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The Curious Case of the TerraChoice 2010 Greenwashing Report and EPEAT

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Their TerraChoice Greenwashing Report 2010 finds that 95 percent of green product claims are misleading. There is good evidence that the report itself has become an example of conflict of interest and greenwashing, especially in its omission of the green IT brand, EPEAT.

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Nonprofit Technology Link Love

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Nonprofit Technology Link Love July 30, 2008 Here are posts from a small sampling of bloggers I regularly read: Holly Ross shows her geek cred in a great post about DNS.

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Some lessons from the “enterprise”

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

For instance, Gartner’s top 10 technologies to watch in 2008. There’s some great stuff there, like virtualization, social software, green IT, etc. It is nice to see that “Green IT &# tops Gartner’s list. Some nonprofits fit into this category, but most nonprofits that I work with don’t.

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Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits August 13, 2008 I love these tidbits blog posts. A new site was launched called “ Green Nonprofits.&# I’m excited to see what community-driven development can do! It looks interesting.

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What is Microsoft Lync?

Tech Soup

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. People in the U.S.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: First in 2010!

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And a green solution! Robert Weiner has been documenting this type of SPAM and sharing with the community since 2008. Finally, answers! Thank you, Gavin. So you wanted to go to this year's SXSW conference but can't make it. Want a way to make sure your nonprofit organization is represented -- artistically, that is?

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Is 2012 The Year of the Ultrabook?

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Just after the show, Sean Nicholson from Microsoft sent me a roster of new green Windows PCs , including the Toshiba Portégé Z835 ultrabook that has a mercury free-LED display and halogen-free printed wiring board. A redesigned, lower cost version came out in 2010 and it took off. What Is an Ultrabook?

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