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EcoBunnies? Uh...I don't even know...

Hank Green

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Apparently Travelocity has partnered with the Conservation Fund to provide carbon offsets to it's customers. And they're advertising it with am absurdist bunny cartoon that I cant decide whether I like or not.

I mean, I guess I like it, because I've watched it four or five times now, so now I'm making it available to you, the EcoGeek reader, to puzzle over yourself. Oh, and you might want to consider carbon offsets too, though I'd go here, not to Travelocity to do it.

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EcoIron: Green IT Blog

Hank Green

Hey, Amazing, I've got some more company. I've just come across ecoIron, a blog discussing all aspects of green computing and it is marvelous. I'm actually somewhat embarrassed that I'd never noticed the site before. They've been around for almost as long as EcoGeek and covering a lot of the same stories. They're more focused on IT than we are, and they do it extremely well.

Today's article is on Green Supercomputing, which, frankly is a pretty big deal. ecoIron links to a cool site that measures the performance of various super-computers not by performance, but by performance per watt. The difference per machine is astonishing. Though, what's not surprising, is how comparatively inefficient the older machines are. If you're an EcoGeek reader with an eye for some high-quality IT ecogeekery, I suggest becoming an ecoIron reader as well.

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Yahoo Green Autos

Hank Green

Yahoo has created an excellent new 'Green' section to autos.yahoo.com. They've established some kind of rating system (1-100) that will, hopefully, be updated as today's green cars pale in comparison to tomorrows. They've also provided a labeling system to easily show what powers a car (hybrid, bio-diesel, ethanol and natural gas.)

Hats off to the team at Yahoo! for making this system available to the public.

Via TreeHugger

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Hacking Amazon.com to Change the World

Hank Green

World Changing is getting ready to hack the publishing industry. They are asking everyone who reads their (extremely excellent and noteworthy) website to purchase their new book on Amazon.com at 11:11 am (PST) on November 1st. Because Amazon.com's bestseller list is based on sales in the previous 24 hours, and because the World Changing book is already selling quite well on Amazon, they hope to make their book the #1 book on Amazon.com for one day.

While it doesn't sound like a gigantic coup, booksellers keep an eye on the Amazon.com bestseller list, and holding the top spot might lead to the World Changing book being picked up by retail booksellers across the nation. In this crazy world, one big day might be all it takes to get this clever, ecogeeky book into the hands of millions instead of thousands.

So, act with me on November 1st. I'll be there, purchasing Worldchanging, A Users Guide for the 21st Century, and I hope you'll join me.

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Bello Mundo Carbon Calculator

Hank Green

Most tools that allow you to calculate your impact on the environment soon ask for non-specific pledges, contact information, and money to offset your impacts on the environment. Well, Bello Mundo (sustravel.co.uk) has created an airline travel carbon calculator that, instead of giving you abstract numbers and asking for monetary offsets, tells you exactly how to change your lifestyle to offset your plane flight.

For example, my recent honeymoon to Italy could easily be offset by BIKING (instead of driving) FOR 16,000 MILES! OK, maybe that's not a good example. How about using a CFL for 12,000 hours...that's easy. That's just two bulbs in my house for one year!

The Bello Mundo calculator actually helps a guy understand what 10,000 kg of carbon dioxide means, and how airline travel relates to car travel and household power use. It makes things seem less abstract making it, in my opinion, a noble and useful tool.

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