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The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show: Not Many New Green Gadgets Under the Sun

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It's one of the best showcases of new green IT devices that we can expect in the marketplace. This year I didn't attend in person, but have been reviewing reports on the show and have to conclude that there's not much new and exciting in the field of green IT gadgets. Last week, I talked about how green these devices are.

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What is Microsoft Lync?

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Microsoft Lync is one of the least understood Microsoft product donations in the TechSoup catalog; however if yours is a larger organization that already runs on Windows Server 2008, uses Office Professional Plus 2010 , and has multiple offices or lots of work out in the field, it's definitely worth looking at. Why Lync Is Green Software.

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11 Highlights from BlogHer '11

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Photo by Green LA Girl ) 2. with Gwen Bell As I mentioned in my post, Taking Back Your Time: Is Unplugging the New Green? Hanging out with Siel/Green LA Girl. Siel of Green LA Girl. Siel of Green LA Girl. BlogHer Food, BlogHer Business) scheduled for 2012: BlogHer Handmade : September 15-17, 2011 (St.

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Going Green: Paperless Evaluations at the 10NTC

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At the 2010 NTC in Atlanta, we built on what we learned and took this one step further by moving to a completely paperless evaluation system. Paper use cut by 100%: As "Paperless Evaluations" would suggest, of course, but still worth mentioning.

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Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

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The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. Another great example of what Voluntweeters can do is the case of Red Cross voluntweeters responding to the more recent February 2011 Chicago blizzard. The account is managed by @KevinSage.

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Interviews with 56 Changemakers: 5th Anniversary of the Big Vision Podcast

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If you have suggestions for people I should interview in 2011, please let me know in the comments. 2011 Aneesha Raghunathan, Owner, Hope Line Fashions Coming soon! The way they're titled below is how they were listed at the time of the interview.

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Refurbishment Arrives On the Big Stage

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The policy is designed to increase industrial capacity in electronics recycling, refurbishment, and remanufacturing to increase the number of US-based green jobs and the safe handling of discarded electronics. President Obama directed the Task Force with preparing the National Strategy in a 2010 Presidential Proclamation.