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Can real-time pricing green the grid? [VIDEO

derek — Fri, 11 May 2012 04:21:27 +0000

The Secret Lives of Our Clothes [video]

derek — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:18:17 +0000

http://www.greennovate.org

There’s a price tag that’s being hidden from us everyday. Not the one that tells us how much money to pay but the underlying costs of every outfit’s life cycle. Uncover the lives that our clothes led before they got to the store and discover your voting power as a consumer towards a fairer, healthier and more sustainable planet.

via Greenovate:

Clean and Green Singapore 2012 theme song – World Without Fences (90sec)

derek — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:11:54 +0000

Composer: Lee Fengheng (Top winner of NEA’s Eco-Music Challenge 2011)

Clean & Green Singapore 2012 music video “World Without Fences” depicts the development of Singapore’s beautiful, clean and green environment through the eyes of a female protagonist, as she grows progressively younger. The video hopes to inspire every individual to play a part to safeguard and cherish this environment for future generations.

GHG Protocol Launch – Opening Remarks by Manish Bapna, WRI

derek — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:25:41 +0000

GHG Protocol Launch – Opening Remarks by Manish Bapna, WRI from World Resources Institute on Vimeo.

SEC’s call to action on the National Climate Change Strategy 2012 Public Consultation

derek — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:46:48 +0000

What are you waiting for?? Click on the image to visit the NCCS portal.

Nice Animation about GHG Protocol

derek — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:48:22 +0000

From GHGprotocol.org:

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) is the most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions. The GHG Protocol, a decade-long partnership between the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, is working with businesses, governments, and environmental groups around the world to build a new generation of credible and effective programs for tackling climate change.

Check out this WRI & WBCSD video on the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Protocol.

Very nice!

CLICK TO find out more about how you can understand, quantify, and manage your organisation’s greenhouse gas emissions, and get in step with your carbon footprint.

The History of The Industrial Age or fossil based fuels

derek — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:16:25 +0000

The Making of 24 hours of Reality

derek — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:02:47 +0000

Happening LIVE now. Watch here!

The (Natural) World is Awesome: Timelapse video of the milky way

derek — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:07:33 +0000

The Mountain from TSO Photography on Vimeo.

Google Discloses Carbon Footprint for the First Time

yiqi — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:09:03 +0000

From guardian.co.uk:

“At around 1.5m tonnes of carbon, the energy usage of the online giant is on a par with the United Nations.”

That sounds bad doesn’t it?

“Google says that it emits 1.5m tonnes of carbon annually but claims that its data centres consume 50% less energy than the industry average. The emissions are slightly higher than the country of Laos in south-east Asia and equivalent to the UN’s operational footprint.”

Slightly better, but not much.

“The company said that many of its ‘cloud-based’ services for businesses, such as its popular Gmail system, can be up to 80 times less polluting than traditional alternatives, which require companies to operate their own, potentially more inefficient servers.”

Makes sense. We use cloud computing for a lot of our needs. We call it Skynet. Yes, I know that admission doesn’t make me more appealing to the potential partners.

“Google estimates that data centres account for around 1% of the world’s electricity use, and that Google itself consumes around 1% of that amount.”

Initial reaction? Wait, Google, the giant of an internet company, only accounts for 1% of the world’s data centres’ electricity usage? What are the other companies doing wrong?!

Google Inc., NASDAQ:GOOG, trading between USD 531.90 – 539.10, is only using 1% of the world’s data centres’ electricity usage. Think about that a minute. There isn’t really a No. 2 in the internet company realm is there? Not that I know of.

Kudos Google people. Big Kudos.

Visit Google’s green page, check out this good article on NYT, and watch this infographic style video on Internet and Energy: