Newsletter [No. 10]
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IGPN NEWSLETTER [Issue 10]
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HEADLINES
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- Lead the Change! Green Public Procurement
- The Story of Electronics (2010)
- The Story of Bottled Water
- IT Purchasing to Green Your Business and Save Money
- Electiric Bicycle Maker
- Cap and Trade: The Buck Stops Where?
- How to Choose an Eco-friendly TV
- One Tree for Every Wooden Watch
- Social Network Services pressured to Go Greener
- Guardian Eco Store
- Dissonance on Green Detergents
- Datablog: energy statistics 2009
- Purchasing the Environmentally Preferable Way--Green Steps to Manage
Your Supply Chain
- The city of San Francisco launched its Database available on the web
- Visualized Carbon Emission Data
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GREEN PURCHASING NEWS AROUND THE WORLD
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Lead the Change! Green Public Procurement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c-gmt6MSWg&feature=player_embedded
This is a video made by European Commission
The Story of Electronics (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW_7i6T_H78&feature=player_embedded
Here is the latest video released by The Story of Life team.
The Story of Bottled Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S49d-U5r3Hw&feature=player_embedded
The Story of Stuff Team released a video to show the water bottling
industry's environmental impact as it has become a huge market. However,
the sales of bottled water started to decreasing, and more people
started to use refillable bottles.
IT Purchasing to Green Your Business and Save Money
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/it-purchasing-to-green-your-business-and-save-money-106956478.html
Keeping up with new developments in information technology (IT) is a
major cost for many businesses. The Center for Environmental Health (CEH)
works with leading corporations to cut the high costs of IT purchasing
and management, and to implement sustainable practices that can make
your company a CSR leader.
Electiric Bicycle Maker
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=15506626&linkID=14576104
"The PiCycle electric bicycle from Pi Mobility uses an elegant, solitary
arch of recycled aluminum for its instantly iconic frame. Recycled
aluminum requires just one-13th the amount of electricity to produce
compared to virgin aluminum."
Cap and Trade: The Buck Stops Where?
- US president Obama has failed to pass climate legislation. David
Leonhardt of The New York Times compares many different perspectives:
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/the-cap-and-trade-blame-game/
- Some consider passing legislation promoting clean energy research as a
prerequisite for any cap and trade bill:
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/research-first-cap-and-trade-next
How to Choose an Eco-friendly TV
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/how-to-choose-an-ecofriendly-tv-2098987.html
New European guidelines published on September 30 will change the
energy-rating system for TVs. However, consumers intending to buy a new
television this year can already look for certain symbols and types of
television to ensure that their product is as environmentally friendly
as possible.
One Tree for Every Wooden Watch
http://www.igpn.org/news/2010/09/one_tree_for_every_wooden_watc.html
An American company WeWOOD promises to plant one tree for every 100%
natural, toxin-free, wooden watch through its partnership with
environmental organization American Forests. Other companies such as
Sprout and Citizen also make eco-friendly watches.
Social Network Services pressured to Go Greener
http://www.igpn.org/news/2010/09/social_network_services_pressu.html
Facebook is planning to create a data center in Oregon, Leslie Kaufman
reports. PacifCorp is the power provider, and Greenpeace criticizes it
for using more coal than other power utilities. However, Facebook's
spokesman points out that the data center is greener than other data
centers because it uses "the meta equivalent of ceiling fans."
The animation Greenpeace released:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPty-ZLbJt0&feature=player_embedded
Guardian Eco Store
http://www.guardianecostore.co.uk
Guardian lists eco products
Dissonance on Green Detergents
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/dissonance-on-green-detergents
There are issues of detergents that are advertised asgreen products.
Some consumers think green detergents are lesseffective than regular
ones, and that some US labor unions claim thatsome of the green products
are still toxic because there areundisclosed ingredients in the products.
New York State identifiedphosphors as the leading harming chemical in
the state.
Datablog: energy statistics 2009
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=rnycFZ487zRa0c5FcugB3RA#gid=4
This is the energy statistics by BP Evergy Statistical Review of World
Energy. Since it is available in spreadsheet, we encourage you to look
at the raw data and analyze yourself.
Purchasing the Environmentally Preferable Way--Green Steps to Manage Your
Supply Chain
This article introduces the recent move by the City of San Francisco to
open its database of green products:
https://community.kinaxis.com/people/DRMeyer/blog/2010/08/31/purchasing-the-environmentally-preferable-way-green-steps-to-manage-your-supply-chain
- Resources to Get You Started:
USEPA: http://www.epa.gov/epp/pubs/guidance/standards.htm
Information Technology Industry Council: http://bit.ly/dcF5KM
StopWaste.org: http://www.stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=468
Good Guide: http://www.goodguide.com/
Natural Resources Defense Council: http://bit.ly/9vetla
The city of San Francisco launched its Database available on the web
http://www.sfapproved.org
- SF Approved List:
Most of items are powered by Good Guide (http://www.goodguide.com),
but it also includes items that are originally chosen.
- An article about this news:
http://www.icleiusa.org/blog/archive/2010/08/31/san-francisco-shares-its-database-for-green-purchasing
- Good Guide's iPhone app:
http://www.goodguide.com/about/mobile
Visualized Carbon Emission Data
http://www.igpn.org/news/2010/08/visualized_carbon_emission_dat.html
Did you know that the total carbon emissions of the entire world
peaked in 2007 and since then it has been declining?
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