The World’s Greenest Family of Notebooks

Apple has recently produced a new MacBook, and surprisingly this new MacBook is not specifically drawing attention for its upgraded features and modern look.

 

Designers and engineers of Apple have not only produced the greenest notebook Apple has ever made, but they have successfully made the greenest “family” of notebooks. Highly recyclable materials that are free from harmful substances have been used to create every single MacBook from Apple’s new line. Each notebook is enclosed by a single piece of recyclable aluminum, using 50% fewer parts than other MacBooks.

 

Another additional benefit to this green notebook is that the hardware works together with the software, increasing energy efficiency. Also, one MacBook has the ability to run on one quarter the power of a light bulb.

 

Apple designers also took packaging into consideration. The result: MacBook packaging is now 41% smaller than previous MacBooks. Due to these smaller boxes, 25% more boxes can be fit on each shipping pallet. Fewer shipping pallets means fewer boats and planes needed for shipment, causing lower amounts of CO2 emissions. In the long run, this idea tremendously helps our environment.

 

Below is the advertisement that you can find on television of the new, green MacBook: http://www.apple.com/mac/green-notebooks/#ad

*Information acquired from: http://www.apple.com/mac/green-notebooks/

*Image taken from AP Images

 

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FREE IS GOOD

Your garbage may be another man’s treasure. Think about that the next time you consider throwing something with potential use away. Instead of wasting all of the energy and resources required to either recycle or destroy your unwanted items, join a reuse group!

What exactly is a reuse group? Reuse groups are small organizations that display the items that members of each group are offering to give away. There are over 5000 reuse groups in the world and all of them help to better our environment little by little.

How do you become a member of a reuse group? First of all, find a reuse group in your area and then sign up with “Yahoo! Groups”; membership is free. You will then be able to receive emails about the items that people are offering. Also, these emails will tell you where you can post your unwanted items.

So the next time you see an unwanted item, don’t view it as trash. Look for its potential and give someone else the chance to put it to good use.

*Information acquired from: http://green.yahoo.com/earth-day/find-a-group.html

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Graveyards Serve Another Purpose

Now-a-days you don’t specifically have to be living to help the environment. In Madrid, Spain, a new type of force acting against climate change has been established, and it is located in a graveyard.

 

In the small town of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, precisely 462 solar panels have been placed on the tops of mausoleums located in the town’s cemetery. This new establishment has turned what was once a peaceful resting place into a new source of renewable energy. The power generated by these solar panels marks the beginning of the town’s attempt to run off of as much solar energy as possible.

Although many people initially objected to the idea of placing the panels on mausoleums – viewing it as intrusive and disrespectful – they soon began to see the benefits of this environmentally friendly project. Researchers believe the solar panels will keep 62 tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere every year and will only cover less than 5 percent of the cemetery’s surface area. The community leaders do wish to triple the town’s electricity output by establishing more solar panels, but for right now they are focusing on one graveyard at a time.

 

*Information acquired from: http://green.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081123/ap_on_re_eu/eu_spain_solar_cemetery.html

*Image taken from AP Images

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