Wired.co.uk: The great transition: All the news that’s fit to bin
Sunday, 25 October 2009, 14:10
Peter Kirwan on the inefficiencies of the print media supply chain. One ex-digital editor turning back to print tells him: “The system obviously hasn’t been optimised since Georgian times … It could all be done using horses, carriages and street urchins. If you were Coca-Cola or Procter & Gamble, you'd either piss yourself laughing or buy the thing, destroy it and start again.”
Quill & Quire: Is Kindle the environmentally friendly option?
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 10:36
"A recent report from the Cleantech Group analyzed the environmental impact of traditional publishing as measured against e-book publishing, and declared the latter to be the clear winner on environmental grounds. Calling the publishing industry “one of the world’s most polluting sectors,” the Cleantech report asserted that a concerted move to e-book publishing could drastically reduce the negative impact the industry has on the environment."
Guardian: Web providers must limit internet’s carbon footprint, say experts
Monday, 4 May 2009, 11:11
"With more than 1.5 billion people online around the world, scientists estimate that the energy footprint of the net is growing by more than 10% each year. This leaves many internet companies caught in a bind: energy costs are escalating because of their increasing popularity, while at the same time their advertising revenues come under pressure from the recession."
MediaGuardian: Monkey goes to the Society of Editors conference
Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 19:34
"Guardian News & Media editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger had an embarrassing admission to make during the presentation of the NCTJ awards for excellence in journalism at the Society of Editors bash in Bristol. "I should not really be doing this," Rusbridger told the room, "because I failed my NCTJ exams." Blimey – there's hope for us all."
Ethical Corporation: The Guardian and ClimateChangeCorp.com announce partnership
Saturday, 25 October 2008, 17:55
"ClimateChangeCorp.com has become the first online business news magazine to join the Guardian Environment Network – an editorial partnership that brings together the world's best environment websites. The partnership includes a content exchange agreement between the Guardian’s online environment section and ClimateChangeCorp.com."
Sunday, 25 May 2008, 11:35
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"Data centres consumed 0.6% of the world’s electricity in 2000, and 1% in 2005. Globally, they are already responsible for more carbon-dioxide emissions per year than Argentina or the Netherlands".
Sunday, 25 May 2008, 10:48
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"Consultants McKinsey have issued a report warning that data centres could, by 2012-13 overtake aviation as a cause of greenhouse emissions…"
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 08:01
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Alan Mutter extrapolates out from the Trinity Mirror carbon audit for the Daily Mirror to calculate the carbon footprint of newspaper publisher is 28,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. (Never mind that the report has a caveat on p19 that stresses it is specific
Monday, 5 May 2008, 21:54
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"As energy prices soar, and governments and organisations start to sweat over their carbon footprint, the energy consumption of the internet is coming under scrutiny."
Thursday, 24 April 2008, 09:11
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"[U]ntil … advertisers demand that their ads be printed on recycled paper (and provide the revenue that offsets the increased cost), the green issues will keep coming out on the same paper stock as every other issue."
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 18:40
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"Electronic paper is Japan’s answer to rising raw material costs, depleted resources and booming demand for printed matter from emerging markets such as China and India."
Saturday, 16 February 2008, 00:01
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"The blueprints depicting Google’s data center at The Dalles, Oregon, are proof that the Web is no ethereal store of ideas, shimmering over our heads like the aurora borealis. It is a new heavy industry, an energy glutton that is only growing hungrier."
Monday, 21 January 2008, 09:49
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"Computers and gadgets consume about 15% of household electricity, according to the Energy Saving Trust, and, as we become ever more technologically reliant, the figure is likely to rise to nearly half by 2020."
Sunday, 13 January 2008, 12:35
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"We are planning substantially to develop our website with the aim of becoming the leading source of environmental news, comment and advice on the internet."
