aclJohn's Green Finds

When you use the internet have you thought just how much energy you're using?

This story may give you some idea of just how much energy the online world uses.

Written and voiced by Dan Ilic, directed and designed by Patrick Clair

View at http://vimeo.com/25329849 or watch the embedded version below

How Green Is Your Internet? from Patrick Clair on Vimeo.

Greening the Blue

• is the official United Nations platform for raising awareness about the importance of sustainability within the UN system;

• is a reservoir of useful information, including this animation showing how UN staff help create a more sustainable workplace;

• is a one-stop shop for UN staff and the general public who have an interest in creating a more sustainable United Nations.

Greening the Blue from Greeningtheblue on Vimeo.

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Are you or your learners interested to know just how much your personal carbon emissions are?

If so check out the BeGreen Carbon Calculator. This simple tools allows you to see your carbon footprint annually based from their comprehensive database of emission quantity which include...

• vehicles;
• electricity;
• flight travel; and
• natural gas.

To start using the calculator...

• choose one of the options;
• fill out the fields with your information - e.g. clicking the vehicle tab wi...

If you and/or your learners have ever wanted to print an article from a blog or a website, but wish you could do it without printing all of the advertisements and widgets in the side columns, then take a look at Printliminator; a handy little bookmarklet for...

• Firefox;
• Chrome; and
• Safari.

Printliminator...

• allows users to highlight a webpage and select only the elements which they wish to print;
• can be installed in seconds by just clicking and dragging it onto your browser's toolbar.

This clip could be used to...

• challenge learners to think of alternatives to plastic bag;
• ask learners to develop ideas for reusing and recycling plastic bags; or
  
• introduce learners to further studies on the impact of plastic bags in the environment.

O₂ is to provide environmental information for its handsets, allowing customers to choose a phone based on its energy saving features.

Eco ratings have been issued for 65 handsets on O₂'s online store since August 25th and in-store from August 27th.

O₂'s Phones will be given a score out of five for energy efficiency and environmental impact.

At the time of writing this, top place is held by Sony Ericsson's Elm handset, achieving a score of 4.3.

Research by O₂ found that 44 per cent of co...

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.