panel on the top of the keyboard serves as a simple reminder about conservation in daily life.

Logitech has released the world’s first solar-powered wireless keyboard (model K750). It has a built-in light meter that shows whether there is enough light in the room.

Why did it take this long? … Well, let’s not complain! This is an easy way, albeit a minor one, to invest in the future by using less energy. Seeing the solar panel on the top of the keyboard serves as a simple reminder about conservation in daily life.

“We realize a game won’t change the world but we hope to be part of the transition that brings us all to a better place,” says the company Late for the Sky about its Earthopoly board game. But this game is part of a changing world. Sustainability is probably the most crucial lesson we can teach our kids today. Earthopoly promises to make learning about sustainability fun. The web page for this game has an exhaustive list of its ingredients, right down to the lima bean pieces sourced from a local farmer, and the Carnelian stones from Botswana. The gameplay itself teaches about such things as carbon credits, clean air and global ecological sites of interest. Late for the Sky is changing business culture, too. They make custom board games for companies who want to give their teams experiential learning, or surprise their clients with a truly unique gift. “Organizations use a custom game to inform, promote, reward, make money – anything you can do with a variety of promotional products.”

“We realize a game won’t change the world but we hope to be part of the transition that brings us all to a better place,” says the company Late for the Sky about its Earthopoly board game. But this game is part of a changing world.

Sustainability is probably the most crucial lesson we can teach our kids today. Earthopoly promises to make learning about sustainability fun.

The web page for this game has an exhaustive list of its ingredients, right down to the lima bean pieces sourced from a local farmer, and the Carnelian stones from Botswana. The gameplay itself teaches about such things as carbon credits, clean air and global ecological sites of interest.

Late for the Sky is changing business culture, too. They make custom board games for companies who want to give their teams experiential learning, or surprise their clients with a truly unique gift. “Organizations use a custom game to inform, promote, reward, make money – anything you can do with a variety of promotional products.”

Apple computers have emerged as the clear leader as far as green computers go.

According to Nikki Martin at Incrediblygreen.org, the newest Macbook is the greenest laptop for the following reasons.

  • made of recyclable polycarbonate
  • Apple will recycle your old machines
  • less product packaging is used
  • 5-year / 1000-charge battery
  • no Arsenic, Mercury, Lead, PVC, and BFR
  • smart power management and AC adaptors
  • Energy Star rating (EPA)
  • highest Gold rating (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool)

image from http://www.incrediblygreen.org/index.php/2010/08/the-greenest-laptop/

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Day 2 Day Green: eBay's Green Shipping Solution

eBay Green Box

eBay is testing out new green boxes that can be reused from seller to buyer. The boxes are made of 100% recycled materials and printed with water-based inks. eBay is trying to encourage buyers to use these boxes to sell items themselves. It is projected that this program could save 2.4…

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Leaf Ties: Poignant Plastic Eco-Meme

The Leaf tie is easy to use. It is simply used in the same manner as the cable-tie. All you have to do is wrap the Leaf Tie around the loose cables. The design of the Leaf tie makes the cables look like wrapped twigs. For young children or people that live in the city that tire from the artificially modern environment, the Leaf tie can for a short while let them experience a hint of nature.

$30 Energy Use Monitor - Stop Vampire Appliances!

Belkin F7C005q

Belkin will soon be releasing their new Conserve Insite energy use monitor to compliment their full Conserve product line. Many of today’s devices use energy even when turned off which is costing you money. This device allows you to find out how much energy your appliances and…

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Brett,

Thanks for the announcement.

Should my wife and I buy a Nissan Leaf?

Why isn't Aptera selling cars?

I want electric, but still a bit nervous.

CL — Asked by Anonymous

The Nissan Leaf is an amazing electric vehicle built by a large trusted auto manufacturer.  They really pulled out all the stops to make this a reliable and technically cutting edge car.

I especially like the work they have done integrating charging with mapping/route planning via GPS.  This makes it very easy to plan your day so you can drive more than the 100-mile range.  Depending on your habits, you’ll probably use this for all your city driving, and then you’ll still need to own or rent a gasoline powered car to go on long trips.

I think these cars will really hold their value, so even if you try it out on lease for 3 years at only $350 per month, you can always just hand it back in and move on.

The car is slightly funky looking because the engineers were going for the utility of a large internal storage capacity, and reduced wind drag/noise.

My friend Paul Scott, a long time EV driver and advocate (see the movie Who Killed the Electric Car?) will be selling the Leaf in Southern California out of Santa Monica Nissan.  Check out his blog post about it here.

The Aptera project got bogged down with too many design changes, and my own opinion is that they will never deliver production cars.  They have missed their window to be first with a really clever looking car, and now they will be relegated to the back seat so to speak.

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