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CONVERGENCE is 100% in Portland

All the buzz about energy and climate makes for an interesting backdrop to the SuperComputing ’09 conference that has converged on soggy Portland this week. Globally, according to Gartner, information and communications technologies are responsible for ~2% of global CO2 … Continue reading

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Blog action day – the new opportunity for Intel in addressing climate change

Addressing climate change is not something new for us. But how we are now looking at the issue is. As a company, Intel has taken steps to measure and reduce the carbon footprint of our operations for many years now. … Continue reading

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Dell, HP, Intel & Motorola Aim to Ensure Mineral Supply Chains Are Conflict-Free

By: Tod Arbogast, Director of Sustainable Business, Dell; Judy Glazer, Director of Global Social and Environmental Responsibility Operations, HP; Gary Niekerk, Director of Global Citizenship, Intel; Mike Loch, Director of Supplier Corporate Responsibility, Motorola You may have recently read about … Continue reading

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Moore’s Law, Less Carbon – New Academic Research

Some of my prior blogs have discussed the opportunity for society to solve some of our planet’s environmental challenges, by more effectively harnessing advances in technology. New academic research is emerging which helps clarify some of these opportunities. I recently … Continue reading

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The Resourcefulness of Waste

Albert Einstein said that we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Today, that philosophy is particularly relevant to the state of the environment. The organizers of a recent management forum organized by … Continue reading

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mechanisms for change: can YOU be part of the solution?

Last week I blogged about some recent studies which indicate that ICT has an important role to play in combating climate change. One question that came up was, aside from good policies, how are the carbon emission savings outlined in … Continue reading

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What do cheetahs and technology have in common?

Did you know that in Namibia, Africa – 25 million acres of land are choked by invasive thorn bushes, which then make agriculture impossible and alter the water cycle thereby threatening life for humans and animals, like the cheetah? And … Continue reading

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Inspiring Innovation — Step Up to the Intel Challenge

This video has the “stuff” we don’t always hear of see at an Intel Developer Forum keynote. Sure Intel Chairman Craig Barrett talked about WiMAX, Digital Health and how technology is spreading across the globe. But that “stuff” was overshadowed … Continue reading

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CSR Ratings – Are Four Lists Better Than Three?

Some days, it seems that there are more rating lists on corporate responsibility out there than we can count. (For an example, check out Dave Stangis’ blog post a few days ago on the latest Harris Interactive Reputation list.) That’s … Continue reading

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