Controversy around the exact formula to dramatically reduce global warming does not exempt us from action. To that end there are measures we as a community can take to bring awareness to the topic of carbon emissions and thereby take personal responsibility for environmental well-being and sustainability. Below are some positive, albeit baby steps, taken for the upcoming SAP TechEd event in Las Vegas. These are direct outcomes of relentless lobbying of our own community members.
Read more »Making the SAP TechEd event in Las Vegas carbon neutral
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Earthrace Boat Crosses Globe in 60 days to Break Record
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Earthrace, a 78 ft tri-hull “wavepiercer” is a biodiesel boat that recently completed a carbon-neutral tour of the globe in an incredible 60 days and 23 hours, besting the previous world record by 14 days.
Read more »Green Cement is Carbon Neutral, Sequesters CO2 from Power Plants
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The latest scheme for getting rid of the greenhouse gas comes from Stanford Professor Brent Constanz. The Geological and Environmental Sciences Professor has invented a new type of cement that is carbon neutral—a huge innovation for a material whose production process normally spews vast amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Not only is Constanz’s cement carbon neutral, but it also sequesters CO2 emitted from power plants.
Read more »Sharp Demonstrates a Carbon-Neutral Way to Watch TV
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If you own a big-screen TV, you may have some inkling about the amount of energy that goes into powering it. And while LCD TV’s use significantly less energy than plasma screens, these power-suckers are still nothing to scoff at. Fortunately, Sharp is presenting their environmentally-friendly way of watching TV at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. The company is also one of the biggest solar panel manufacturers in the world, and it believes that a single panel can provide enough energy to power an LCD TV for four and a half hours a day with no extra electricity from the grid.
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