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Improve Your Laptop's Efficiency with a Cooling Tray
John Platt, August 13, 2009
My wife's new laptop burns HOT. Holy cow, it produces a lot of heat. That taxes a computer's system pretty heavily, reducing its efficiency and putting a lot of extra wear and tear on the entire device.The solution? A laptop cooling tray.
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Put Your Computer to Use Fighting Climate Change When You're Not Using It
John Platt, August 13, 2009
Do you often leave your computer running for hours on end while you're not using it? That wasted energy adds up, but now there's a way you can put it to good use and help improve the world.
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Need a Ride? Turn to Facebook for Rideshares
John Platt, August 11, 2009
Going somewhere, but don't have a car? Or maybe you have a car, but three empty seats? How can we connect those two needs in a way that helps the environment?
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New LED Bulbs Use Nanomaterials for Whiter Light
John Platt, August 07, 2009
By now, you've probably replaced most (if not all) of the light bulbs in your house with energy-efficient CFL bulbs. But there's a newer technology on the market that will use even less energy, last longer, and offer even greater environmental benefits.
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Toshiba Introduces USB Charging Innovation
John Platt, August 06, 2009
I have had to travel quite a bit the last few months, and each trip required packing a whole lot of electronic devices AND their individual chargers and cables. Laptop, camera, cell phone, iPod... man, that's a lot of extra hardware, cords, cables, and nonsense.
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Improve the Performance of Your Solar Panels with SolarMagic
John Platt, August 04, 2009
Little-known fact about solar power: your entire array is only as efficient as your least-efficient solar cell.
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Fire Up the Digital Camera for 2nd Annual Sustainabilty Photo Contest
John Platt, July 31, 2009
Got nature? Got a digital camera? Then why not combine the two and enter the 2nd annual Sustainability Photo Contest from the Rainforest Alliance.
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Get Paid for Recycling Your Cell Phone
John Platt, July 30, 2009
There are plenty of ways to recycle your old cell phones (check the Green Tech archives for several ideas), but GreenPhone.com gives you two extra incentives to send them your old devices for proper disposal.1. They'll pay you for your old phone or smartphone. (And even some PDAs, too.)
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Sustainable Tires Made from Oranges, Not Petroleum
John Platt, July 28, 2009
Have you priced new tires lately? Ouch! Rising gas prices over the last few years have driving tire prices through the roof -- as it if weren't bad enough already that so much oil is used to produce them!
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Calculate the Carbon Emissions of your Airplane Flights
John Platt, July 24, 2009
Got any airplane flights in your future? A great online tool from TRX Travel Analystics can help you not only calculate the carbon emissions of your trip, but pick the best airline and best options for balancing your carbon footprint.
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