Comments on: How Can Bloggers Be Environmentally Responsible?

By: Computer Backup

Computer Backup — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:28:25 +0000

bloggers could put up fotos of tree-huggers to promote that!

By: ali kriscenski

ali kriscenski — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:41:47 +0000

Blogging by nature is pretty green and the suggestions you’ve given are great. Another way bloggers can reduce their environmental impact is through green web hosts, hosting services that are powered with renewable energy. I’ve got a post about this topic on Greener Assets, b5media’s new green business blog. Great that you were part of Blog Action Day!

By: Missy

Missy — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:00:36 +0000

Buy local, if you’re in the market for pc equipment or any type of electronic for your online ventures, visit your local discount retailer.

With patronizing a local business, you will reap two big green benefits:

1.) You will be supporting your local economy
2.) Less energy and fossil fuels (as in big bad oil) will be used in trasnport for your goods

GO LOCAL.

By: online entrepreneur

online entrepreneur — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:31:43 +0000

Our local supermarket called SaveMore have implemented the green bag so we could limit using plastic bags on our groceries. I have availed of that and every time we buy using it there is a 2 pesos discount on any purchases.

By: Melissa Donovan

Melissa Donovan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:25:13 +0000

Get rid of your printer. I haven’t had one in almost three years and don’t even miss it. Okay, I miss it once in a while, but you really don’t need a printer… at all!

By: Mike King

Mike King — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:23:21 +0000

Not limited to bloggers in anyway, but simply go change out some old incandescent light bulbs for new compact fluorescent or LED energy efficient ones in your office / home. Everyone can do their part, just take some action instead of writing about it. (I’ve already converted all of my light bulbs and am running some solar power saving some energy, so I get to write about it!)

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:01:37 +0000

I am a professional musician and blogger. Today I also participated in Blog Action Day. Here are the 10 ways a musician can help the environment: http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/10/15/10-ways-a-musician-can-help-the-environment/

By: Never the Same River Twice

Never the Same River Twice — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:38:16 +0000

Personally, I think any kind of behavioral change starts with your mindset. So much environmental writing talks about giving up things and deprivation. The first step to making changes stick is to reframe them in a positive way, like “I am lucky to have the chance to meet local farmers and try new foods,” instead of “I can’t eat out of season food.”

By: Thorsten

Thorsten — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:21:23 +0000

Click on the power button on your display once in a while when you leave your computer. No need to keep it in standby all the time.

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:59:43 +0000

One thing you can do is to switch to an environmental friendly web host.

You can find an up-to-date list over green web hosts at http://green-blog.org/green-web-host-list/

By: Melody

Melody — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:44:50 +0000

Thanks for the heads up, I joined and posted after reading your post :) Way to get the word out!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:40:18 +0000

Start electing pro-environment politicians who actually walk the walk.

Look up their score on the League of Conservation Voters scorecard.

Also, check if your state has a local LCV chapter that keeps scorecards for local politicians.

You might be surprised at how well your favorite politician does. Or you might be terribly shocked to find out that your reps are all talk, and that by electing them, you’re part of the problem.

By: Siddharth Thakkar

Siddharth Thakkar — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:03:50 +0000

How about blog directly from your phone?? I’ve been doing that.

I must say that the blogging community can make a big ‘noise’ about this and force governments to act. More importantly it can influence others to take action. I think promoting planting of a tree is a nice campaign for environmentalists.

Cheers!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:41:02 +0000

Download the Snap CO2 Saver. It puts your computer on standby after a certain amount of idle time and tells you how many pounds of carbon you're saving over time.

By: Patrick Burt

Patrick Burt — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:05:16 +0000

There are a disturbing amount of self plugs in this thread…

By: Max Powers at http://ConsumerFight.com

Max Powers at http://ConsumerFight.com — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:32:05 +0000

As bloggers, we have the power to remind visitors in our posts of the importance of “thinking green”. We can also link to sites that provide detailed information and tips on how to save money and protect our earth at the same time.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:15:02 +0000

Doug, you know it is very interesting… in Russia and Soviet union countries people do not think about such things as recycling old computers.

No long ago a whole wagon of very dangerous chemical was spilled in to a river in Western Ukraine. There was very little buzz about it. But now even that part of Ukraine that was not contaminated by Chernobyl, is poisoned. And no one cares here. Why? Because we got used to it, to live in a land that is not good for living.

By: doug m

doug m — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:50:19 +0000

i wrote a post about recycling your old computers and electronics, it saves a lot of hazardous waste form entering the ground in landfills and saves precious reusable metals from the old components. read it here

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:30:58 +0000

How Can Bloggers Be Environmentally Responsible? Stop using the computer. Read books, and write letters (I am kidding of course)…

To be serious, I think it is a little too much attention to energy sufficient monitors, not letting computer run in vain, unplugging the chargers when not in use… it is really not the problem that effects the environment. There are much greater and subtle things that kill us all slowly and steadily.

By: Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:18:58 +0000

How about blogging instead of wasting paper.