environment

=Green Technology:=

Apple's 'green' MacBook computer. Part of their marketing campaign was to stress the environmental qualities of their computer. Read the environmental information on this computer:[|MACBOOK WITH COMMERCIAL] []media type="custom" key="5840759" [] and further specs

[] [|green computers 2008] [|Rates computers based on environmental criteria]
 * Other Companies going GREENER (and comparisons)**:

[|Marketing of the Corporate Green Image] [|Green Marketing]

Envornmental Pollution caused by Computers
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Pollution from communication technology equipement: [] []

Recycling Communication Technology Devices:
[|recycling old cell phones] recycling program- [|Collective good] in conjuction with [|Staples]

What to do with old TV tubes [] [|What to do with old circuit boards]

Green Communication Technology Equipement
[|Environmental gadgets] Read the article on the Green Gaget Conference:. [|Greener Gadgets Conference 2010] [|Greener Gaget Conference 2009] Winner: [|Tweet a Watt] Ones related to Com. Tech: [|Coffee Printer] For further items from the conference you can look at the all products [|Green gagets]

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What do you think about these products? How else can we improve the environment using Communication Technology? What can we improve on in the Communication technology field?

Find at least two sites that show how Communication Technology is impacting on the enviroment (positive or negative impacts) Explain why you think this is a relelvant site to this discussion.

Students should go to their fellow classmates recommended site and review them in the second week.

**Source Material dealing with Green Technology:**
Magazines and newsletters that deal with green technology: Silicon Valley Toxic Coalition: [] The Dailey Green:http://www.thedailygreen.com/ Excellent article [|Overall article on technology and the environment]