A while back Yahoo announced a contest to determine the greenest City in the United States along with the launching of their Yahoo! Green Website.
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A few days ago Google and Intel announced their new project: “Climate Savers Computing Initiative.” Basically it calls for the introduction of more energy-efficient personal computers and server systems to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Their program calls for the setting of better efficiency goals for computers and software that manages power consumption.
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My Apologies for reposting this entire article, but the archiving system of the Philippine Star just doesn’t work that well. Interesting discovery indeed from the Department of Science and Technology of the Philippines.
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According to Victor Agustin’s column, Cocktales, SM Supermarket in the Philippines will soon use reusable polypropylene bags in lieu of the existing plastic shopping bag.
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The 5th of June has been slated by the United Nations General Assembly as World Environment Day(WED). It was initially marked by the assembly way back in 1972. This years slogan is “Melting Ice – a Hot Topic?.”
On this World Environment Day, let us examine the state of our environment. Let us consider carefully the actions which each of us must take, and then address ourselves to our common task of preserving all life on earth in a mood of sober resolution and quiet confidence.
The 2007 CSR Expo will be held at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel on July 16~18 in Pasay City. This was announced during a “Walk the Talk” activity with some of the CEO’s of top corporations in the Philippines. They wanted to convey the message to the public that top corporations in the Philippines were trying to do their part to address the climate crisis and other environment issues.
They also highlighted their individual projects in this forum:
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