aclJohn's Green Finds

New technology could help businesses cut down on their carbon footprint by avoiding unnecessary travel.

This is the view of a study commissioned by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which highlighted the possibilities of Telepresence. The system allows meetings to be held virtually by using video conferencing and other communication technologies.

According to the report, Telepresence could allow UK and US businesses to cut upto 5.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions by 2020.

If you're looking for ideas for teaching lessons about the role of automobiles and fuel sources in the environment, take a look at GM's Teach Green

Teach Green...

• is a lesson plan resource for practitioners developed by General Motors and Weekly Reader.
  
• provides practitioners with free lesson plans for teaching about...
  • fuel cells;
  • energy;
  • the environment; and
  • vehicle technology.
    

Practitioners can browse the collection of lesson plans by...

• topic;
• level; or
  
• standard.
  

The United Nations Environment Programme has developed a series of free posters based on data from the UNEP's Geo Data Portal.

These posters visually and graphically display information about environmental data. Some of the topics covered in these posters include...

• electricity production and consumption;
• CO2 emissions;
• ecosystems management; and
• hazardous materials.

This find is an absolute joy.

Conservation International’s Team Earth digital magazine is completely interactive and absolutely paperless – an innovative way of sharing the best of their work with you.

Visit http://magazine.conservation.org/online/06/index.html to see what I mean!

If like me you are hooked, visit http://magazine.conservation.org/ to view/download the other five.

The UK is the first country in the world to introduce a legally binding framework for tackling climate change and the implications of this are likely to be far reaching for the public sector. Over the coming years targets will be set, carbon emission budgets agreed and strategies and plans announced: all with the overall goal of cutting the UK's emissions by 80% of 1990 levels, by 2050. What will this mean for the ICT sector, and in particular for those responsible for information services i...

The Blancco Tool Kit is ideal for Learning Provider small to medium IT security projects.

It’s a complete standalone solution with no network or internet connection required. This handy Kit is completely CESG Certified and offers you a comprehensive post-erasure report. The Blancco Tool Kit is a perfect portable product for on or off site data erasure. The Erasure process is extremely efficient with this Kit since it takes approximately only 5 minutes to erase one PC or laptop.

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The Associate Press Climate Pool has kept readers well informed over the course of the COP15 negotiations. Part of the coverage is contained in an interactive map of the participating nations' current emissions and the reductions they've pledged to make.

This map quickly lays out the current emissions trends around the world.

Some of the interesting things revealed by this map are...

• the huge percentage increase in emissions by China (136.2 percent)
• the reduction in emissions by us here i...

Top tips for a greener ICT department

"JISC is publishing advice to help ICT managers and information officers cut carbon emissions as Learning Providers come under mounting pressure from government, regulatory sources and the public to reduce their carbon footprint."

Through its Climate Change Act (2008), the UK government has a target to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050.

The education sector has therefore been asked to...

• devise strategies that will make real energ...