The LifeStraw is an invention created by Torben Vestergaard Frandsen, a Danish innovator who hopes that it will help third world countries where millions of people die from water-borne diseases each year. Water from most sources can be drunk if done so through the LifeStraw say the makers of the product.. However, naysayers say that… Continue reading LifeStraw Purifies Water As You Drink
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Pictures of Intel’s Sub $400 Laptop
Check out more pics here. Related posts: Intel Has Its Owns Plans To Close the Digital Divide
Beginner’s Guide To Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)
I finally saved up a enough money where investing has become relevant to me. I know a bit about how the markets work, but I don’t know too much about Socially Responsible Investing (SRI). I’ll need a crash course, and for that, there is no better resource than Wikipedia. According to Wikipedia, Socially Responsible Investing… Continue reading Beginner’s Guide To Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)
Closing The Digital Divide: What the Landscape Looks Like
WSJ is running free this whole week (its usually subscription based) so I’ll go ahead and link to their story about Intel’s World Ahead program with a nice table on the landscape of players working on closing the Digital Divide.
Intel Has Its Owns Plans To Close the Digital Divide
Intel plans to close the Digital Divide with its own version of the $100 Dollar Laptop. The only difference is that their plan is to release a sub $400 dollar laptop and train teachers as well as extended wireless internet access worldwide. It sounds like a more comprehensive approach than Negroponte’s and Intel certainly has… Continue reading Intel Has Its Owns Plans To Close the Digital Divide
Ford Helps Their Customers Buy Emission Offsets
When companies announce a plan to get X percent of their energy from wind, solar, or other reneable energy source, it most likely means that they will do it by buying energy credits. However, the public might perceive these announcements to imply a different story– that a huge number of solar panels were ordered and… Continue reading Ford Helps Their Customers Buy Emission Offsets
Barefoot College– Bunker Roy Fights Poverty By Using Entrepreneurship
Barefoot College was started in 1972 to help teach local Indian communities how to solve mass poverty. The organization has recently generated some buzz and Fast Company covers it in their most recent issue. (The article should be accessible to the public in a few weeks) An Indian named Bunker Roy, 60, whose Tilonia-based group,… Continue reading Barefoot College– Bunker Roy Fights Poverty By Using Entrepreneurship
Getting Rid of Your Old PC In A Responsible Way (cont’d)
Just saw this totally relevant announcement: Apple Offers Free Computer Take-Back Program Apple today announced an expansion of its successful recycling program, offering free computer take-back and recycling with the purchase of a new Macintosh® system beginning in June. Here is a link to my prior post: Getting Rid of Your Old PC In A… Continue reading Getting Rid of Your Old PC In A Responsible Way (cont’d)
Getting Rid of Your Old PC In A Responsible Way
Got my laptop back so I will be back to regularly posting (after a 2 week hiatus). So this post will conclude my series on computer related posts. (See my prior posts: The Truth (and Dangers) of Computer Recycling, and TechSoup Stock- Connecting Nonprofits With Technology Product Donations from Leading Providers) This final post (in… Continue reading Getting Rid of Your Old PC In A Responsible Way
The Truth (And Dangers) of Computer Recycling
Good news: I got my laptop back. Bad news: It was still broken so I had to ship it back. Anyhow, on the topic of computers– I wanted to post about this Salon.com article that gives us some insight into computer recycling. What should be a great and environmentally friendly practice is oftentimes not environmentally… Continue reading The Truth (And Dangers) of Computer Recycling