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GETIT organizes a Green ICT workshop at CommunicAsia and offers a 15% discount to attendees coming in through their network.

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Surprisingly, the US lags behind the rest of the world in its interest in purchasing "green", yet US telcos are beginning to set their own "green" standards and scorecards causing some heated debate with vendors. Read more about the TIA Green ICT Bootcamp.

Vanuatu and Sri Lanka might not be the biggest mobile phone markets in the world, but they could soon be the greenest.

One of the big issues debated at COP 15 revolves around the funding the mitigation and adaptation of Climate Change. Governments are debating who should contribute to this Fund (main concept is that polluting countries should pay more to assist the ...

In the spirit of James Burke, it is always fun to follow the leads and find the connections. In this case, we start with a USA Today article "Wind backs up Honolulu airport power." Hawaii and clean tech are one of my personal interest. The crux of the ...

First presented at the Google Efficient Data Centers Summit, hosted at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA on April 1, 2009, this video walks through the details of how Google looks at every angle to squeeze efficiency out of the system.

While most carriers are reluctant even to set targets for reducing their carbon footprint, Australian ISP Internode has already been carbon-neutral for a year. The company, which has over 170,000 subscribers Australia-wide, sources 100% of its electricity needs from renewable energy, and has molded...

This article seeks to understand the representation and interest of the IGF process within the African ICT community, and to give illustrations of its eventual impact. To do this, we, primarily, have analyzed exchanges on two key discussion lists on which African views on Internet governance are conveyed. To complement and validate if necessary observations, we have consulted some documents produced by some players and have questioned others. We have also based conclusions on our observation of the process since its launch in 2006 .......

Copenhagen Summit Slammed For Ignoring IT - ICT is the best way to manage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, say IT champions - who want it included in the UN's forthcoming COP15 summit.

Good example of innovation and business model for alleviating poverty through social business, whilst helping green the nation. This is also a good example of the new face of entrepreneurs and geeks of our future.

[slideshow id=6] We've had our home PV Solar installation going for close to a year. It is amazing the rethinking that goes on the house when 1) you move to net metering and 2) you look at your usage data. The move to net metering was required fo...

I'm following Kimberly Lancaster's articles on her journey of going Geothermal (see My Geothermal Home Sweet Home ).  Which I had a bigger yard to do the same. When I see the success of geothermal heat pumps, I puzzled as to why this is not a more pop...

I'm not sure where Stirling Energy Systems (SES) got this graphic or the data to support the graphic, but it is a nice illustration.

Check out the article in Technology Review: Cheaper Solar Thermal Power: A simpler design could reduce the cost of solar power generated by concentrating sunlight on Stirling engines. By Kevin Bullis Stirling Energy Systems (SES) 12-meter-wide sy...

Yesterday, President Obama gave a very comprehensive speech for economic recovery for the US, focusing on energy, healthcare and education whilst dealing with the immediate credit crunch and housing issues. He really put the energy issues at the foref...

Day 2 of the TED conference was as stimulating as Day 1. There were so many artists, musicians, neurologists, actors, and technology revolutionists, all presenting so many exciting new developments. The common theme that was my takeaway, is that often...

For those of you who may not be as familiar with TED, it is a very intellectually stimulating thought provoking conference. It throws in artists, musicians, scientists, inventors, neurologists, anthropologists, writers, digital imaging experts, etc in...

Insightful debate between key industry and academia experts on Clean Tech, held in conjunction with the launch of the $100 million funding of the Precourt Institute of Energy Efficiency. Here are some notes that I took away from the session.